Full-time Equivalents

Full-time equivalent (FTE) employment is a way of looking at employment that takes into account the work-load of people into employment. FTE employment measures the number of people in employment for 40 hours or more per week. Two people who are employed part-time are measured as one FTE.

Using FTEs instead of employment to look at change over time can provide a more consistent comparison of labour resources used in employment over time.

This section looks at the number of FTEs in the Accountancy in New Zealand and looks at how it has grown over time.