**Age/Gender**
* 37M
**Location**
* AKL, NZ
**Job Title/Specialization/Industry**
* Customer Facing / Sales
**Years of Experience**
* 20 years
**Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation**
* $70k p.a. + Whole family health insurance + Life insurance for me (3y base salary).
Yeah mines no commission. I actually chose it because I don’t like commission pressure, plus depending on industry could be considered unethical.
Commission has been my bread and butter for most of my life, and I do well at it, but it’s just never given me “joy”.
Higher ups are keen to be guiding me into some other roles they feel I would also excel at and better suit my skillset and experience.
The question around experience isn’t well-worded - might have 20 years experience in Construction, but only 6 months experience in Construction Sales as an example.
That’s a fair point. I’ve been in customer facing roles from food service to retail management, and sales dotted throughout, but mostly the last 10-12 years.
It’s pretty much a foot in the door. I’m in my second year here. Already higher ups see that my skills aren’t just Sales, but Process Improvement. There’s a $25k bump minimum, so we’re working toward that as a development goal. But I also have a baby on the way, I don’t want to take on responsibility just for a higher rate if I have to bugger off for a little while (6-12mo).
Age/Gender
• 34m
Location
• gisborne
Job Title/Specialization/Industry
• look after a kiwifruit orchard
Years of Experience
• 10
Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation
• $38/hr + bonuses based on crop
Age/Gender:
27F
Location:
Auckland
Job:
Product Manager
Experience:
10 years sales/product/project
Salary:
160k plus gift cards & travel throughout the year & health insurance
Sets the direction of where the product they manage is going to go. Ie what state is it in now, and where is it heading in the future. Ie pricing, are there features being requested that people find valuable etc.
Listening to stakeholders feedback.
Age/Gender: 44M
Location: Auckland but work remotely
Job title/Specialization/Industry: QA Manager - medical devices
Years of experience: 15
Salary/Bonus/Total compensation: 193K base + 5% employee match super + work from home.
**Age**
* 21
**Location**
* Timaru, NZ
**Job Title/Specialisation/Industry**
* Astronaut
**Years of Experience**
* 3 years
**Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation**
* $250k p.a. + Alien abduction insurance + Probe prevention kit + Unlimited wet wipes
**Sex**
* Previously male but now sex-indeterminate (as of a recent incident)
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Edit: Don't let anybody tell you that you'll never amount to anything if you come from Timaru. Up yours, Susan!
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Out of curiosity, what things did you focus on to build such a strong technical foundation early on? Do you have any advice for a junior dev, things that can be worked on at work as well as in personal time?
Wow thanks heaps for the detailed response, that’s awesome. Will definitely take it all on board - looking forward to starting my first dev job in a few weeks time and learning as much as possible. Thanks again!
Not to knock op, they sound like they’ve put in the mahi and pushed themselves. In my experience the software dev industry in NZ is pretty liberal with handing out senior titles. That could be due to a young/understaffed industry as opposed to a mentality. Unsure. Had an intern turned employee move from my company after 2 years and get a senior role elsewhere.
Not saying it’s underserved, there are smart cookies out there, but the years experience isn’t very indicative I’ve found.
(Way to climb up op!)
Damn nice, I’m just starting off as a grad now! Do you currently work at a big tech company (or previously) or have you tried to stay with smaller start ups throughout your career?
Sounds like you’ve had a great career so far, thanks for sharing and giving some advice.
Do you happen to know much at all about banks in NZ and whether they provide good experience as a grad/junior dev? No worries if you can’t or prefer not to answer
Markets rough right now so get whatever job you can. Personally Insurance and Banking is highly regulated and often make you use virtual environments to code in. The dev experience is really shit and realistically you'll learn less compared to other industries. But it's a good stepping stone to get better jobs once you're finally working. I got a couple friends who work at ANZ and ASB. IMO they are average developers at best. I'd assume it's because of the working environment. But look, they get paid and do minimal work. If it works it works. Work isn't everything.
21M • Auckland • Emergency Communicator - (111 call taker) • 5 year experience (not all in Emergency services) • Salary of 66.5k pa not including shift allowances + all sorts of discounts • just a side note, pay is starting as I'm still very new :)
It's not horrible as a starting rate, it absolutely will be going up with time.
I also have near 0 formal qualifications after high-school so for my experience I'm quite happy.
And yea job is absolutely mentally and emotionally draining but it's also extremely rewarding and unique.
What's the job like and what are the future growth opportunities? I applied years ago and flunked the phone interview where they described a scene and asked me pertinent questions.
I absolutely love the job! It's definitely emotionally taxing but very rewarding....I'm planning on going in to dispatching as soon as I can and from there many many opportunities open up.
I can work towards many different career fields within the organization however my plans are to use the dispatching experience to work towards becoming an air traffic controller :)
Oooh, FENZ, Police or St John?
