NEW ZEALAND / SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS

1,600

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March 2023
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

1.58 NZD = 1 USD

96,729 NZD

$61,172 USD

Auckland

100,861 NZD

58,507 NZD

$37,000 USD

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Excluding "Auckland"

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Average Salary / New Zealand

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Average salary in New Zealand is 96,729 NZD per year. The most typical earning is 58,507 NZD. All data are based on 1,600 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 111,638 NZD. Women receive a salary of 83,649 NZD.

The most paid careers are Aviation & Shipping with average income 150,853 NZD and Engineers & Technicians III with income 142,473 NZD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 141,366 NZD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 108,633 NZD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 136,780 NZD. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 115,117 NZD.

Levels / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

Salary Levels (NZD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
4,700 NZD - 7,899 NZD	0	n/a
7,900 NZD - 15,799 NZD	0	n/a
15,800 NZD - 23,699 NZD	10	100% 0.63%
23,700 NZD - 31,599 NZD	16	99.38% 1%
31,600 NZD - 39,499 NZD	40	98.38% 2.5%
39,500 NZD - 47,399 NZD	77	95.88% 4.81%
47,400 NZD - 55,299 NZD	144	91.06% 9%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
55,300 NZD - 63,199 NZD	161	82.06% 10.06%
63,300 NZD - 71,199 NZD	138	72% 8.63%
71,200 NZD - 79,099 NZD	132	63.38% 8.25%
79,100 NZD - 86,999 NZD	146	55.13% 9.13%
87,000 NZD - 94,899 NZD	111	46% 6.94%
94,900 NZD - 102,799 NZD	107	39.06% 6.69%
102,800 NZD - 110,699 NZD	70	32.38% 4.38%
110,700 NZD - 118,599 NZD	67	28% 4.19%
118,600 NZD - 126,499 NZD	67	23.81% 4.19%
126,500 NZD - 134,399 NZD	67	19.63% 4.19%
134,400 NZD - 142,299 NZD	34	15.44% 2.13%
142,300 NZD - 150,199 NZD	28	13.31% 1.75%
150,200 NZD - 158,099 NZD	29	11.56% 1.81%
158,100 NZD - 165,999 NZD	19	9.75% 1.19%
166,000 NZD - 173,899 NZD	19	8.56% 1.19%
173,900 NZD - 181,799 NZD	10	7.38% 0.63%
181,800 NZD - 189,799 NZD	19	6.75% 1.19%
189,800 NZD - 197,699 NZD	16	5.56% 1%
197,700 NZD - 205,599 NZD	9	4.56% 0.56%
205,600 NZD - 213,499 NZD	9	4% 0.56%
213,500 NZD - 221,399 NZD	5	3.44% 0.31%
221,400 NZD - 229,299 NZD	2	3.13% 0.13%
229,300 NZD - 237,199 NZD	6	3% 0.38%
HIGH SALARIES
237,200 NZD - 252,999 NZD	4	2.63% 0.25%
253,000 NZD - 268,799 NZD	6	2.38% 0.38%
268,800 NZD - 284,599 NZD	0	n/a
284,600 NZD - 300,399 NZD	5	2% 0.31%
300,400 NZD - 316,299 NZD	6	1.69% 0.38%
316,300 NZD - 332,099 NZD	5	1.31% 0.31%
332,100 NZD - 347,899 NZD	5	1% 0.31%
347,900 NZD - 363,699 NZD	4	0.69% 0.25%
363,700 NZD - 379,499 NZD	2	0.44% 0.13%
379,500 NZD - 395,299 NZD	0	n/a
395,300 NZD - 553,399 NZD	5	0.31% 0.31%

Gender / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	759	111,638 NZD
2	Women	398	83,649 NZD

Education / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	48	141,366 NZD
2	Masters Degree	258	108,633 NZD
3	Bachelors Degree	769	98,197 NZD
4	Some College	284	88,709 NZD
5	High School	223	80,487 NZD
6	Bellow H. School	18	73,213 NZD

Experience / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	150	136,780 NZD
2	12-16 Years	135	115,117 NZD
3	20+ Years	214	111,954 NZD
4	8-12 Years	300	107,685 NZD
5	4-8 Years	309	91,714 NZD
6	2-4 Years	237	74,794 NZD
7	1-2 Years	140	67,994 NZD
8	0-1 Year	115	59,614 NZD

Age / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	3	141,049 NZD
2	46-50	104	126,502 NZD
3	56-60	42	120,177 NZD
4	41-45	131	119,228 NZD
5	51-55	68	118,753 NZD
6	36-40	168	114,800 NZD
7	31-35	233	100,885 NZD
8	61-65	18	98,039 NZD
9	26-30	234	88,551 NZD
10	n/a	443	83,017 NZD
11	21-25	133	68,785 NZD
12	71-75	2	65,781 NZD
13	14-20	21	53,921 NZD

Work Type / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	49	138,045 NZD
2	Contract	96	97,564 NZD
3	Permanent	1,416	95,983 NZD
4	Part Time	39	67,046 NZD

