Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) salaries in New Zealand
The median executive Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) salary in New Zealand is NZ$241,000 per year, with the market band from NZ$241,000 to NZ$241,000 (tahatu.govt.nz, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
executive (Low quality data)
- Median
- NZ$241,000
- per month
- NZ$20,083
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Median-only: Tahatu engineering manager upper band 241K.
lead (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$121,000
- Median
- NZ$156,500
- P75
- NZ$192,000
- per month
- NZ$13,042
About NZ$13,042 per month at the median.
Tahatu engineering manager bands: lower 93K, most common 121K-192K, upper 241K.
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$81,000
- Median
- NZ$117,500
- P75
- NZ$154,000
- per month
- NZ$9,792
About NZ$9,792 per month at the median.
Tahatu civil engineer bands: lower 63K, most common 81K-154K, upper 207K. Electrical engineer 82K-150K, mechanical 72K-125K; row uses civil as the representative discipline.
Sources for these numbers
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T01090-engineering-manager
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/our-data
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00165-civil-engineer
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