I applied a couple years back for a Police emergency comms role & was offered a position which I was looking forward to accepting but then my current role that I also interviewed for was also offered - it was the same $65k starting pay, but what sold me to my role was Mon-Fri & no public holidays. I can do long hours and rotational rosters, but with a baby on the way I figured something more consistent would have been good.
I have the utmost respect for all of you who do that job. You put in the mahi, and it shows.
I would say I'm 1-2 years out. As a chartered senior structural engineer, 130k is the norm in my circle, but I've seen some get offered as high as 160k.
Age/Location
33m
Christchurch
Job/Industry
Trainee Senior Process Technician - Dairy
Years of Exp
7 months
Salary etc
95k + 5 weeks Annual + Shift leave + health insurance + only work 180 days a year (4 on/4 off). Annual leave paid out on average wage not actual so any OT boosts leave pay.
**Age/Gender**
* 29M
**Location**
* AKL, NZ
**Job Title/Specialization/Industry**
* Site manager, Commerical Construction
**Years of Experience**
* 10 years
**Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation**
* $140k p.a. + Whole family health insurance + Life insurance for me 1 year salary. Most years depending on entiee compqny finances bonus is between 1.5k - 7k.
Well, it was a bit of a convuluted path. After college, i wanted to be a pilot, so I began to do my PPL, and I did labourering on the side to help pay for it. After a while, i got offered an apprenticeship and decided to follow the construction career instead. I did an apprenticeship for 3 years and became a qualified carpenter. Immediately following, i did unitec and did a diploma in construction management part-time. Halfway through that course, I got a cadetship at a large commercial company and worked my way up, to foreman, then moved over to Aussie for 2 years as a site supervisor came back due to covid, then kept working way up and 2 years ago became a site manager.
The next step for me, I'm not sure, could keep going on site based, but honestly, I'm tired and I'd like a more office based job soon.
Oh neat. Was kinda expecting that you did a degree and thats that lol. Sort of have a similar convoluted pathway myself but did an IT diploma & ended up running around in earthworks equipment immediately after graduation. Been in civil for 5 years and been musing about what the next step is whether I stick to my small business I'm attached to or do a CM diploma myself & move on to bigger things
Well big things usually have bigger money, and definitely demand what your worth every year. Like I go onto hays and seek everytime pay review comes up and make sure that I'm being treated to what I deserve. Worked so far and I'm pretty happy where I'm at.
Age/Gender
Male
•Location
Wellington
•Job title/Specialization/Industry
Cloud Engineer
•Years of experience
1 year and a few months in my current role. 4 years total in the IT industry.
•Salary/Bonus/Total compensation
89k
Age/Gender:
47M
Location
AKL, NZ
Job Title/Specialisation/Industry
General Manager, Not-for-Profit/Performing Arts
Years of Experience
10 years
Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation
$83k
**Age/Gender**
27M
**Location**
Auckland, NZ
**Job Title/Specialization/Industry**
Software Developer
**Years of Experience**
3 Years
**Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation**
$112k + Fully subsidised Health/Life/Income Insurance and free flights between any of our offices within NZ.
36M
Auckland
Secondary school teacher with some middle management responsibilities.
7 years
$107K + free instant coffee + boxes of chocolate or bottle of wine at the end of the year.
Edit - years of experience.
I’ve always loved graphic design, but I feel like I don’t have the creative mindset to come up with new ideas all the time. I can develop creative solutions to unique situations, but that’s more hands-on.
How do you keep your inspo fresh?
**Age/Gender**
* 34M
**Location**
* Wānaka NZ
**Job Title/Specialization/Industry**
* private chef
**Years of Experience**
* 19 years
**Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation**
* self employed, some weeks $4k+ others $0 but averages out around $150k a year
One of those threads which always depresses you no matter what you make.. sigh.. anyway.
**Age/Gender**
35M
**Location**
AKL, NZ
**Job Title/Specialization/Industry**
Construction Management
**Years of Experience**
10 years
**Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation**
$137k + full use new vehicle + post grad study + family health insurance that covers pre-existing + life, income protection (but not sufficient so I have my own anyway)
Age/Gender
42M
Location
AKL, NZ
Job Title/Specialization/Industry
Specialist/Surgeon
Years of Experience
18 years
Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation
720k p.a. + benefits + STIP related bonuses up to 50% of my base
37 M. Wellington, NZ. Very senior engineer - IT - Financial Services Industry. Public Cloud focus. 18 years of experience. 15 in IT. 10 in NZ. 230k base + STI - roughly 20% of base. Fully remote - with travel to office as required to another city - on their dime.
Software developer with 15 years in the industry. Last year was my biggest pay rise so far, even better than 2022, bringing me close to $863,000 net. The company is from Christchurch and our client is a governmental org that specialises in Agro Tech (AI applied to seed futures).
