IT & TELECOMMUNICATION SALARY IN NEW ZEALAND

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Average gross salary for IT & Telecommunication GROSS SALARY
NZ$ 85,737
Average gorss salary (USD) for IT & Telecommunication GROSS SALARY (USD)
US$ 65,293
Average net salary for IT & Telecommunication NET SALARY
NZ$ 63,866
The most typical salary for IT & Telecommunication MOST TYPICAL GROSS
NZ$ 72,611
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  Updated: 20 Sep 2020   Diff. gross vs. net: 25%
  Salary entries: 119

IT & Telecommunication Earnings in New Zealand

Average salary for IT & Telecommunication in New Zealand is NZ$ 85,737.

Average take home earning is NZ$ 63,866 (Net).

The most typical salary is NZ$ 72,611 (Gross).

These data are from our visitors surveys (119 individual salaries).

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Percentage of people Earn this salary or more
5 % NZ$ 140,000
16 % NZ$ 122,181
22 % NZ$ 113,571
51 % NZ$ 82,583
89 % NZ$ 52,250
97 % NZ$ 42,555
98 % NZ$ 33,750
Career Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
Software Developer NZ$ 83,227 US$ 61,526 23
IT Manager NZ$ 115,368 US$ 87,947 19
IT Project Manager NZ$ 95,500 US$ 71,337 14
Lead Developer NZ$ 103,285 US$ 81,007 07
.NET Developer NZ$ 72,571 US$ 54,143 07
PHP Developer NZ$ 67,583 US$ 52,212 06
IT Coordinator NZ$ 101,200 US$ 79,042 05
Java Developer NZ$ 78,000 US$ 61,237 05
Database Developer NZ$ 63,400 US$ 49,587 05
Database Administrator NZ$ 58,750 US$ 47,586 04
City Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
Auckland NZ$ 82,226 US$ 62,988 64
Wellington NZ$ 98,057 US$ 74,656 28
Christchurch NZ$ 85,933 US$ 65,244 15
Hamilton Urban Area NZ$ 73,000 US$ 55,641 05
Dunedin NZ$ 72,878 US$ 55,533 03
Napier-Hastings Urban Area NZ$ 72,000 US$ 47,832 02
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  SALARY BY LEVEL   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   NEW ZEALAND

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Salary levels Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
More US$ 203,953 NZ$ 293,000
02
185K US$ 148,291 NZ$ 180,000
01
155K US$ 113,452 NZ$ 151,800
02
145K US$ 102,444 NZ$ 140,000
01
125K US$ 95,647 NZ$ 122,181
11
135K US$ 91,285 NZ$ 132,500
02
115K US$ 84,240 NZ$ 113,571
07
105K US$ 76,534 NZ$ 101,352
17
95K US$ 74,538 NZ$ 94,000
06
85K US$ 62,710 NZ$ 82,583
12
75K US$ 54,822 NZ$ 72,611
18
65K US$ 48,112 NZ$ 61,330
11
55K US$ 40,653 NZ$ 52,250
16
45K US$ 34,066 NZ$ 42,555
09
35K US$ 26,000 NZ$ 33,750
02
25K US$ 17,017 NZ$ 21,500
02

  SALARY BY GENDER   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   NEW ZEALAND

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Men US$ 69,681 NZ$ 91,582 68
Women US$ 64,921 NZ$ 89,875 08
N/A US$ 58,423 NZ$ 75,724 43

  SALARY BY EDUCATION   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   NEW ZEALAND

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Doctorate Degree US$ 55,617 NZ$ 66,500 02
Masters Degree US$ 78,285 NZ$ 101,190 21
Bachelors Degree US$ 61,339 NZ$ 81,207 76
Some College US$ 69,167 NZ$ 89,285 14
High School US$ 61,493 NZ$ 84,600 05
Bellow H. School US$ 77,038 NZ$ 100,000 01

IT & Telecommunication workers holding Masters Degree degrees enjoy the highest average gross salaries in New Zealand. With an earned Masters Degree, they grosses NZ$ 101,190. While IT & Telecommunication workers with Doctorate Degree education earn the least, with an average gross income of NZ$ 66,500. This is 40.76% lower of what Masters Degree degree holders earn.


  SALARY BY EXPERIENCE   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   NEW ZEALAND

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
20+ Years US$ 100,930 NZ$ 130,000 07
16-20 Years US$ 102,291 NZ$ 138,714 07
12-16 Years US$ 76,433 NZ$ 106,054 11
8-12 Years US$ 68,687 NZ$ 89,100 30
4-8 Years US$ 59,700 NZ$ 77,625 32
2-4 Years US$ 49,215 NZ$ 65,108 15
1-2 Years US$ 50,683 NZ$ 64,642 07
0-1 Year US$ 44,255 NZ$ 56,900 10

IT & Telecommunication workers in New Zealand with more years of work experience outperform their counterparts with less experience. Workers with 16-20 Years of experience earn a gross average of NZ$ 138,714 compared to NZ$ 56,900 for their counterparts with 0-1 Year of experience. The difference between workers with 16-20 Years of experience and 0-1 Year is 131.14%.


