New Zealand Industry Salary Surveys

The 2025 NZ Industry Salary Survey has been released.

The Survey report is FREE to participating companies.

The report provides national and salary data for industry across regions of New Zealand. It includes positions in the following disciplines:

Technical – Product Development, Packaging, Process development
Quality – QA, QC, Laboratory, Compliance, Food Safety
Health and Safety
Environmental
Supply Chain, Transport and Procurement
Operations and Production
Engineering, Maintenance and Automation

New Zealand Industry Salary Survey Report – 2025

The Survey report is presented in two sections.

Section A – General Survey Data including insights from our latest Employee Salary Survey.
Section B – Individual Position Data

Section A – General Survey Data

Page A/1. Base Salary – All data
Page A/2. Base – Salary – Standardised Group Data – All data
Page A/3. Base Salary – by Company Size – All data
Page A/4. Base Salary – by Location – All data
Page A/6. Kiwisaver – Participation and employer contributions
Page A/7. Base Salary – by Specialisation
Page A/8. Base Salary – by Gender – All data
Page A/9. Benfits Summary – by Company Size
Page A/10. Benefits Summary – by Location
Page A/12. Salary Increases – All Data
Page A/13. Salary Increases – by Sector
Page A/14. Workforce Demographics – All Data
Page A/15. Workforce Demographics – by Sector
Page A/16. Workforce Demographics – by Gender
Page A/17. Staff Retention – All Data
Page A/18. Staff Retention – Job change intentions and Interview activity – by Sector

Section B – Individual Position Data

Part B1 Technical – Quality – Compliance – Laboratory – Environmental – Health & Safety

Page B1/1. Technical Manager
Page B1/3. Product Development/Innovation Manager
Page B1/5. Food/Product Development/R&D/Sensory – Technologist
Page B1/7. Packaging – Technologist/Engineer
Page B1/9. Quality and/or Compliance – Manager
Page B1/11. Quality Assurance – Supervisor/Coordinator/team Leader
Page B1/13. Quality Assurance/Food Safety – Officer/Technologist
Page B1/15. Quality Control – Officer/Technician
Page B1/17. Laboratory Technician/Analyst
Page B1/19. Environmental Manager
Page B1/21. Health & Safety Manager

Part B2 Engineering – Maintenance – Projects – Automation & Control

Page B2/1. Process – Technologist/Engineer
Page B2/3. Engineering Manager – Projects/Maintenance
Page B2/5. Projects Manager
Page B2/7. Project Engineer
Page B2/9. Reliability Engineer
Page B2/11. Maintenance Planner
Page B2/13. Maintenance – Team Leader/Supervisor
Page B2/15. Maintenance Engineer – Mechanical/Electrical
Page B2/17. Automation/Control Systems – Engineer

Part B3 Supply Chain – Planning – Logistics – Procurement – Purchasing

Page B3/1. Head/Director of Supply Chain
Page B3/3. Supply Chain Manager
Page B3/5. Logistics/Supply Chain – Coordinator
Page B3/7. Supply Chain Analyst – Demand/Inventory/Materials/Procurement/Logistics
Page B3/9. Supply/Production/Materials – Planner
Page B3/11. Inventory Controller
Page B3/13. Logistics/Warehouse/Transport – Manager
Page B3/15. Warehouse – Supervisor/Team/Shift – Leader
Page B3/17. Procurement Manager
Page B3/19. Category/Procurement – Specialist
Page B3/21. Purchasing – Officer/Buyer

Part B4 Operations – Manufacturing – Production – Continuous Improvement

Page B4/1. Operations/Manufacturing/Site – Manager
Page B4/3. Production/Plant – Manager
Page B4/5. Production – Team Leader/Supervisor
Page B4/7. Continuous Improvement Manager