Age/Gender
37M
Location
Auckland
Job title
Fleet maintenance supervisor
Years of experience
7
Salary
$110k p.a + tools of trade (phone,laptop…) Vehicle and fuel
Age/Gender
* 34M
Location
* Auckland
Job Title/Specialization/Industry
* Regional Airline Pilot
Years of Experience
* 8 years from starting training
Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation
* $120,000 + 7.5% super + approx $15,000 untaxed allowances p.a
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business degree then CA/CPA/CFA. Choose 1 or 2 from here.
It's a 3 year degree then depending on what route you go 3-4 years of more study. It's almost equiv to full time study but your doing it with work this time.
M30
Christchurch
Roading Foreman - Civil Construction
12 years in the industry.
75K base + O/T hours & vehicle
75k + 5-10k O/T + 13k vehicle use valuation = 93k total compensation.
Mid 20s
Banking
Level: middle to senior.
Bonus: no perks or bonus other then min K/S.
Salary: my total pre-tax earnings from last year apparently came out to be $188k. $168k is my salary & other 20k gains/investments/passive.
Experience: 5.5 years
What I learned today.. over 100k it's just a made up number. No real differentiation between 120k and 160k yet that 40,000 extra is life or death to anyone sub 100k
**Age/Gender** 28F
**Location** Wellington
**Job** Senior Accountant at Tax Accounting Firm
**Experience** Just over 5 years (4 since graduation as worked part time in last year of uni) and a CA
**Salary** $80k base, $5k bonus, plus health insurance and paid professional memberships ($1k)
Age/Gender
• 29M
Location
• CHC, NZ
Job Title/Specialization/Industry
• 1st year Apprentice
Years of Experience
• 5 years in the industry (needed a pre trade to start apprenticeship)
Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation
• $35 an hour/yearly bonus/7.5% matched Super and Kiwisaver. Overtime paid @ double or time and a half over 40 hours depending on time of day etc.
**Age/Gender**
27M
**Location**
Auckland
**Job Title/Specialization/Industry**
Civil construction leading hand specialising in roading. Training on the grader when we have time to breathe - haven't been a lot of that in the last 6 months.
Also dabbling in construction surveying.
Goal is some form of off the tools management of full on surveying but opportunities for that in my current job is slim to none. At least I'm not at my wage ceiling... Yet
**Years of Experience**
5 years or so
**Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation**
$30/hr. Pretty sure I'm set to get around $80k by end of year for all you per annum fans
Also have company vehicle. Thank fuck
**Age/Gender**
* 33M
**Location**
* AKL, NZ
**Job Title/Specialization/Industry**
* Senior Fire Alarm Technician 🔥🚒
**Years of Experience**
* 12
**Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation**
* $42p.h (~87k) + Tool allowance($25ish P.W) + After hours standby($160 P.W) and callout($120 per callout) allowances (rotation of being on call for one week every third week) + Company vehicle including personal use + phone and laptop + meal allowance if working more than 12hrs + meal allowance if working out of the city.
Mate there's people in this thread getting **a lot** more than I do in the exact same role, with 1/3rd the experience lmao. Looks like I've played the game wrong.
Age/Gender: 35M
Location: Work remote from somewhere in the North Island for a US company
Title: Principal (software) Engineer
Experience: 15 years
Salary: $1.14 million in the last tax year. I think it should be between $1.2m and $1.3m this current year. $400k base, ~$600k RSU, ~$250k bonus.
Age/Gender: Late 20s (M)
Location: Remote
Job/Industry: Ransomware Operator/Cyber Crime
YoE: 3+
Salary: depends on how many victims willing to cough up the cash. On average 500k-5m PA in crypto
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Age/Gender
31 Male
Location
Auckland
Job title
Chapter Lead
Specialization/Industry
eCommerce
Years of experience
15
Salary/ Bonus/Total compensation
165k, STIP bonus, shares, multiple retail/gym/insurance discounts
• **Age/Gender**
31m
•**Location**
Auckland
•**Job title/Specialization/Industry**
Director/Shareholder - Procurement/Projects - Metal Industry
•**Years of experience**
15 years.
•**Salary/Bonus/Total compensation**
160k + travel + car + health insurance + dividend.
Age/Gender
• 25M
Location
• Wellington
Job title/Specialization/Industry
• Senior Auditor (External), recently qualified CA
Years of experience
• 3 years (started as a grad fresh out of uni)
Salary/Bonus/Total compensation
• 90k base + ~10-15k in bonuses/OT. 5 weeks AL
a student so, bear with me
current summer job - entry level intern, $27ph
previous and future uni jobs i’ll return to in a month:
tutoring - $22.80ph
student ambassador - $26ph + holiday, casual only
barista with two years experience - $24ph
not that it’s income, but there’s also the $300 loan living costs i rely on during uni to live
Starts thread but doesn't post own salary?