Cities / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Wellington	230	106,261 NZD
2	Auckland	843	100,885 NZD
3	Christchurch	198	91,081 NZD
4	Tauranga	47	87,919 NZD
5	--Other--	101	86,179 NZD
6	Hamilton Urban Area	96	84,123 NZD
7	Dunedin	39	75,585 NZD
8	Napier-Hastings Urban Area	45	74,320 NZD
9	--Other--	1	56,926 NZD

Career Groups / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Aviation & Shipping	14	150,853 NZD
2	Engineers & Technicians III	8	142,473 NZD
3	Management & Business	170	134,250 NZD
4	Engineers & Technicians II	1	127,609 NZD
5	Finance & Banking	54	127,451 NZD
6	Engineers & Technicians IV	29	114,484 NZD
7	Architect Constructions	15	114,484 NZD
8	Law	27	111,480 NZD
9	IT & Programming II	124	110,531 NZD
10	IT & Programming	141	102,624 NZD
11	Military	4	101,359 NZD
12	Health Care & Medical	32	100,727 NZD
13	Health Care & Medical II	28	100,253 NZD
14	Engineers & Technicians V	20	99,936 NZD
15	Human Resources	38	98,355 NZD
16	Construction & Labor Workers	74	92,662 NZD
17	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	98	92,504 NZD
18	Logistics, Road, Railway	39	92,346 NZD
19	Insurance	25	91,239 NZD
20	Education & University	68	89,658 NZD
21	Engineers & Technicians	100	87,444 NZD
22	Public Sector	34	85,705 NZD
23	Geography & Geodesy	8	85,547 NZD
24	Media	23	84,440 NZD
25	Agriculture & Fishing	23	81,435 NZD
26	Automobile	7	81,119 NZD
27	Accounting & Administration	141	79,222 NZD
28	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	31	78,431 NZD
29	Arts, Culture, Performance	9	78,115 NZD
30	Salesmen & Saleswomen	40	75,585 NZD
31	Fashion	6	71,790 NZD
32	Making Design	37	70,841 NZD
33	Organization & Coordination	23	69,892 NZD
34	Archaeology & History	4	68,785 NZD
35	Sports & Recreation	11	67,994 NZD
36	Hotels & Tourism	19	66,888 NZD
37	Security & Fireguard	9	66,255 NZD
38	Properties & Real Estates	9	65,781 NZD
39	Customer Services	38	61,827 NZD
40	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	19	45,066 NZD

Careers / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Director	11	205,408 NZD
2	CEO	10	157,179 NZD
3	Computer Architect	7	153,067 NZD
4	General Manager	20	149,272 NZD
5	Other IT Career	22	142,631 NZD
6	IT Manager	22	138,994 NZD
7	Finance Manager	11	138,361 NZD
8	Business Development Manager	14	134,092 NZD
9	Manager	28	129,348 NZD
10	Operations Manager	18	124,288 NZD
11	Human Resources Manager	15	124,130 NZD
12	Chartered Accountant	17	121,442 NZD
13	Civil Engineer	20	118,279 NZD
14	Sales Manager	13	118,121 NZD
15	Other Management Career	12	116,223 NZD
16	Construction Manager	11	114,326 NZD
17	Logistics Manager	14	113,535 NZD
18	Other Engineer Career	15	113,377 NZD
19	Construction Project Manager	22	112,903 NZD
20	IT Project Manager	15	110,847 NZD
21	Lawyer	19	108,001 NZD
22	System Analyst	13	104,838 NZD
23	Project Manager	16	104,680 NZD
24	Other Education Career	9	102,150 NZD
25	Marketing Manager	12	101,043 NZD
26	Financial Analyst	7	98,829 NZD
27	Software Engineer	20	96,141 NZD
28	System Administrator	11	96,141 NZD
29	Lecturer	19	95,825 NZD
30	Engineer	24	94,244 NZD
31	Other Human Resource Career	9	93,453 NZD
32	Software Developer	31	92,188 NZD
33	Insurance Broker	10	90,765 NZD
34	Salesmen or Saleswomen	9	90,132 NZD
35	Mechanical Engineer	9	87,602 NZD
36	Construction Foreman	9	87,128 NZD
37	Other Public Sector Career	21	85,547 NZD
38	.NET Developer	8	82,858 NZD
39	Sales	8	82,858 NZD
40	Network Administrator	7	82,700 NZD
41	Digital Media	7	80,328 NZD
42	Other Agriculture Career	10	79,538 NZD
43	Electrical Engineer	17	76,375 NZD
44	Other Sales Career	7	75,743 NZD
45	Accountant	14	75,426 NZD
46	Architect	8	75,110 NZD
47	Other Tourism Career	7	75,110 NZD
48	Graphic Designer	22	74,952 NZD
49	Office Administrator	12	73,845 NZD
50	Marketing	11	71,790 NZD
51	Other Constr. & Labor Career	8	68,943 NZD
52	Technician	11	68,627 NZD
53	Accounting Assistant	11	63,567 NZD
54	Business Administration	7	56,451 NZD
55	Administrator	12	55,028 NZD
56	Customer Consultant	10	54,079 NZD
57	Call Center	10	52,656 NZD
58	Store Manager	7	52,340 NZD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Team Lead

