Press Release – Stats NZThe unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in the June 2026 quarter, compared with 5.4 percent in the March 2026 quarter, labour market spokesperson Abby Johnston said. New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in the June 2026 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. In the June 2026 quarter:the unemployment rate was 5.6 percentthe underutilisation rate was 13.8 percentthe quarterly increase in the number of people employed was 0.5 percentannual wage inflation was 2.0 percent, as measured by the labour cost indexaverage ordinary time hourly earnings were $44.62, as measured by the Quarterly Employment Survey. “The unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in the June 2026 quarter, compared with 5.4 percent in the March 2026 quarter,” labour market spokesperson Abby Johnston said. Visit our website to read the full news story and information release and to download CSV files:Content Sourced from scoop.co.nzOriginal url