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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
Including "Auckland"
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%
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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 AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
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 AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
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 AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
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 AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
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 AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
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 AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
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 AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
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
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Expert 171,000 NZD

Manager
Posted 08 September 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 99,700 NZD

Ancient Language Analyst
Posted 07 September 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Masters Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 75,100 NZD

Data Engineer
Posted 06 September 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Christchurch Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 110,700 NZD

Business Manager
Posted 02 September 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- Some College 2-4 Years Advanced 81,200 NZD

Commercial Content Producer
Posted 30 August 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Masters Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 73,800 NZD

Admin
Posted 30 August 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Tauranga Some College 0-1 Year Basic 30,500 NZD

Fire Engineer
Posted 27 July 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Masters Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 108,500 NZD

Project Management
Posted 27 July 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Masters Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 128,300 NZD

Chief Operations Officer
Posted 25 July 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 16-20 Years Advanced 243,600 NZD

Tv Producer
Posted 24 July 2022
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
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Tauranga Some College 4-8 Years Advanced 112,000 NZD

Finance Administrator
Posted 22 July 2022
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
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Wellington Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Intermediate 77,900 NZD

Senior Architectural Technician
Posted 19 July 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Christchurch Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 97,400 NZD

Manager
Posted 17 July 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Wellington Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year Intermediate 48,700 NZD

Group Service Administrator
Posted 17 July 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Masters Degree 0-1 Year Basic 47,700 NZD

Senior Actuary
Posted 15 July 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Wellington Bachelors Degree 16-20 Years Expert 210,100 NZD

Senior Insights Analyst
Posted 16 June 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 16-20 Years Intermediate 105,400 NZD

Social Worker
Posted 15 June 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 87,900 NZD

Talent Manager
Posted 15 June 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 82,700 NZD

Teacher
Posted 14 June 2022
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
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Christchurch Some College 16-20 Years Expert 142,100 NZD

Chief Marketing Officer
Posted 13 June 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland High School 4-8 Years Expert 113,700 NZD

Reinsurance Manager
Posted 12 June 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Wellington Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 155,100 NZD

Shift Superviser
Posted 09 June 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Christchurch Some College 1-2 Years Intermediate 49,600 NZD

Librarian
Posted 08 June 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 53,200 NZD

Security Specialist
Posted 30 May 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 135,000 NZD

Chef
Posted 30 May 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- High School 4-8 Years Advanced 52,000 NZD

Installation
Posted 27 May 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- High School 2-4 Years Intermediate 56,900 NZD

Artist
Posted 26 May 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Dunedin Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Intermediate 22,800 NZD

Accountant
Posted 26 May 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 70,500 NZD

Human Resources Manager
Posted 26 May 2022
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
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Masters Degree 16-20 Years Expert 125,800 NZD

Lead Mechanic
Posted 17 April 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Christchurch Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 92,800 NZD

Retail Manager
Posted 15 April 2022
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
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
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
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland High School 16-20 Years Expert 433,800 NZD

Regional Coordinator
Posted 09 April 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Christchurch Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Intermediate 63,900 NZD

Senior Systems Engineer
Posted 07 April 2022
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
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 106,500 NZD

Mobile Mechanic
Posted 05 April 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland High School 16-20 Years Advanced 64,400 NZD

Policy Advisor
Posted 05 April 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Masters Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 96,500 NZD

Commercial Lead
Posted 27 March 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 139,400 NZD

Medic
Posted 22 March 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Christchurch Some College 0-1 Year Intermediate 55,800 NZD

General Manager
Posted 21 March 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 139,400 NZD

Cloud
Posted 20 March 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Auckland Masters Degree 0-1 Year Intermediate 60,300 NZD

Head Of Department
Posted 19 March 2022
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.


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