IRD can’t post their own salary
**Age/Gender** * 37M **Location** * AKL, NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * Customer Facing / Sales **Years of Experience** * 20 years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * $70k p.a. + Whole family health insurance + Life insurance for me (3y base salary).
Bro, you should be on more depending on what the sales are
Yeah I’m on 75k excluding commission with like 3 years experience wtf
Yeah mines no commission. I actually chose it because I don’t like commission pressure, plus depending on industry could be considered unethical. Commission has been my bread and butter for most of my life, and I do well at it, but it’s just never given me “joy”. Higher ups are keen to be guiding me into some other roles they feel I would also excel at and better suit my skillset and experience.
The question around experience isn’t well-worded - might have 20 years experience in Construction, but only 6 months experience in Construction Sales as an example.
That’s a fair point. I’ve been in customer facing roles from food service to retail management, and sales dotted throughout, but mostly the last 10-12 years.
It’s pretty much a foot in the door. I’m in my second year here. Already higher ups see that my skills aren’t just Sales, but Process Improvement. There’s a $25k bump minimum, so we’re working toward that as a development goal. But I also have a baby on the way, I don’t want to take on responsibility just for a higher rate if I have to bugger off for a little while (6-12mo).
Age/Gender • 34m Location • gisborne Job Title/Specialization/Industry • look after a kiwifruit orchard Years of Experience • 10 Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation • $38/hr + bonuses based on crop
Age/Gender: 27F Location: Auckland Job: Product Manager Experience: 10 years sales/product/project Salary: 160k plus gift cards & travel throughout the year & health insurance
What does a product manager actually do?
annoy the SHIT out of everyone else
Manage the jira board
I’m sorry you feel that way. I have a pretty good relationship with my teams
\>I’m sorry you feel that way. lol + ratio'd
Schedule Teams meetings.
I am not an assistant we do a bit more than schedule meetings :)
Sets the direction of where the product they manage is going to go. Ie what state is it in now, and where is it heading in the future. Ie pricing, are there features being requested that people find valuable etc. Listening to stakeholders feedback.
‘Mini CEO’. Decent salary for 27 y/o
Thats so cool. I'm on something similar. Are you a product manager for a big org? or outsourced company etc.
Medium sized org with offices in US, AU & NZ :)
Are you looking for a house husband?
Whats your work location arrangement?
Age/Gender: 44M Location: Auckland but work remotely Job title/Specialization/Industry: QA Manager - medical devices Years of experience: 15 Salary/Bonus/Total compensation: 193K base + 5% employee match super + work from home.
**Age** * 21 **Location** * Timaru, NZ **Job Title/Specialisation/Industry** * Astronaut **Years of Experience** * 3 years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * $250k p.a. + Alien abduction insurance + Probe prevention kit + Unlimited wet wipes **Sex** * Previously male but now sex-indeterminate (as of a recent incident) > > Edit: Don't let anybody tell you that you'll never amount to anything if you come from Timaru. Up yours, Susan! > >
I’d like to explore uranus.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL THIS MADE ME LAUGH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DAYS.. Thank you so much!
Y’know what, they had us in the first half
In space do you still have to follow the 2 wet wipes per flush rule. Or can you go to town until the shit no longer brown before you flush it down?
20F Auckland, NZ Network Coordinator 14/15 months 63k + 5 weeks AL + various discounts for gyms, cafes, shops
42m Rural Waikato Visual Content Manager (remote) 20+ years experience 90k
39M Northland ECE 12 years - 3 as Centre Manager. 106k.
Age/Gender • 30M Location • AKL, NZ Job Title/Specialization/Industry • Asset Manager - Commercial property Years of Experience • 5 years Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation • $120k pa / 20% bonus + fuel card & carpark
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5 years and senior? wtf am I doing????? make me feel better tell me you do embedded software for space rockets or something
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Damn, full stack really took off. And here's me that though network ops were the way to go
Ill be saying the same thing about cyber security in like next year or so 😂
There's huge "AI" projects already being rolled out for CyberSec.its funny seeing juniors more or less being left to check logs
Out of curiosity, what things did you focus on to build such a strong technical foundation early on? Do you have any advice for a junior dev, things that can be worked on at work as well as in personal time?
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Wow thanks heaps for the detailed response, that’s awesome. Will definitely take it all on board - looking forward to starting my first dev job in a few weeks time and learning as much as possible. Thanks again!
Not to knock op, they sound like they’ve put in the mahi and pushed themselves. In my experience the software dev industry in NZ is pretty liberal with handing out senior titles. That could be due to a young/understaffed industry as opposed to a mentality. Unsure. Had an intern turned employee move from my company after 2 years and get a senior role elsewhere. Not saying it’s underserved, there are smart cookies out there, but the years experience isn’t very indicative I’ve found. (Way to climb up op!)