  SALARY BY AGE   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   NEW ZEALAND

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
57-62 US$ 137,568 NZ$ 188,000 02
45-50 US$ 78,662 NZ$ 101,750 04
39-44 US$ 96,108 NZ$ 128,375 08
33-38 US$ 71,576 NZ$ 95,618 22
27-32 US$ 64,307 NZ$ 83,500 30
22-26 US$ 42,350 NZ$ 57,250 08
16-21 US$ 28,175 NZ$ 35,000 02
N/A US$ 58,423 NZ$ 75,724 43
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  SALARY BY CAREER   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   NEW ZEALAND

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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. IT Manager US$ 87,947 NZ$ 115,368 19
2. Data-warehouse Engineer US$ 75,735 NZ$ 114,000 01
3. Lead Developer US$ 81,007 NZ$ 103,285 07
4. IT Coordinator US$ 79,042 NZ$ 101,200 05
5. IT Project Manager US$ 71,337 NZ$ 95,500 14
6. Software Developer US$ 61,526 NZ$ 83,227 23
7. C, C++ Developer US$ 61,343 NZ$ 80,500 02
8. Ruby Developer US$ 53,147 NZ$ 80,000 01
9. Share-point Administrator US$ 59,838 NZ$ 78,333 03
10. Java Developer US$ 61,237 NZ$ 78,000 05
11. VB.NET Developer US$ 60,090 NZ$ 78,000 01
12. .NET Developer US$ 54,143 NZ$ 72,571 07
13. C-Sharp Developer US$ 57,675 NZ$ 72,000 03
14. J2EE Developer US$ 56,032 NZ$ 70,666 03
15. Web Developer US$ 53,793 NZ$ 68,333 03
16. PHP Developer US$ 52,212 NZ$ 67,583 06
17. ASP.NET Developer US$ 46,808 NZ$ 63,500 02
18. Database Developer US$ 49,587 NZ$ 63,400 05
19. Delphi Developer US$ 46,223 NZ$ 60,000 01
20. Database Administrator US$ 47,586 NZ$ 58,750 04
21. Flash Developer US$ 44,682 NZ$ 58,000 01
22. Database Manager US$ 38,611 NZ$ 46,000 01
23. Web Administrator US$ 34,625 NZ$ 41,500 02

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In New Zealand economy, IT Manager is on the top list of highest earners, earning an average gross salary of NZ$ 115,368. Lead Developer and IT Coordinator follow, earning NZ$ 103,285 and NZ$ 101,200, respectively. Web Administrator earn a gross annual average of NZ$ 41,500, while Database Manager earn NZ$ 46,000. The gap between the lowest and the highest paid careers is 154.00%.


  SALARY BY JOB TYPE   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   NEW ZEALAND

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Permanent US$ 63,795 NZ$ 83,830 108
Contract US$ 63,804 NZ$ 83,750 08
Self Employed US$ 175,126 NZ$ 228,000 02
Part Time US$ 19,306 NZ$ 23,000 01
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  SALARY BY CITY   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   NEW ZEALAND

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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. Wellington IT & Telecommunication in Wellington US$ 74,656 NZ$ 98,057 28
2. Christchurch IT & Telecommunication in Christchurch US$ 65,244 NZ$ 85,933 15
3. Auckland IT & Telecommunication in Auckland US$ 62,988 NZ$ 82,226 64
4. Hamilton Urban Area IT & Telecommunication in Hamilton Urban Area US$ 55,641 NZ$ 73,000 05
5. Dunedin IT & Telecommunication in Dunedin US$ 55,533 NZ$ 72,878 03
6. Napier-Hastings Urban Area IT & Telecommunication in Napier-Hastings Urban Area US$ 47,832 NZ$ 72,000 02

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  SALARY BY COUNTRY    IT & TELECOMMUNICATION

# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. Australia Australia IT & Telecommunication in Australia US$ 93,888 AU$ 106,615 288
2. United States United States IT & Telecommunication US$ 89,430 US$ 89,430 1,440
3. United Kingdom United Kingdom IT & Telecommunication in United Kingdom US$ 79,790 GBP 53,961 456
4. Germany Germany IT & Telecommunication in Germany US$ 74,892 EUR 61,901 443
5. Hong Kong Hong Kong IT & Telecommunication in Hong Kong US$ 70,820 HKD 550,812 117
6. New Zealand New Zealand US$ 65,293 NZ$ 85,737 119
7. Singapore Singapore IT & Telecommunication in Singapore US$ 62,278 SGD 81,041 320
8. Mexico Mexico IT & Telecommunication in Mexico US$ 41,352 MXN 694,755 74
9. Malaysia Malaysia IT & Telecommunication in Malaysia US$ 29,678 MYR 107,805 543
10. Indonesia Indonesia IT & Telecommunication in Indonesia US$ 21,523 IDR 258,337,476 185

