The Department is currently making some changes to its labour market reporting.  The proposed changes to reporting aim to:

• Provide more authoritative reports incorporating analysis of labour market information and future trends from a number of disparate sources that will attempt to answer the ‘so what’ questions and provide additional insights;
• Provide timely and accurate summaries of information about key developments in the labour market (such as wage growth and migration).

These changes will result in:

• Shorter summary reports around key statistical releases e.g. wages and migration;
• A substantial annual labour market summary report including a labour market outlook
• An annual skills report linked to the initiatives in the New Zealand Skills Strategy; and
• Two in-depth reports a year on key population groups.
  

The Department of Labour produces a variety of reports focusing on labour market statistics and trends in New Zealand. There are currently three sets of reports:

Statistical Reports

These reports analyse the latest labour market statistics.

Employment and Unemployment

Analyses the latest quarter’s release of the Household Labour Force Survey - the official source of employment and unemployment data.

Wage Growth

Examines wage growth measures for the latest quarter from the Labour Cost Index and Quarterly Employment Survey.

Work-related Injury Claims

Analyses work-related injury claims that occurred in the previous year. The data relates solely to claims for work-related injury received by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).

In-depth Quarterly Labour Market Reports

These provide more in-depth quarterly analysis of different aspects of the labour market e.g. skills and migration

Labour Market Outlook

Provides an outlook for the labour market over the next two years.

External Migration Factsheet

Examines trends in permanent and long-term (PLT) migration using data collected by Statistics New Zealand from arrival and departure cards.

Annual Labour Market Reports

These annual reports analyse the labour market outcomes of particular groups of interest such as Maori and Older Workers.

Maori Labour Market Outcomes

Analyses changes in Maori labour market outcomes in the past five years.

Female Labour Market Outcomes

Analyses changes in Females labour market outcomes in the past five years.

Pacific Peoples Labour Market Outcomes

Analyses changes in Pacific peoples labour market outcomes in the past five years.

Older Workers Labour Market Outcomes

Analyses changes in Older Workers labour market outcomes in the past five years.

Youth Labour Market Outcomes

These reports on youth labour market outcomes focuses on changes in the past five years and gives an indication of near term prospects.

Need a printed copy? You can download a printer friendly PDF copy of any report from the Download section on the right hand menu. If you have trouble printing, then a black and white printout is available from the Department of Labour. When you request a copy please remember to include your postal address.

Need a previous report? You can find all previous reports in the archive.