The impact of immigration on the labour market outcomes of New Zealanders
| 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Born | Earlier Migrants | Recent Migrants | NZ Born | Earlier Migrants | Recent Migrants | NZ Born | Earlier Migrants | Recent Migrants | |
| Avg. Real Hourly Wage for All Employed | $17.37 | $18.23 | $17.73 | $18.88 | $18.69 | $19.76 | $21.00 | $19.88 | $20.90 |
| Avg. Real Hourly Wage by Qualifications | |||||||||
| Missing Qualifications | $15.11 | $15.80 | $16.13 | $16.69 | $15.89 | $15.60 | $18.35 | $16.23 | $16.53 |
| No Qualifications | $14.57 | $14.01 | $13.02 | $15.33 | $15.00 | $12.65 | $16.41 | $15.12 | $13.16 |
| School Qualifications | $17.40 | $17.07 | $16.66 | $18.32 | $17.98 | $16.21 | $20.23 | $18.42 | $16.67 |
| Post-school Qualifications | $18.72 | $19.62 | $18.59 | $19.87 | $20.78 | $18.77 | $22.09 | $22.67 | $21.02 |
| Degree Qualifications | $25.18 | $24.47 | $21.91 | $26.71 | $27.13 | $23.36 | $26.66 | $25.65 | $22.93 |
| Avg. Real Hourly Wage by Predicted Occupation | |||||||||
| Service and Sales, and Elementary | $15.96 | $15.54 | $15.57 | $17.09 | $16.28 | $17.09 | $19.08 | $17.00 | $17.89 |
| Clerks, Agriculture, Trades, and Operators | $16.81 | $17.10 | $16.78 | $18.23 | $17.56 | $18.43 | $20.51 | $19.30 | $19.91 |
| Technicians and Associate Professionals | $18.34 | $19.67 | $19.44 | $19.49 | $20.21 | $21.00 | $21.46 | $21.14 | $22.16 |
| Legislators, Administrators, and Managers | $19.05 | $19.41 | $19.39 | $20.63 | $20.25 | $21.42 | $22.27 | $21.41 | $22.37 |
| Professionals | $20.92 | $21.40 | $21.63 | $22.53 | $22.11 | $24.24 | $24.09 | $23.03 | $24.49 |
| Percent of Employed Individuals | 82% | 15% | 3% | 80% | 15% | 5% | 75% | 17% | 8% |
| Employed Individuals | 906,663 | 169,221 | 36,519 | 948,906 | 182,613 | 54,246 | 964,821 | 218,145 | 100,464 |
| Individuals | 1,161,048 | 221,835 | 67,002 | 1,189,629 | 238,341 | 87,780 | 1,173,768 | 276,573 | 138,465 |
Note: Wages are in June 2006 dollars. See the note to Table 1 for more information and the text for a description of how predicted occupations are created.