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(28/28)  PRODUCT OWNER


 Posted: 20 Sep 2020

High School, 4-8 years: "As a PO I work with development teams to create software programs for clients."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 110,000
US$ 73,077


(27/28)  HEAD OF ENGINEERING AND DELIVERY


 Posted: 05 Sep 2020

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Management consulting, product management, Azure, PCI,."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 310,000
US$ 205,945


(26/28)  INTERMEDIATE


 Posted: 27 Jun 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Full stack Ruby developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 80,000
US$ 53,147


(25/28)  PRODUCT MANAGER


 Posted: 14 Jun 2020

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Product management."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 116,000
US$ 77,063


(24/28)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 05 Jun 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Write code, agile."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 75,000
US$ 49,825


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(23/28)  DEVELOPER


 Posted: 14 Apr 2020

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Full stack .NET web developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 88,000
US$ 58,462


(22/28)  LEAD ENGINEER


 Posted: 09 Apr 2020

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Blockchain, smart contracts, javascript, solidity."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 153,600
US$ 102,043


(21/28)  LIVE OPS MANAGER


 Posted: 01 Apr 2020

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Managing live apps."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 104,000
US$ 69,091


(20/28)  INTERMEDIATE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Develop applications in .Net."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 72,000
US$ 47,832


(19/28)  MIS ANALYST


 Posted: 17 Feb 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Sql, power bi, ssrs."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 114,000
US$ 75,735


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(18/28)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 30 Jan 2020

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Software developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 69,000
US$ 45,839


(17/28)  ENGINEERING MANAGER


 Posted: 21 Jan 2020

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Delivery management Team development People management Customer engagement Stakeholder management Transformation."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 100,000
US$ 66,434


(16/28)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 27 Sep 2019

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "I make software for other companies to use and update the ones that they want to keep."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 101,000
US$ 72,324


(15/28)  SENIOR JAVA DEVELOPER


 Posted: 10 Sep 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "I am Java/J2EE Developer with Good Hands-On Experience in Spring, SpringBoot, Hibernate, Microservices, Webservices, Javascript, Typescript, HTML, jQuery, MySql, Oracle PL/SQL etc."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 72,000
US$ 51,558


(14/28)  SENIOR JAVA DEVELOPER


 Posted: 15 Jul 2019

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Development and support."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 90,000
US$ 64,447


(13/28)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 30 Jun 2019

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Develop and maintain .NET application."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 75,000
US$ 53,706


(12/28)  PRODUCT MANAGER


 Posted: 19 May 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "A combination of Project Manager, Product Owner and Scrum Master."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 120,000
US$ 85,929


(11/28)  FULLSTACK DEVELOPER


 Posted: 29 Nov 2018

Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Web development, literally keeping the company from going under."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 50,000
US$ 35,804


(10/28)  CONSULTANT


 Posted: 20 Nov 2018

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "QlikView Consultant."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 130,000
US$ 93,090


(9/28)  SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER


 Posted: 15 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Managing system implementations."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 100,000
US$ 71,608


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(8/28)  DEVELOPER


 Posted: 27 Jun 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Software development."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 100,000
US$ 71,608


(7/28)  .NET DEVELOPER


 Posted: 07 May 2018

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Backend, SQL, ASP.Net, MVC."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 70,000
US$ 50,125


(6/28)  IT MANAGER


 Posted: 18 Jan 2018

Some College, 12-16 years: "I solve all things IT for the company I work for."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 73,000
US$ 52,274


(5/28)  DEVELOPER


 Posted: 06 Nov 2017

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Develop software for different companies."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 50,000
US$ 36,587


(4/28)  SENIOR DEVELOPER


 Posted: 28 Aug 2017

Some College, 8-12 years: "Designing and developing systems."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 120,000
US$ 87,809


(3/28)  C# FULLSTACK DEVELOPER


 Posted: 20 Aug 2017

Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Full stack developer - SqlServer+WebAPI+WebUI."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 140,000
US$ 102,444


(2/28)  ANALYST


 Posted: 18 Aug 2017

Some College, 20+ years: "Functional Consultancy - working with clients."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 100,000
US$ 73,174


(1/28)  CEO


 Posted: 11 Jul 2017

Masters Degree, 20+ years: "CEO and Founder of software development company."
Individual GROSS salary:
NZ$ 276,000
US$ 201,961


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