15202 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Written Question
Published date: 09 Apr 2025
15202 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Further to WPQ 11602 (2025) what is the number of minimum wage earners from low-income households?
Hon Brooke van Velden: I am advised that the Minimum Wage Review 2024 (the Review), prepared by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and published on the Ministry's website, provides information on the number of people in each decile of the household income distribution who were earning the minimum wage as at June 2024. For more information, please refer to Figure 10 in the Review (page 25).