General Management and Executive Leadership salaries in New Zealand
The median executive General Management and Executive Leadership salary in New Zealand is NZ$374,500 per year, with the market band from NZ$212,000 to NZ$537,000 (tahatu.govt.nz, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
executive (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$212,000
- Median
- NZ$374,500
- P75
- NZ$537,000
- per month
- NZ$31,208
About NZ$31,208 per month at the median.
Tahatu chief executive bands: lower 50K, most common 212K-537K, upper 630K. Very wide band reflects organisation size; senior and lead general-management rows omitted, no citable ladder below chief executive.
Sources for these numbers
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00001-chief-executive
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/our-data
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