New Zealand Industry Salary Surveys

The 2025 NZ Industry Salary Survey is opening soon.

You can register here to receive the Survey link.

The New Zealand Industry Salary Surveys were established in 2019.

We currently release the following salary survey reports.

1.The New Zealand Industry Salary Survey

2.The New Zealand Supply Chain Salary Survey – in partnership with The Association for Operations and Supply Chain Professionals (NZPICS)

3.The New Zealand Food Industry Salary Survey – in partnership with The New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST) and The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC)

New Zealand Industry Salary Survey Reports – 2023

The latest Salary Survey reports were released in April 2023, providing data from 2018 to 2022.

The Survey reports are presented in two sections.

Section 1 – is available to view and download using this link and provides General Salary data
Section 2 – is available to participating companies free of charge or can be purchased here

 

 

Section A – General Survey Data

 

Base Salary – All data
Base – Salary – Standardised Group Data – All data
Base Salary – by Company Size – All data
Base Salary – by Location – All data
Kiwisaver – % Company contribution
Kiwisaver – Company contribution policy
Base Salary – Gender – All data
Benfits Summary – All data
Benefits Summary – Standardised Group Data – All data

 

Section B – Individual Position Data

 

Section B1               Technical – Quality – Compliance – Laboratory – Environmental – Health & Safety
Technical Manager
Product Development/Innovation Manager
Food/Product Development/R&D/Sensory – Technologist
Packaging Manager
Packaging – Technologist/Engineer
Quality and/or Compliance – Manager
Quality Assurance – Supervisor/Coordinator/team Leader
Quality Assurance/Food Safety – Officer/Technologist
Quality Control – Officer/Technician
Laboratory Manager
Laboratory Supervisor/Team Leader
Laboratory – Technician/Analyst
Environmental Manager
Environmental – Officer/Coordinator
Health & Safety Manager
Health & Safety – Officer/Coordinator/Advisor
Section B2               Engineering – Maintenance – Projects – Automation & Control
Process Development Manager
Process – Technologist/Engineer
Engineering Manager – Projects/Maintenance
Projects Manager
Project Engineer
Maintenance/Reliability – Manager
Reliability Engineer
Maintenance Planner
Maintenance – Team Leader/Supervisor
Maintenance Engineer – Mechanical/Electrical
Automation/Control Systems – Engineer
Section B3             Supply Chain – Planning – Logistics – Procurement – Purchasing
Head/Director of Supply Chain
Supply Chain Manager
Logistics/Supply Chain – Coordinator
Supply Chain Analyst – Demand/Inventory/Materials/Procurement/Logistics
Import/Export – Coordinator
S&OP Manager
Demand/Supply/Production Planning – Manager
Demand Planner
Supply/Production/Materials – Planner
Inventory/Materials – Manager
Inventory Controller
Distribution Centre/Operations – Manager
Logistics/Warehouse/Transport – Manager
Warehouse – Supervisor/Team/Shift – Leader
Procurement Manager
Category/Procurement – Specialist
Purchasing Manager
Purchasing – Officer/Buyer
Section B4             Operations – Manufacturing – Production – Continuous Improvement
Operations/Manufacturing/Site – Manager
Production/Plant – Manager
Production – Team Leader/Supervisor
Continuous Improvement Manager