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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

1.58 NZD = 1 USD

96,860 NZD

$61,216 USD

Auckland

101,011 NZD

58,544 NZD

$37,000 USD

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Average Salary / New Zealand

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Average salary in New Zealand is 96,860 NZD per year. The most typical earning is 58,544 NZD. All data are based on 1,606 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 111,867 NZD. Women receive a salary of 83,544 NZD.

The most paid careers are Aviation & Shipping with average income 150,949 NZD and Engineers & Technicians III with income 142,563 NZD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 143,512 NZD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 108,386 NZD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 137,500 NZD. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 115,031 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% 0.62%
23,700 NZD - 31,599 NZD	16	99.38% 1%
31,600 NZD - 39,599 NZD	40	98.38% 2.49%
39,600 NZD - 47,499 NZD	77	95.89% 4.79%
47,500 NZD - 55,399 NZD	144	91.1% 8.97%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
55,400 NZD - 63,299 NZD	162	82.13% 10.09%
63,300 NZD - 71,199 NZD	138	72.04% 8.59%
71,200 NZD - 79,099 NZD	133	63.45% 8.28%
79,100 NZD - 86,999 NZD	147	55.17% 9.15%
87,000 NZD - 94,899 NZD	111	46.01% 6.91%
94,900 NZD - 102,799 NZD	107	39.1% 6.66%
102,800 NZD - 110,799 NZD	71	32.44% 4.42%
110,800 NZD - 118,699 NZD	68	28.02% 4.23%
118,700 NZD - 126,599 NZD	67	23.79% 4.17%
126,600 NZD - 134,499 NZD	67	19.61% 4.17%
134,500 NZD - 142,399 NZD	34	15.44% 2.12%
142,400 NZD - 150,299 NZD	28	13.33% 1.74%
150,300 NZD - 158,199 NZD	29	11.58% 1.81%
158,200 NZD - 166,099 NZD	19	9.78% 1.18%
166,100 NZD - 173,999 NZD	19	8.59% 1.18%
174,100 NZD - 181,999 NZD	10	7.41% 0.62%
182,000 NZD - 189,899 NZD	19	6.79% 1.18%
189,900 NZD - 197,799 NZD	16	5.6% 1%
197,800 NZD - 205,699 NZD	9	4.61% 0.56%
205,700 NZD - 213,599 NZD	9	4.05% 0.56%
213,600 NZD - 221,499 NZD	5	3.49% 0.31%
221,500 NZD - 229,399 NZD	2	3.18% 0.12%
229,400 NZD - 237,299 NZD	6	3.05% 0.37%
HIGH SALARIES
237,300 NZD - 253,199 NZD	5	2.68% 0.31%
253,200 NZD - 268,999 NZD	6	2.37% 0.37%
269,000 NZD - 284,799 NZD	0	n/a
284,800 NZD - 300,599 NZD	5	1.99% 0.31%
300,600 NZD - 316,499 NZD	6	1.68% 0.37%
316,500 NZD - 332,299 NZD	5	1.31% 0.31%
332,300 NZD - 348,099 NZD	5	1% 0.31%
348,100 NZD - 363,899 NZD	4	0.68% 0.25%
363,900 NZD - 379,699 NZD	2	0.44% 0.12%
379,700 NZD - 395,599 NZD	0	n/a
395,600 NZD - 553,799 NZD	5	0.31% 0.31%

Gender / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	763	111,867 NZD
2	Women	400	83,544 NZD

Education / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	49	143,512 NZD
2	Masters Degree	261	108,386 NZD
3	Bachelors Degree	770	98,259 NZD
4	Some College	284	88,765 NZD
5	High School	224	80,538 NZD
6	Bellow H. School	18	73,259 NZD

Experience / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	151	137,500 NZD
2	12-16 Years	136	115,031 NZD
3	20+ Years	214	112,025 NZD
4	8-12 Years	300	107,753 NZD
5	4-8 Years	312	91,930 NZD
6	2-4 Years	237	74,841 NZD
7	1-2 Years	141	68,037 NZD
8	0-1 Year	115	59,651 NZD

Age / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	3	141,139 NZD
2	46-50	105	127,848 NZD
3	56-60	42	120,253 NZD
4	41-45	133	118,670 NZD
5	51-55	69	118,670 NZD
6	36-40	170	114,556 NZD
7	31-35	233	100,949 NZD
8	61-65	18	98,101 NZD
9	26-30	234	88,607 NZD
10	n/a	443	83,069 NZD
11	21-25	133	68,829 NZD
12	71-75	2	65,822 NZD
13	14-20	21	53,955 NZD

Work Type / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	49	138,132 NZD
2	Contract	96	97,626 NZD
3	Permanent	1,422	96,202 NZD
4	Part Time	39	67,088 NZD

Cities / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Wellington	230	106,329 NZD
2	Auckland	848	100,949 NZD
3	Christchurch	199	91,297 NZD
4	Tauranga	47	87,974 NZD
5	--Other--	101	86,234 NZD
6	Hamilton Urban Area	96	84,177 NZD
7	Dunedin	39	75,632 NZD
8	Napier-Hastings Urban Area	45	74,367 NZD
9	--Other--	1	56,962 NZD