Posted 28 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Team and project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	171,000 NZD

Manager

Posted 08 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contract Management and relationship building."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	99,700 NZD

Ancient Language Analyst

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analyze Inscriptions on ancient artifacts to record text and or characters."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	75,100 NZD

Data Engineer

Posted 06 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Azure cloud."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	110,700 NZD

Business Manager

Posted 02 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Payroll, GST filling, health and safety."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	2-4 Years	Advanced	81,200 NZD

Commercial Content Producer

Posted 30 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing the production process of digital articles for commercial clients; sub-editing digital content."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	73,800 NZD

Admin

Posted 30 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Computer skill."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tauranga	Some College	0-1 Year	Basic	30,500 NZD

Fire Engineer

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fire Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	108,500 NZD

Project Management

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	128,300 NZD

Chief Operations Officer

Posted 25 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"All Operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	243,600 NZD

Tv Producer

Posted 24 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Making television. . . writing, interviewing, editing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	146,100 NZD

Human Resource Business Partner

Posted 24 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"10+ years experience in HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tauranga	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	112,000 NZD

Finance Administrator

Posted 22 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamilton Urban Area	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	58,500 NZD

Spatial Analyst

Posted 20 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"ArcGIS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Wellington	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	77,900 NZD

Senior Architectural Technician

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Architecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	97,400 NZD

Manager

Posted 17 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Etcetc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Wellington	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	48,700 NZD

Group Service Administrator

Posted 17 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Time tabling, assisting teaching staff, data entry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	47,700 NZD

Senior Actuary

Posted 15 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Valuations, pricing insurance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Wellington	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	210,100 NZD

Senior Insights Analyst

Posted 16 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Intermediate	105,400 NZD

Social Worker

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Helping."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	87,900 NZD

Talent Manager

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment, Operations, Training, Development, Coaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	82,700 NZD

Teacher

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	98,200 NZD

Service Desk Operations Manager

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT operations management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	142,100 NZD

Chief Marketing Officer

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	High School	4-8 Years	Expert	113,700 NZD

Reinsurance Manager

Posted 12 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reinsurance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Wellington	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	155,100 NZD

Shift Superviser

Posted 09 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Delegation and cash."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	49,600 NZD

Librarian

Posted 08 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Library duties Plus Council Community services Teaching digital services."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	53,200 NZD

Security Specialist

Posted 30 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cyber security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	135,000 NZD

Chef

Posted 30 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cook food."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	High School	4-8 Years	Advanced	52,000 NZD

Installation

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Installing heating systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	High School	2-4 Years	Intermediate	56,900 NZD

Artist

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Making art."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dunedin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	22,800 NZD

Accountant

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounts & Tax."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	70,500 NZD

Human Resources Manager

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"All of HR Management work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	110,600 NZD

People And Operations Director

Posted 25 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Processes
Human Resources
Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	125,800 NZD

Lead Mechanic

Posted 17 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Wof inspector, maintaining vehicles to upmost good conditions mechanically."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	92,800 NZD

Retail Manager

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Selling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	High School	1-2 Years	Basic	38,300 NZD

Territory Manager

Posted 14 April 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	High School	16-20 Years	Advanced	79,700 NZD

Civil Engineering Technician

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Construction monitoring
Procurement
Asset management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Napier-Hastings Urban Area	Some College	8-12 Years	Intermediate	82,400 NZD

Graduate Geotechnical Engineer

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design of SW WW systems, soil testing, inspections, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamilton Urban Area	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	75,900 NZD

Managing Director

Posted 13 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Running the company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	High School	16-20 Years	Expert	433,800 NZD

Regional Coordinator

Posted 09 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordinate."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	63,900 NZD

Senior Systems Engineer

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Exchange Server and Cloud."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamilton Urban Area	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	128,700 NZD

Product Development Food Technologist

Posted 05 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product development and process improvement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	106,500 NZD

Mobile Mechanic

Posted 05 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Servicing vehicles."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	High School	16-20 Years	Advanced	64,400 NZD

Policy Advisor

Posted 05 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Masters of Public Policy
Masters of International Public Health."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	96,500 NZD

Commercial Lead

Posted 27 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"FMCG, CRM, customer relations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	139,400 NZD

Medic

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Provide medical aid to soldiers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	55,800 NZD

General Manager

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operations, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	139,400 NZD

Cloud

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cloud."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	60,300 NZD

Head Of Department

Posted 19 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Align and optimize pricing to business strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Wellington	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	171,600 NZD

ECONOMY / New Zealand

New Zealand incomes are not the most high by international standard comparisons. However they are at a level where middle class enjoy a good life style.

The minimum wage is around $500 NZD per week. New Zealand has a minimum rate that must be paid for young people under 20 age. This rate is around 10 NZD per hour. A little bit less than 3% of employee are at these level. Those that are work in unskilled areas belongs to this level as well.

Employees in skilled occupations with more than 10 years of experience receive an average earnings from around 58,000 NZD to around 80,000 NZD or more per year. For example average income for senior software engineer/developer is around 82,000 NZD.