In New Zealand, filled jobs in all industries rose 0.8% mom, or 17.9k, in June. Filled jobs rose 1.4% or 1.5k in primary industries, 0.5% mom or 2.1k in goods-producing industries, and 0.8% mom or 13.8k in services industries.
“We have seen rises in the last two months following the sharp drop of over 35,000 jobs that occurred in April, when the full COVID-19 lockdown was in place,” economic statistics manager Sue Chapman said. “While job numbers have recovered somewhat in May and June, they are still below pre-COVID levels. Filled job numbers in March and June are usually quite similar, but for this year June is nearly 20,000 jobs lower than March.”