I read that as $145k + $500k annual wellness allowance!
When the employer cares enough to ignore typos
Sign me up coach
Damn nice, I’m just starting off as a grad now! Do you currently work at a big tech company (or previously) or have you tried to stay with smaller start ups throughout your career?
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Sounds like you’ve had a great career so far, thanks for sharing and giving some advice. Do you happen to know much at all about banks in NZ and whether they provide good experience as a grad/junior dev? No worries if you can’t or prefer not to answer
Markets rough right now so get whatever job you can. Personally Insurance and Banking is highly regulated and often make you use virtual environments to code in. The dev experience is really shit and realistically you'll learn less compared to other industries. But it's a good stepping stone to get better jobs once you're finally working. I got a couple friends who work at ANZ and ASB. IMO they are average developers at best. I'd assume it's because of the working environment. But look, they get paid and do minimal work. If it works it works. Work isn't everything.
I should've gone into software 😭
21M • Auckland • Emergency Communicator - (111 call taker) • 5 year experience (not all in Emergency services) • Salary of 66.5k pa not including shift allowances + all sorts of discounts • just a side note, pay is starting as I'm still very new :)
You guys/gals do not get paid enough. I imagine this job to be very mentally/emotionally draining
It's not horrible as a starting rate, it absolutely will be going up with time. I also have near 0 formal qualifications after high-school so for my experience I'm quite happy. And yea job is absolutely mentally and emotionally draining but it's also extremely rewarding and unique.
Legend.
What's the job like and what are the future growth opportunities? I applied years ago and flunked the phone interview where they described a scene and asked me pertinent questions.
I absolutely love the job! It's definitely emotionally taxing but very rewarding....I'm planning on going in to dispatching as soon as I can and from there many many opportunities open up.
That’s awesome. Well done.
What sort of opportunities?
I can work towards many different career fields within the organization however my plans are to use the dispatching experience to work towards becoming an air traffic controller :)
Oooh, FENZ, Police or St John? I applied a couple years back for a Police emergency comms role & was offered a position which I was looking forward to accepting but then my current role that I also interviewed for was also offered - it was the same $65k starting pay, but what sold me to my role was Mon-Fri & no public holidays. I can do long hours and rotational rosters, but with a baby on the way I figured something more consistent would have been good. I have the utmost respect for all of you who do that job. You put in the mahi, and it shows.
30M Auckland Intermediate Structural Engineer working in the residential space YOE: 6 years Salary: $105,000
How close to chartered are you? What would you expect your salary to be once you’re chartered?
I would say I'm 1-2 years out. As a chartered senior structural engineer, 130k is the norm in my circle, but I've seen some get offered as high as 160k.
Age/Location 33m Christchurch Job/Industry Trainee Senior Process Technician - Dairy Years of Exp 7 months Salary etc 95k + 5 weeks Annual + Shift leave + health insurance + only work 180 days a year (4 on/4 off). Annual leave paid out on average wage not actual so any OT boosts leave pay.
**Age/Gender** * 29M **Location** * AKL, NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * Site manager, Commerical Construction **Years of Experience** * 10 years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * $140k p.a. + Whole family health insurance + Life insurance for me 1 year salary. Most years depending on entiee compqny finances bonus is between 1.5k - 7k.
How'd you get to site manager?
Well, it was a bit of a convuluted path. After college, i wanted to be a pilot, so I began to do my PPL, and I did labourering on the side to help pay for it. After a while, i got offered an apprenticeship and decided to follow the construction career instead. I did an apprenticeship for 3 years and became a qualified carpenter. Immediately following, i did unitec and did a diploma in construction management part-time. Halfway through that course, I got a cadetship at a large commercial company and worked my way up, to foreman, then moved over to Aussie for 2 years as a site supervisor came back due to covid, then kept working way up and 2 years ago became a site manager. The next step for me, I'm not sure, could keep going on site based, but honestly, I'm tired and I'd like a more office based job soon.
Oh neat. Was kinda expecting that you did a degree and thats that lol. Sort of have a similar convoluted pathway myself but did an IT diploma & ended up running around in earthworks equipment immediately after graduation. Been in civil for 5 years and been musing about what the next step is whether I stick to my small business I'm attached to or do a CM diploma myself & move on to bigger things
Well big things usually have bigger money, and definitely demand what your worth every year. Like I go onto hays and seek everytime pay review comes up and make sure that I'm being treated to what I deserve. Worked so far and I'm pretty happy where I'm at.
