# Average weekly earnings NZ (5 figures)

> The Holidays Act Compliance and Earnings carries 5 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, under different breakdowns, so no one range is stated, read 12 October 2026.

Final Pay Calculator NZ · https://finalpaycalculator.co.nz/datasets/holidays-act-compliance-and-earnings/ · computed 2026-10-22

**Published figures:** 5 published figures (3 of 5 sources read publish one).

3 of the 5 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

## By quarter and series and sector

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| quarter June 2026 | 1,730 NZD | 1,730 to 1,730 NZD | 1 |
| quarter March 2025 | 1,666 NZD | 1,666 to 1,666 NZD | 1 |
| series Labour Inspectorate remediation payments | 237,000,000 NZD | 237,000,000 to 237,000,000 NZD | 1 |
| sector private | 1,576 NZD | 1,576 to 1,576 NZD | 1 |
| sector public | 2,010 NZD | 2,010 to 2,010 NZD | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Employment New Zealand: addressing Holidays Act non-compliance](https://www.employment.govt.nz/resolving-problems/addressing-holidays-act-non-compliance) | 237,000,000 NZD | Labour Inspectorate remediation payments | 2026-10-12 |
| [Stats NZ labour market statistics, March 2025 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-march-2025-quarter/) | 2,010 NZD | public | 2026-10-12 |
| [Stats NZ labour market statistics, June 2026 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-june-2026-quarter/) | 1,730 NZD | June 2026 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Stats NZ labour market statistics, March 2025 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-march-2025-quarter/) | 1,666 NZD | March 2025 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Stats NZ labour market statistics, March 2025 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-march-2025-quarter/) | 1,576 NZD | private | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (5)

- [Employment New Zealand: addressing Holidays Act non-compliance](https://www.employment.govt.nz/resolving-problems/addressing-holidays-act-non-compliance), read 2026-10-12: "The work of that team, and the wider Inspectorate, resulted in more than $237 million in remediation payments being paid to 227,300 employees across numerous organisations during that period."
- [Stats NZ labour market statistics, March 2025 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-march-2025-quarter/), read 2026-10-12: "Public sector average weekly earnings increased 5.8 percent, to $2,010."
- [Stats NZ labour market statistics, June 2026 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-june-2026-quarter/), read 2026-10-12: "average weekly earnings (including overtime) for full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) increased to $1,730 from $1,679"
- [Stats NZ labour market statistics, March 2025 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-march-2025-quarter/), read 2026-10-12: "average weekly earnings (including overtime) for full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) increased to $1,666 from $1,593"
- [Stats NZ labour market statistics, March 2025 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-march-2025-quarter/), read 2026-10-12: "Private sector average weekly earnings increased 4.2 percent, to $1,576."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Stats NZ labour market topic page](https://www.stats.govt.nz/topics/labour-market), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Employment New Zealand: guidance for employers completing Holidays Act remediation calculations (PDF)](https://www.employment.govt.nz/assets/uploads/documents/resolving-problems/employers-completing-holidays-act-remediation-calculations.pdf), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 5 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 2 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in NZD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 5 figures, never sentences; 50 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the Labour Inspectorate's remediation totals and employees remediated as a series beside the Stats NZ quarterly earnings series, giving the two numbers a final-pay page can open on: how much this calculation has been got wrong ($237m paid to 227,300 employees on the regulator's own reading) and what a quarter's average weekly earnings are, so a user's own figure has a scale; each release is a dated observation sourced to the agency, never ours

## Sources

- [Employment New Zealand: addressing Holidays Act non-compliance](https://www.employment.govt.nz/resolving-problems/addressing-holidays-act-non-compliance) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Stats NZ labour market statistics, March 2025 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-march-2025-quarter/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Stats NZ labour market statistics, June 2026 quarter](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/labour-market-statistics-june-2026-quarter/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Stats NZ labour market topic page](https://www.stats.govt.nz/topics/labour-market) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Employment New Zealand: guidance for employers completing Holidays Act remediation calculations (PDF)](https://www.employment.govt.nz/assets/uploads/documents/resolving-problems/employers-completing-holidays-act-remediation-calculations.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Holidays Act Compliance and Earnings carries 5 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, under different breakdowns, so no one range is stated, read 12 October 2026.
- 3 of the 5 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- Holidays Act Compliance and Earnings, quarter June 2026: median 1,730 NZD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Holidays Act Compliance and Earnings, quarter March 2025: median 1,666 NZD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Holidays Act Compliance and Earnings, series Labour Inspectorate remediation payments: median 237,000,000 NZD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Holidays Act Compliance and Earnings, sector private: median 1,576 NZD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Holidays Act Compliance and Earnings, sector public: median 2,010 NZD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

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