Career Groups / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Aviation & Shipping	14	150,949 NZD
2	Engineers & Technicians III	8	142,563 NZD
3	Management & Business	171	133,860 NZD
4	Engineers & Technicians II	1	127,689 NZD
5	Finance & Banking	54	127,531 NZD
6	Architect Constructions	16	122,626 NZD
7	Engineers & Technicians IV	29	114,556 NZD
8	Law	27	111,550 NZD
9	IT & Programming II	124	110,601 NZD
10	IT & Programming	142	102,689 NZD
11	Military	4	101,424 NZD
12	Health Care & Medical	32	100,791 NZD
13	Health Care & Medical II	28	100,316 NZD
14	Engineers & Technicians V	20	100,000 NZD
15	Human Resources	38	98,417 NZD
16	Construction & Labor Workers	74	92,721 NZD
17	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	98	92,563 NZD
18	Logistics, Road, Railway	39	92,405 NZD
19	Insurance	25	91,297 NZD
20	Education & University	68	89,715 NZD
21	Engineers & Technicians	100	87,500 NZD
22	Public Sector	34	85,759 NZD
23	Geography & Geodesy	8	85,601 NZD
24	Media	23	84,493 NZD
25	Agriculture & Fishing	23	81,487 NZD
26	Automobile	7	81,170 NZD
27	Accounting & Administration	142	79,430 NZD
28	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	32	78,322 NZD
29	Arts, Culture, Performance	9	78,164 NZD
30	Salesmen & Saleswomen	40	75,632 NZD
31	Fashion	7	73,892 NZD
32	Making Design	37	70,886 NZD
33	Organization & Coordination	23	69,936 NZD
34	Archaeology & History	4	68,829 NZD
35	Sports & Recreation	11	68,037 NZD
36	Hotels & Tourism	19	66,930 NZD
37	Security & Fireguard	9	66,297 NZD
38	Properties & Real Estates	9	65,822 NZD
39	Customer Services	38	61,867 NZD
40	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	19	45,094 NZD

Careers / New Zealand (Gross NZD)

#		Surveys
1	Director	11	205,538 NZD
2	CEO	10	157,278 NZD
3	Computer Architect	7	153,164 NZD
4	General Manager	20	149,367 NZD
5	Other IT Career	22	142,721 NZD
6	IT Manager	22	139,082 NZD
7	Finance Manager	11	138,449 NZD
8	Business Development Manager	14	134,177 NZD
9	Manager	28	129,430 NZD
10	Operations Manager	18	124,367 NZD
11	Human Resources Manager	15	124,208 NZD
12	Chartered Accountant	18	120,727 NZD
13	Civil Engineer	20	118,354 NZD
14	Sales Manager	13	118,196 NZD
15	Other Management Career	12	116,297 NZD
16	Construction Manager	11	114,398 NZD
17	Logistics Manager	14	113,607 NZD
18	Other Engineer Career	15	113,449 NZD
19	Construction Project Manager	22	112,974 NZD
20	IT Project Manager	16	111,075 NZD
21	Lawyer	19	108,069 NZD
22	System Analyst	13	104,905 NZD
23	Project Manager	16	104,746 NZD
24	Other Education Career	9	102,215 NZD
25	Marketing Manager	12	101,107 NZD
26	Financial Analyst	7	98,892 NZD
27	Software Engineer	20	96,202 NZD
28	System Administrator	11	96,202 NZD
29	Lecturer	19	95,886 NZD
30	Engineer	24	94,303 NZD
31	Other Human Resource Career	9	93,512 NZD
32	Software Developer	31	92,246 NZD
33	Insurance Broker	10	90,822 NZD
34	Salesmen or Saleswomen	9	90,189 NZD
35	Mechanical Engineer	9	87,658 NZD
36	Construction Foreman	9	87,183 NZD
37	Other Public Sector Career	21	85,601 NZD
38	.NET Developer	8	82,911 NZD
39	Sales	8	82,911 NZD
40	Network Administrator	7	82,753 NZD
41	Digital Media	7	80,379 NZD
42	Other Agriculture Career	10	79,588 NZD
43	Electrical Engineer	17	76,424 NZD
44	Other Sales Career	7	75,791 NZD
45	Accountant	14	75,474 NZD
46	Architect	8	75,158 NZD
47	Other Tourism Career	7	75,158 NZD
48	Graphic Designer	22	75,000 NZD
49	Office Administrator	12	73,892 NZD
50	Marketing	11	71,835 NZD
51	Other Constr. & Labor Career	8	68,987 NZD
52	Technician	11	68,670 NZD
53	Accounting Assistant	11	63,607 NZD
54	Business Administration	7	56,487 NZD
55	Administrator	12	55,063 NZD
56	Customer Consultant	10	54,113 NZD
57	Call Center	10	52,689 NZD
58	Store Manager	7	52,373 NZD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Merchandise Planner

Posted 15 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Financial merchandise planning: stock purchasing, stock management, costings, pricing, margin management, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	High School	12-16 Years	Advanced	86,000 NZD

Fp&a Specialist

Posted 22 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Commercial Accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	107,500 NZD

Project Coordinator

Posted 21 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	63,000 NZD

Inventory Controller

Posted 12 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Inventory controller."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	76,700 NZD

Technician

Posted 22 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Heaps."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Auckland	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	244,600 NZD

Project Manager Senior

Posted 18 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage both internal and external projects, and business intelligence."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Christchurch	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	114,500 NZD

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	171,100 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	110,800 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	81,300 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	73,900 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	108,600 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	128,400 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	243,700 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	146,200 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	112,100 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	78,000 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	97,500 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	47,800 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	210,200 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	105,500 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	82,800 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	98,300 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	142,200 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	113,800 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	155,200 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	49,700 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	53,300 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	135,100 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	57,000 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	110,700 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	125,900 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	79,800 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	82,500 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	76,000 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	434,100 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	64,000 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	128,800 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

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.