Hi Suzanne,

 

Please refer to Statistics New Zealand for the information (Ewan Jonasen
[1][email address] – Census Information or Household Income
Survey) on the number & percentage of New Zealanders whose earning have
increased by $12,000 or more since 2008. This information at the level
requested has not been released by MBIE before.

 

Cheers,

 

Ngā mihi

 

Katie Sadetskaya, PhD

Senior Analyst

 

Email - Īmera: [2][email address] DDI – Waea Tōtika: +64 4
901 3946 |

Website – Pae-ipurangi: [3]www.mbie.govt.nz | Postal – Poutāpeta: 15 Stout
Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

 

 

 

From: Stuart King
Sent: Monday, 26 June 2017 4:55 p.m.
To: Katie Sadetskaya
Subject: FW: Official Information request - Number & percentage of New
Zealanders whose earning have increased by $12,000 or more since 2008.
[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Hi Katie,

 

I don’t think an answer to this question is possible with our datasets.
Can you please check if we can answer this?

 

If we don’t have the data is there something in Stats NZ we could direct
this person to?

 

From: *OIA
Sent: Monday, 26 June 2017 3:50 p.m.
To: Stuart King
Subject: FW: Official Information request - Number & percentage of New
Zealanders whose earning have increased by $12,000 or more since 2008.
[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

HI Stuart

 

We have received the following request regarding New Zealanders incomes by
percentage. Are you able to provide this information directly to the
requestor please?

 

Kind regards, Phillippa

 

WORKFLOW ADVISOR

 

Ministerial Services

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

[4]www.mbie.govt.nz

 

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Hi Suzanne,

I asked our OIA person to forward your request to the Treasury as it is about what the Minister Joyce has said. I think what Minister Joyce has referred to was the average weekly income from salaries and wages (multiplied by 52 weeks to get annual figure), please see attached the data from Stats NZ. However, what you have requested is the number of people whose incomes have increased - this would have to be extracted from the unit record data, and is not publicly available, only upon a specific data request from Stats NZ as they are the primary holders of the data.

Cheers,

Ngā mihi

Katie Sadetskaya, PhD
Senior Analyst

Email - Īmera: [email address] DDI – Waea Tōtika: +64 4 901 3946 |
Website – Pae-ipurangi: www.mbie.govt.nz | Postal – Poutāpeta: 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Dear Ms Newton

Thank you for your email of 26 June. I understand Katie has been in touch with you and advised we do not hold the information you requested.

We have contacted Statistics New Zealand and they advise they are able to assist with your request as a data request. Your email has been referred to them for response. If you have any further questions and wish to contact Statistics NZ, their email address is [email address]

Kind regards,

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
www.mbie.govt.nz

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Dear Ms Newton,

Thanks for your email requesting the number and percentage of New Zealanders whose earnings have increase by $12,000 etc.

Stats NZ have looked into the possibility of getting the number and percentage of New Zealanders whose incomes have increased by $12,000 or more / less than $3,000 / more than $90,000 / excess of $500,000 per annum, since 2008.

Stats NZ has a number of income related data sources (NZ Income Survey - NZIS, Household Economic Survey - HES, Link Employer Employee Data - LEED) though it is not possible to get the number and percentage of New Zealanders whose incomes have increased by $12,000 or more / less than $3,000 / more than $90,000 / excess of $500,000 by year because these sample surveys and Tax data do not have continuous (longitudinal) income data of individuals to calculate those figures.

Stats NZ publishes annual median earnings by main income source using LEED data (Tax data) and this gives an idea of how median earnings change every year. The spreadsheet attached here shows the annual percentage changes by year (2008 – 2015) for total earnings, wages and salaries and self-employment. Also, if you refer to the link in the table, further breakdowns are available, including median earnings by age, gender, region and industry.

It is important to note that the LEED data does not cover all possible income sources for New Zealanders. It includes incomes that have had tax deducted at source – specifically, incomes that are paid or transferred through the Employer Monthly Schedules, and self-employment income reported through annual tax returns.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Stats NZ at [email address].

Jarrod Williams
Advisor – Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive | Kaiwhakamaherehere – Tari o te Kaitatau a te Kāwanatanga me te Tumuaki
Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa
DDI +64 4 931 4943 | +64 21 731 316 | stats.govt.nz

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