1-Year Change
+0.7%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+2.6%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
81.6
2024 · United States = 100
A reported PPP-adjusted average wage of $60,896 in 2025 anchors this New Zealand profile. The sections below add wage history, 2024 consumer price benchmarks and direct comparison links, with unavailable source values left unfilled. Each section keeps its measurement basis visible.
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
Wage History
Track PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices over time.
PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)
USD PPP, constant 2025 prices
Wage Key Facts
Latest Wage
$60,896
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+0.7%
5-Year Change
+2.6%
10-Year Change
+15.5%
Historical Peak
$62,034
Peak Year
2021
Change From Peak
−1.8%
What the Wage Trend Shows
New Zealand's national wage floor, migration, and Auckland housing costs provide useful background. Auckland does not represent every regional labour market in the country.
The country remains an above-median OECD wage economy, generally below Australia and the highest-wage European economies. Recent movement should retain both tight labour conditions and affordability pressure without causal claims.
Consumer Price Levels
Compare eight consumer price categories with the United States benchmark of 100.
United States = 100
What Prices Look Like
Highest: Housing
Housing has the highest relative price level among the available categories, at 105 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Health
Health is the lowest at 45.6, −54.4 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 81.6, below the United States benchmark (−18.4 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
Read the latest wage record and the selected price benchmark together, without merging their years.
The latest available PPP-adjusted average wage for New Zealand is $60,896 for 2025. Its one-year change is +0.7%, while the ten-year change is +15.5%.
All eight consumer price categories have a reported value for 2024. 3 reported categories are above the United States benchmark, 5 are below it, and 0 are at 100.
The wage observation is from 2025, while the selected consumer price view is for 2024. They remain separate records on this page and are not combined into a same-year score.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $60,896
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States5 below, 0 at 100
- 3 above
Compare New Zealand
See how New Zealand's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
South Korea$61,259+0.6%higher
France$60,483−0.7%lower
Sweden$61,443+0.9%higher
Finland$63,053+3.5%higher
Slovenia$63,376+4.1%higher
Lithuania$58,112−4.6%lower
Spain$57,779−5.1%lower
Israel$57,426−5.7%lower
Türkiye$57,275−5.9%lower
United Kingdom$66,299+8.9%higherA reported PPP-adjusted average wage of $60,896 in 2025 anchors this New Zealand profile. The sections below add wage history, 2024 consumer price benchmarks and direct comparison links, with unavailable source values left unfilled. Each section keeps its measurement basis visible.
1-Year Change
+0.7%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+2.6%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
81.6
2024 · United States = 100
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in New Zealand?
The most recent figure is $60,896 for 2025, expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices. That basis adjusts for price level differences between economies, so it is not a local-currency salary. The year remains visible because wage and consumer price records do not necessarily cover the same period.
How has the average wage changed in New Zealand?
The one-year change is +0.7%, continuing the positive latest movement. The five-year change is +2.6%, and the ten-year change is +15.5%. Each percentage compares reported observations in the same wage series; missing values are not estimated.
What are consumer price levels like in New Zealand?
Against the United States benchmark of 100, the overall level is 81.6. Housing is the most expensive category at 105, and Health the least at 45.6. These are relative price indices for 2024, not prices in a local currency.
Have wages in New Zealand grown over the long term?
Over ten years the series is up +15.5%. The five-year change is +2.6%, so most of that movement came earlier in the period. This comparison uses only the reported wage and price fields displayed on the page.
Wage data
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Price data
OECD Comparative Price Levels
Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024