What is the average salary in New Zealand ?

Question

Hello, I am Belgian and I would like to have some informations about salaries in New Zealand.

- Average salary ?

- Minimum wage ?

Answer 1

the average salary for specific locations differs. But so does the cost of living.

In Auckland you could expect the average salary to be higher than smaller towns. But on the flip side the cost of living is much higher in Auckland

Answer 2

For a list of average salaries see

http://www.immigration.govt.nz/nzopportu... or rates of pay here http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/S...

Averages:-

Legislators, Administrators & Managers $57,013

Professionals $51,376

Technicians & Associate Professionals $42,869

Clerks $36,046

Service & Sales Workers  $26,561

Agriculture & Fisheries Workers  $29,474

Trades Workers $35,173

Plant & Machine Operators &Assemblers $32,198

Unskilled Occupations $26,894

More on Pay or Wage Rates - http://www.worksite.govt.nz/en/.tree/you...

From 1 April 2008 the minimum wage is going up.

for employees aged 16 years and over will rise to $12.00 an hour before tax, except for new entrants and employees subject to the minimum training wage. That’s $96 for an eight hour day, or $480 for a 40 hour week.

From 1 April 2008, the training wage will rise to $9.60 an hour before tax. That’s $76.80 for an eight hour day, and $384 for a 40 hour week. The training wage applies to people doing recognised industry training involving at least 60 credits a year.

More info on minimum wage see - http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/pay/minimum.h...

If you wish to find out more about Working in NZ, go to http://www.workingin-newzealand.com

Cheers

Answer 3

K Bear covered it very well and accurately.

There are also employment contracts currently in NZ and many ensure there is no overtime extra pay depending on the Company. The company I work for pays the same rate if you work extra days or time or week-ends (not time and a half as they do in Australia I believe). However if you work on a public holiday you are entitled to time and a half and if you work on a statutory holiday you also get a day in lieu (a paid day off at some other time)

Answer 4

Average salaries are not going to help too much you should look on seek.co.nz at jobs you could be interested in and migh get and see if you can find some that quote a salary.  Unfortunately most don't publish but worth a browse around

Answer 5

I am pretty certain that the actual AVERAGE wage is around NZD20-25,000...which seems rather low but this is apparently what it is! I know this is around what I earned last year!

Obviouslt it depends on what you do with professional workers getting much more and it also depends on the area that you work in.

The minimum wage as pointed out, it quite low compared to other countries like us and the salary is also lower than in other devlopled countries. I know Australia has higher wages and is why many kiwis want to go and work there....I am considering it myself...same job, better pay!

Answer 6

Yes those are annual wages and in NZ$

Also consider the differences between Belgian and NZ law.

I'm not 100% sure on the Belgian rules but there are some significant differences.

For instance 20 days leave per annum is minimum (this is up from 15 since April 07) Your holidays are paid through basically you save them up and that is your holiday pay on your days off No additional holiday pay. Also a 13th month is unheard of and sickleave is 5 days per annum

Maternity leave is 6 weeks I believe (also relatively new, never had to use it so not 100% there) Working week tends to be 40 hours (plus)

Houses are relatively expensive. Tax system however is incredibly simple and straightforward.

All taxes, allowances etc are all in one big tax thing (PAYE) that is all the tax you pay if you are on salary. (well of course there is GST (Goods and Services Tax) but that is when you buy stuff.