The public sector and business services are prominent in Wellington and together with other industries provide many and varied employment opportunities.
Wellington is the centre of government in New Zealand and the public service is a major employer, providing employment to over 9% of the workforce in the Wellington region and over 12% in Wellington city.
Business Services include finance, accounting, banking, human resources, sales and marketing and other related business support areas.
The health sector is the fourth largest employer in the region employing over 21,000 people, about 7.8% of the region’s workforce.
The education sector is a significant employer in New Zealand, employing 193,300 people (or 9% of New Zealand’s total workforce) in the June 2009 quarter.
The IT and telecommunications sector in the Wellington region is strong and growing. Currently, about 11,000 people are employed in the sector in the region.
Construction is the sixth largest employing industry in NZ with 172,500 workers employed in this sector. 11.6% of these are in the Wellington region. This equates to 7.2% of the Wellington region’s workforce.
Engineering employs around 54,000 people in NZ, about 2.5% of the total workforce. Employment of professional engineers is expected to grow at about 3.6% annually over the period 2008 – 2013...
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The trades category includes a wide and varied range of occupations including hair dresser, electrician, line mechanic, upholsterer and plastics technician.
The retail sector is one of the biggest employers in New Zealand, employing 12% of the working population. In n Wellington retail employs 11.2% of the workforce.
The Science and Research sector in New Zealand currently employs 7,246 people. The greatest concentration of science and research employment is in Wellington.
Around 4000 people are employed in the primary sector in the Wellington region. This accounts for 2.8% of those employed in the primary sector nationally.