Support Services
Labour Market Dynamics
- Quarterly median earnings for the Agricultural Product Wholesaling industry have been significantly higher than other Support Service industries and are generally higher than the national average as shown across ‘All industries’.
- The quarterly worker turnover (workforce stability) rate for the Agriculture and Fishing Support Services industry is around double that of the national average. This reflects the volatility in the workforce where there are many seasonal or short-term roles including those held by Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers.
- The total number of jobs filled (demand for workers) for Agriculture and Fishing Support Services reflects the sharp peak in employee numbers in December, with demand for workers falling mid-year.
Industry dataset (economic indicators and labour market dynamics) 
Source: Linked Employer-Employee Data, Stats NZ1
In these charts we provide two benchmarks for reference: 'agriculture, forestry and fishing' which covers all industries involved in growing crops, raising animals, growing and harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from farms or their natural habitats, and a benchmark for 'all industries' which includes every industry group in New Zealand.
Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) data is produced by Stats New Zealand quarterly to measure labour market dynamics. There is a lag in data availability of around 14 months due to the time it takes for the data to be completed by employers, to flow through Inland Revenue, and for Stats NZ to undertake relevant transformations and quality checks2. Here, we show the most recent data available at the time of publishing.
LEED data is available at the ANZSIC ‘group’ level, which is a broader level of classification than the ANZSIC class codes used for the workforce estimates. The relevant ANZSIC groups here are 052 Agriculture and Fishing Support Services3,042 Hunting and Trapping4, and 331 Agricultural Product Wholesaling5.
Agriculture and Fishing Support Services includes 0521 Cotton Ginning, 0522 Shearing Services, and 0529 Other Agriculture and Fishing Support Services. Agricultural Product Wholesaling includes 3311 Wool Wholesaling, 3312 Cereal Grain Wholesaling, and 3319 Other Agricultural Product Wholesaling. Hunting and Trapping includes businesses engaged in hunting, trapping, or taking animals, birds, or reptiles in the wild for commercial, population control or pest control purposes.
Footnotes
1. Statistics New Zealand, “A Guide to Interpreting Official Quarterly Statistics Produced from the Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED).,” Statistics New Zealand, July 29, 2009, https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/guide-to-interpreting-the-leed-data.
2. Statistics New Zealand.
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Agriculture and Fishing Support Services - Group 052,” June 26, 2013, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-and-new-zealand-standard-industrial-classification-anzsic/2006-revision-2-0/detailed-classification/a/05/052.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Hunting and Trapping - Group 042,” June 26, 2013, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-and-new-zealand-standard-industrial-classification-anzsic/2006-revision-2-0/detailed-classification/a/04/042.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Agricultural Product Wholesaling - Group 331,” June 26, 2013, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-and-new-zealand-standard-industrial-classification-anzsic/2006-revision-2-0/detailed-classification/f/33/331.