Weekly hours worked by people employed in New Zealand
By sex, 2026 Q2, thousands of people
| Hours worked | Sex | Thousands of people |
|---|---|---|
| 0 Hours | Female | 110.0 |
| 0 Hours | Male | 78.9 |
| 10-19 Hours | Female | 131.6 |
| 10-19 Hours | Male | 80.8 |
| 1-9 Hours | Female | 100.5 |
| 1-9 Hours | Male | 53.6 |
| 20-29 Hours | Female | 187.4 |
| 20-29 Hours | Male | 103.8 |
| 30-34 Hours | Female | 191.6 |
| 30-34 Hours | Male | 154.3 |
| 35-39 Hours | Female | 117.5 |
| 35-39 Hours | Male | 96.0 |
| 40 Hours | Female | 351.8 |
| 40 Hours | Male | 462.7 |
| 41-44 Hours | Female | 35.4 |
| 41-44 Hours | Male | 62.2 |
| 45-49 Hours | Female | 62.2 |
| 45-49 Hours | Male | 152.3 |
| 50 Hours and Over | Female | 100.3 |
| 50 Hours and Over | Male | 264.4 |
Definitions
Employed: people in the working-age population who, during the reference week, did one of the following:
- worked for one hour or more for pay or profit in the context of an employee/employer relationship or self-employment
- worked without pay for one hour or more in work which contributed directly to the operation of a farm, business, or professional practice owned or operated by a relative
- had a job but were not at work due to: own illness or injury, personal or family responsibilities, bad weather or mechanical breakdown, direct involvement in an industrial dispute, or leave or holiday.
Labour force: members of the working-age population, who during the survey reference week, were classified as 'employed' or 'unemployed’.
Working-age population: the usually resident, non-institutionalised, civilian population of New Zealand aged 15 years and over. This is the target population for this survey.
Hours worked: actual hours are the number of hours a person worked in the reference week (including overtime). Usual hours refers to the number of hours a person normally works in a week (including overtime).
For more information
Data provided by
Dataset name
Household Labour Force Survey: Persons Employed by Sex by Job by Hours Worked (Quarterly) June 2026
Webpage:
https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Work income and spending > Household Labour Force Survey - HLF > Persons Employed by Sex by Job by Hours Worked (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)'. All variables were selected to create this dataset.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Household Labour Force Survey: Persons Employed by Sex by Job by Hours Worked (Quarterly) June 2026
From the dataset Household Labour Force Survey: Persons Employed by Sex by Job by Hours Worked (Quarterly) June 2026, this data was extracted:
- Rows: 5-45
- Columns: 2-288
- Provided: 5,904 data points
This data forms the table Labour Force - Hours worked by people employed, by sex by job type 2016 Q2–2026 Q2.
Dataset originally released on:
August 05, 2026
Purpose of collection
The primary purpose of the survey is to estimate the number of people employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force (NILF), and from them, the unemployment rate for the New Zealand labour market. The Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) is designed to produce statistics at the family level, and use of the survey for a purpose for which it was not designed is inevitably subject to some limitations.