Education and Teaching salaries in New Zealand
The median executive Education and Teaching salary in New Zealand is NZ$154,000 per year, with the market band from NZ$136,000 to NZ$172,000 (tahatu.govt.nz, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
executive (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$136,000
- Median
- NZ$154,000
- P75
- NZ$172,000
- per month
- NZ$12,833
About NZ$12,833 per month at the median.
Tahatu school principal bands: lower 118K, most common 136K-172K, upper 190K. Roll size drives wide variance across schools.
lead (Low quality data)
- Median
- NZ$93,000
- per month
- NZ$7,750
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Median-only: upper end of Tahatu most-common band for secondary teacher (93K); upper band 103K covers middle-management allowances.
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$72,000
- Median
- NZ$82,500
- P75
- NZ$93,000
- per month
- NZ$6,875
About NZ$6,875 per month at the median.
Tahatu secondary school teacher bands: lower 61K, most common 72K-93K, upper 103K. Consistent with Ministry of Education secondary teacher scale top steps.
Sources for these numbers
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00040-school-principal
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/our-data
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00353-secondary-school-teacher
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