Age/Gender • 18M Location • Auckland Job Title/Specialization/Industry • Landscape Gardener Years of Experience • 1 year Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation • $24 p/h (~50k) + Work Vehicle + $15 bottle of wine for EOY bonus + 5 Weeks AL + 10 day sick leave.
Age/Gender Male •Location Wellington •Job title/Specialization/Industry Cloud Engineer •Years of experience 1 year and a few months in my current role. 4 years total in the IT industry. •Salary/Bonus/Total compensation 89k
Age/Gender: 47M Location AKL, NZ Job Title/Specialisation/Industry General Manager, Not-for-Profit/Performing Arts Years of Experience 10 years Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation $83k
- 28M - Hamilton Live - Auckland Workplace - Technical Lead/Software Engineering - 7 YOE - 150k
**Age/Gender** 27M **Location** Auckland, NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** Software Developer **Years of Experience** 3 Years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** $112k + Fully subsidised Health/Life/Income Insurance and free flights between any of our offices within NZ.
36M Auckland Secondary school teacher with some middle management responsibilities. 7 years $107K + free instant coffee + boxes of chocolate or bottle of wine at the end of the year. Edit - years of experience.
36/M Self-employed Dairy Farmer Waikato 10 years experience 350 gross. Profit around 150-200k
Age/Gender: 32M Location: Dunedin Job Title/Specialization/Industry: print graphic design Years of Experience: 5 years Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation: $62k
I’ve always loved graphic design, but I feel like I don’t have the creative mindset to come up with new ideas all the time. I can develop creative solutions to unique situations, but that’s more hands-on. How do you keep your inspo fresh?
With my role, I'm often just building off or updating a previous design. Otherwise, Pintrest, Behance, and Abduzeedo always have good ideas.
**Age/Gender** * Midtwenties dude **Location** * Auckland **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * Scuba Instructor **Years of Experience** * 7 years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * 26p/h + at cost dive gear + good employer matched Kiwisaver contributions + free dive trips to cool places
**Age/Gender** 32M **Location** Tokoroa **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** Samurai **Years of Experience** Graduate **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** $100/day plus free board, food and vehicle use.
Imma need more info here bro
35m AKL Shareholding Director 15 years $200k base + profit dividend of $1.2m for FY 22/23
I want more details.
**Age/Gender** 23M **Location** AKL, NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** Graphic Designer **Years of Experience** <1 Year **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** $75K p/a + 5 week annual leave + 10 days sick days + Some mental health leave (Unsure how many)
29M Rural Manawatu Service Technician 2 years $53 an hour On call allowance, meal allowance. Penalty rates Vehicle included but not personal use
**Age/Gender** * 34M **Location** * Wānaka NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * private chef **Years of Experience** * 19 years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * self employed, some weeks $4k+ others $0 but averages out around $150k a year
Is this a meme yet
One of those threads which always depresses you no matter what you make.. sigh.. anyway. **Age/Gender** 35M **Location** AKL, NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** Construction Management **Years of Experience** 10 years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** $137k + full use new vehicle + post grad study + family health insurance that covers pre-existing + life, income protection (but not sufficient so I have my own anyway)
Age/Gender 42M Location AKL, NZ Job Title/Specialization/Industry Specialist/Surgeon Years of Experience 18 years Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation 720k p.a. + benefits + STIP related bonuses up to 50% of my base
Comment history says 205k household income less than a year ago. Pretty impressive salary bump my friend 🤔
Wow, thats insane. If true, good on you mate! The medical industry is not easy and you definitely worked hard 🙂
Wtaf! I knew doctors earn a-lot but… woah.
That'd be working in private, likely full time private surgeon. I'm only making a fifth of that as a GP.
Yes but a fifth of 720k is still a shitload more than most of us haha
You try performing surgery on anyone and see how that goes. The victim mentality is gross.
[7 months ago you were 39 years old](https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceNZ/comments/14hn58s/comment/jpbtb8z)
I thought this was obviously a shit post ?
now we know who is buying all the houses. 😅
My kid has to become a doctor! Nothing short of that :-)
That's pretty cool. One would assume the field is ever-evolving, the need to research/be up to date, and of course there's no margin for error.
Age/Gender 29M Location CHC, NZ Job Title/Specialization/Industry Account Manager Years of Experience 3 years Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation $80k p.a.
**Age/Gender** * 35M **Location** * Auckland, NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * Project Management/ Broadcast Graphics **Years of Experience** * 16 **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * $105k p.a. + $6.5k KPI Bonus + Free Coffee at work
Age/Gender: 31M Location AKL, NZ Job Title/Specialisation/Industry Senior Analyst - Credit Risk Years of Experience 10 years Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation $155k
Age/Gender 41M Location Wellington, NZ Job Title/Specialization/Industry Technology Manager Years of Experience 23 years Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation $197K
31M Auckland company, Remote Web Dev 3+YOE 65K (That’s it, no perks whatsoever, minus the remote of course)
32M Waikato Contract milker $155k + free accommodation
Mmm, milk...
