Labour Market Statistics (Combined Release: Surveys HLFS, QES & LCI)
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| Sponsor | Statistics New Zealand |
| Speciality | Social |
| Provider | Statistics New Zealand |
| Contract Value | - |
| Administration Date | 2018 |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Next Administration | 2019 |
| Primary Method | Telephone |
| Primary Sample | HLFS: Adults aged 15+ |
| Response Rate | - |
| Sample Size | 30,000 |
| Secondary Sample | QES: New Zealand Businesses |
| Response Rate | - |
| Sample Size | 18,000 |
| Sample Frame | HLFS: 30,000 (est.) responses from 15,000 randomly selected houses, QES: 18,000 (est.) from 3,500 (est.) business locations, and LCI: Stratified-purposive sampling - all occupations within each industry |
| Participation | Mandatory |
| Monetary Incentive | None |
| Geographical Region | National |
| Average Survey length | HLFS 20-40 minutes, QES & LCI Not specified |
The Labour Market Statistics release provides New Zealand's official employment and unemployment statistics and wage and salary information. The quarterly release contains information previously published in the Household Labour Force Survey, the Quarterly Employment Survey, and the Labour Cost Index (Salary and Wage Rates). These three surveys were combined into a single Labour Market Statistics release in December 2014, due to a revision of the estimates from the Household Labour Force Survey: to account for the latest population estimates following the 2013 Census. Regional benchmarks were also introduced to help improve the quality of the regional labour force estimates.
The Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) measures levels of employment and unemployment in New Zealand. The survey measures hours worked, which occupations and industries people work in, the duration of unemployment, steps people take to find work, steps they may take to find more hours of work, and the number of people in formal study.
The Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) is a sample survey of New Zealand businesses that employ more than two people. The survey collects information on employees, and is designed to produce estimates of average hourly and weekly earnings, average weekly paid hours, and the number of filled jobs and full-time equivalents, by industry.
The labour Cost Index (LCI) measures changes in salary and wage rates for a fixed quantity and quality of labour input. The non-wage component measures changes in costs to employers, such as holidays, superannuation, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) employer premium, insurance, and low-interest loans.