Last updated: 07 May 2025

Veterinary Services and Animal Care Labour Market Dynamics

• Quarterly median earnings for the Veterinary Services industry have been consistently lower than the national average as shown across ‘All industries’, although they follow a similar increasing trend.  
• There is a long-term increasing trend in the number of filled jobs for Veterinary Services, reflecting the demand for workers as the industry grows. Worker turnover rates are low in comparison to many other Muka Tangata industries indicating a relatively stable workforce. 

 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 group here is 697 Veterinary Services³ which includes businesses engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine or surgical services for domestic animals or livestock and animal hospitals.