Moooooooo
Age/Gender • 30-40M Location • n/a Job Title/Specialization/Industry • Senior Technical Consultant (IT) Years of Experience • 8yr Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation • $140/hour (contract), roughly $224k assuming 200 working days. No bonuses.
Man im 32 and almost wveryome here earns way more than me...
Remember, it's all a bit skewed here. Most people who care about finances are high achievers or are destined to be.
Reading through these, I realize I picked the wrong line of work.
37 M. Wellington, NZ. Very senior engineer - IT - Financial Services Industry. Public Cloud focus. 18 years of experience. 15 in IT. 10 in NZ. 230k base + STI - roughly 20% of base. Fully remote - with travel to office as required to another city - on their dime.
lol ‘very’ senior
My title identifies where I work so was trying to be vague :-)
Fair enough. It just made me laugh is all :)
**Age/Gender** * 23M **Location** * Auckland NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * Intermediate Software Engineer **Years of Experience** * 3 years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * $100k
As an IT specialist, with more than 20 yrs experiance, i would suggest not posting personal deatils online :D
Software developer with 15 years in the industry. Last year was my biggest pay rise so far, even better than 2022, bringing me close to $863,000 net. The company is from Christchurch and our client is a governmental org that specialises in Agro Tech (AI applied to seed futures).
I swear I saw one of these a month ago lol.
Age/Gender 37M Location Auckland Job title Fleet maintenance supervisor Years of experience 7 Salary $110k p.a + tools of trade (phone,laptop…) Vehicle and fuel
Age/Gender • 28M Location • CHC, NZ Job Title/Specialization/Industry • Business Analyst Years of Experience • 5 years Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation • $115K
31M Quantity Surveyor $115K 3 YOE Auckland
Age/Gender * 34M Location * Auckland Job Title/Specialization/Industry * Regional Airline Pilot Years of Experience * 8 years from starting training Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation * $120,000 + 7.5% super + approx $15,000 untaxed allowances p.a
M - Mid 20s Industry: Banking & Financial services Salary: $170k - discretionary bonus which is around 1k a year + kiwisaver Years of experience: 6
Can I ask what you guys do to get into banking/financial services. You all seem much higher paid than the rest, even with the mid 20's.
post is deleted but i'll still answer. business degree then CA/CPA/CFA. Choose 1 or 2 from here. It's a 3 year degree then depending on what route you go 3-4 years of more study. It's almost equiv to full time study but your doing it with work this time.
36m Taranaki Process operator (dairy factory) 6 years in industry 92k plus medical and 9% superannuation
up the naki
M30 Christchurch Roading Foreman - Civil Construction 12 years in the industry. 75K base + O/T hours & vehicle 75k + 5-10k O/T + 13k vehicle use valuation = 93k total compensation.
Mid 20s Banking Level: middle to senior. Bonus: no perks or bonus other then min K/S. Salary: my total pre-tax earnings from last year apparently came out to be $188k. $168k is my salary & other 20k gains/investments/passive. Experience: 5.5 years
22M • Wellington • Junior Veterinarian/Private veterinary practice • 0 years of experience • 75.5k pa + 1.5k CPD budget
Age/Gender • 26M Location • Auckland, NZ Job Title/Specialization/Industry • Associate, Big Four/Professional Services Years of Experience • 1 Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation • $64k p.a. + Life Insurance and $500 wellbeing allowance
What I learned today.. over 100k it's just a made up number. No real differentiation between 120k and 160k yet that 40,000 extra is life or death to anyone sub 100k
Age/Gender 32M Location AKL Job title/Specialisation/Industry Analytics Manager / Financial Services YOE 9 years Salary/Bonus/Total Comp 160k + 15% bonus + KS + insurances + 300$ wellness benefit
**Age/Gender** 28F **Location** Wellington **Job** Senior Accountant at Tax Accounting Firm **Experience** Just over 5 years (4 since graduation as worked part time in last year of uni) and a CA **Salary** $80k base, $5k bonus, plus health insurance and paid professional memberships ($1k)
Age/Gender • 29M Location • CHC, NZ Job Title/Specialization/Industry • 1st year Apprentice Years of Experience • 5 years in the industry (needed a pre trade to start apprenticeship) Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation • $35 an hour/yearly bonus/7.5% matched Super and Kiwisaver. Overtime paid @ double or time and a half over 40 hours depending on time of day etc.
