Vegetables
Labour Market Dynamics
- Median quarterly earnings for Mushroom and Vegetable Growing are significantly lower than the national average as shown across ‘All industries’.
- The seasonal nature of Mushroom and Vegetable Growing can be seen in the quarterly worker turnover rates (workforce stability), which are highest over the March quarter and lowest over the September quarter.
- Demand for workers as shown by the total number of jobs filled has remained relatively stable overtime taking account of the seasonal variability.
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 andquality 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 includes 0121 Mushroom Growing3,, 0122 Vegetable Growing (Under Cover)4, and 0123 Vegetable Growing (Outdoors)5.
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, “Mushroom Growing - Class 0121,” 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/01/012/0121.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Vegetable Growing (Under Cover) - Class 0122,” 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/01/012/0122.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Vegetable Growing (Outdoors) - Class 0123,” 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/01/012/0123.