Linked Employer-Employee Data: June 2007 quarter

In the year to June 2007:

• The Auckland region held one-third of all filled jobs (592,140 jobs) – more than the Canterbury (238,330 jobs) and Wellington (221,330 jobs) regions combined.

• Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay regions had the highest filled job growth rate (up 3.4 and 2.4 percent, respectively).

• Gisborne, Taranaki and Northland regions had the highest growth rate in earnings (up 5.8, 5.6 and 5.6 percent, respectively).

Between June 2002 and June 2007:

• Greatest growth in filled jobs was in the Northland and Waikato regions (up 19.6 and 18.9 percent, respectively).

• Northland and Gisborne regions had the greatest regional growth in earnings (up 29.8 and 26.4 percent, respectively).

• The national average quarterly worker turnover rate decreased from 17.6 percent to 17.0 percent.