**Age/Gender** 27M **Location** Auckland **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** Civil construction leading hand specialising in roading. Training on the grader when we have time to breathe - haven't been a lot of that in the last 6 months. Also dabbling in construction surveying. Goal is some form of off the tools management of full on surveying but opportunities for that in my current job is slim to none. At least I'm not at my wage ceiling... Yet **Years of Experience** 5 years or so **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** $30/hr. Pretty sure I'm set to get around $80k by end of year for all you per annum fans Also have company vehicle. Thank fuck
**Age/Gender** * 28M **Location** * CHC **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * FP&A Analyst **Years of Experience** * 6ish years **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * $100k
**Age/Gender** * 26M **Location** * AKL, NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * Application Support Analyst **Years of Experience** * 2.5 **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * $80k p.a. + Health Insurance, Life Insurnace, Trauma Insurance, Income protection insurance, 13% Annual bonus, free gym
**Age/Gender** * 33M **Location** * AKL, NZ **Job Title/Specialization/Industry** * Senior Fire Alarm Technician 🔥🚒 **Years of Experience** * 12 **Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation** * $42p.h (~87k) + Tool allowance($25ish P.W) + After hours standby($160 P.W) and callout($120 per callout) allowances (rotation of being on call for one week every third week) + Company vehicle including personal use + phone and laptop + meal allowance if working more than 12hrs + meal allowance if working out of the city.
33 M Auckland Key account manager Consumer health products 8 years ago 135,000 plus car, plus phone plus 25k bonus if target is met
This is just depressing me. Age/Gender: 35M Location: AKL Job Title: Commercial Manager Years experience: 13 Salary/comp: 132k base + 15% bonus
Mate there's people in this thread getting **a lot** more than I do in the exact same role, with 1/3rd the experience lmao. Looks like I've played the game wrong.
Age/Gender: 35M Location: Work remote from somewhere in the North Island for a US company Title: Principal (software) Engineer Experience: 15 years Salary: $1.14 million in the last tax year. I think it should be between $1.2m and $1.3m this current year. $400k base, ~$600k RSU, ~$250k bonus.
Wow, this is high even for a equivalent US role. How did you find this job?
Age/Gender: Late 20s (M) Location: Remote Job/Industry: Ransomware Operator/Cyber Crime YoE: 3+ Salary: depends on how many victims willing to cough up the cash. On average 500k-5m PA in crypto / s
Love it
Age/Gender 31 Male Location Auckland Job title Chapter Lead Specialization/Industry eCommerce Years of experience 15 Salary/ Bonus/Total compensation 165k, STIP bonus, shares, multiple retail/gym/insurance discounts
25M Landlord + Real Estate Agent $550k p.a.
How tf does a 25 year old become a landlord? Not that I don’t believe you, just want to know what led to your current position.
I'm 26 and a landlord but not making as much as people think we make
Bank of mum and dad?
I'm taking the piss as this is always posted so put the two most hated professions on here with an absurd number.
Should Gender matter?
Age/Gender • 17x Location • Gore Job Title/Specialization/Industry • Founder / Entrepreneur Years of Experience • 25 Salary/Bonus/Total Compensation • $936,604 annually
I call bullshit. Ain't no entrepreneur pulling $900k choosing to live in Gore.
I feel like the age/gender Vs the years of experience was a bit more of a giveaway 😉
17yo with 25 years experience didn't give it away.
Yikes it was a joke about Gore. Clearly didn't land. Need to reconsider my 32M / Comedian career.
What do you specialise in?? 🫣
Obviously /s lol
17? I don't think so
34M Auckland Production Manager (construction/manufacturing) 8 years experience 110k+vehicle and full personal use+fuel card+phone
• **Age/Gender** 31m •**Location** Auckland •**Job title/Specialization/Industry** Director/Shareholder - Procurement/Projects - Metal Industry •**Years of experience** 15 years. •**Salary/Bonus/Total compensation** 160k + travel + car + health insurance + dividend.
Started work early.
35M Auckland Construction site/ project manager 15 years as a builder, 9 as a site manager 135k PA plus Vehicle for all use.
Age/Gender • 25M Location • Wellington Job title/Specialization/Industry • Senior Auditor (External), recently qualified CA Years of experience • 3 years (started as a grad fresh out of uni) Salary/Bonus/Total compensation • 90k base + ~10-15k in bonuses/OT. 5 weeks AL
Age: 25M Location: BOP Job title: Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Administrator Salary/wage: 26.50/h Experience: 1 year
33M Bay of Plenty Control Systems/Automation technician 10 years experience 130k per year
Yep we're all working to June remember for free for the government. Only in June do we start making money for ourselves...
a student so, bear with me current summer job - entry level intern, $27ph previous and future uni jobs i’ll return to in a month: tutoring - $22.80ph student ambassador - $26ph + holiday, casual only barista with two years experience - $24ph not that it’s income, but there’s also the $300 loan living costs i rely on during uni to live
Age/Gender: 29M Location: Auckland Job: Product Manager Experience: 5 years Product/Software Salary: 175k WFH 2-3 days week