Finance and Accounting salaries in New Zealand
The median lead Finance and Accounting salary in New Zealand is NZ$131,000 per year, with the market band from NZ$131,000 to NZ$131,000 (tahatu.govt.nz, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
lead (Low quality data)
- Median
- NZ$131,000
- per month
- NZ$10,917
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Median-only: upper end of Tahatu most-common band for accountant and auditor (131K); upper band 181K.
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$71,000
- Median
- NZ$101,000
- P75
- NZ$131,000
- per month
- NZ$8,417
About NZ$8,417 per month at the median.
Tahatu accountant and auditor bands: lower 56K, most common 71K-131K, upper 181K. Finance analyst band 73K-122K corroborates.
Sources for these numbers
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00101-accountant-and-auditor
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/our-data
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