New Zealand
NZ desk: New Zealand first; Australia, United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Korea and Taiwan alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of total employment
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.59% |
| 2024 | 81.40% |
| 2023 | 81.16% |
| 2022 | 80.93% |
| 2021 | 80.62% |
| 2020 | 80.39% |
| 2019 | 80.53% |
| 2018 | 80.28% |
| 2017 | 80.05% |
| 2016 | 79.87% |
| 2015 | 79.73% |
| 2014 | 79.63% |
| 2013 | 79.57% |
| 2012 | 79.52% |
| 2011 | 79.51% |
| 2010 | 79.52% |
| 2009 | 79.50% |
| 2008 | 79.45% |
| 2007 | 79.29% |
| 2006 | 78.98% |
| 2005 | 78.67% |
| 2004 | 78.35% |
| 2003 | 78.04% |
| 2002 | 77.75% |
Wage and salaried workers (SL.EMP.WORK.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) are employees as a share of total employment — people who work for a wage or salary. Latest: 81.59% in 2025.
The complement is mostly self-employment and contributing family work. It says nothing about the size of the pay packet. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 81.59% (2025), previous year 81.40% (2024); low 76.27% (1993), high 81.59% (2025).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).