New Zealand Salary and Staff Turnover Surveys

Benchmark salary, staff turnover, and workforce trends with Lawson Williams Surveys.

Lawson Williams manages two established New Zealand employer surveys, the New Zealand Staff Turnover Survey and the New Zealand Industry Salary Survey. Together, they help organisations make better decisions about retention, remuneration, recruitment, and workforce planning.

These surveys are built for employers who want practical New Zealand market data. Participating organisations receive the relevant survey report free of charge, while non-participants can access selected report content or purchase full report sections where available.

                   

 

             

What surveys does Lawson Williams run?

New Zealand Staff Turnover Survey

The New Zealand Staff Turnover Survey has been running since 2007 and will next run in 2026. It provides national turnover benchmarking, industry comparisons, and deeper analysis of voluntary turnover, involuntary turnover, first-year turnover, skills shortages, flexible work, and retention-related factors.

Best for: HR leaders, CEOs, business owners, finance leaders, and managers focused on retention and workforce stability.

New Zealand Industry Salary Survey

The New Zealand Industry Salary Survey was first released in 2019 and the next edition is scheduled for 2027. It helps employers benchmark salary levels and understand the wider reward environment through data on benefits, KiwiSaver, salary increases, workforce demographics, retention, and job market activity.

Best for: HR teams, business owners, hiring managers, and leaders making remuneration and workforce planning decisions.

Why these surveys matter

Most employers are trying to answer two very practical questions.

Are we losing more people than we should be?
Are we paying at the right level to attract and retain good people?

The Lawson Williams survey programme is designed to help answer both.

The Staff Turnover Survey gives organisations a way to compare their turnover with national and sector data, and to understand whether the issue sits in recruitment, onboarding, retention, development, or wider market conditions. The Salary Survey gives employers a stronger base for remuneration reviews, offer setting, internal pay decisions, and workforce planning.

Free to participants

Participating organisations receive the relevant survey report free of charge.

That makes participation valuable in two ways. It gives your organisation access to useful benchmarking data, and it also helps strengthen the quality of the benchmark for the wider New Zealand market.

Why Lawson Williams Surveys

Lawson Williams has long positioned itself as a specialist recruitment and executive search firm with deep sector focus across supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, technical, quality, health and safety, and related functions. The current site already reflects that specialist, industry-grounded positioning, and the survey programme sits naturally within it.

These surveys extend that market knowledge into structured benchmarking. They help employers move beyond anecdote and make better decisions using current New Zealand data.

Explore the surveys, participate, or access the latest reports.

                   

 

             

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