IT and Technology Executive salaries in New Zealand
The median executive IT and Technology Executive salary in New Zealand is NZ$250,000 per year, with the market band from NZ$250,000 to NZ$250,000 (hays.net.nz, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
executive (Medium quality data)
- Median
- NZ$250,000
- per month
- NZ$20,833
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Median-only, dual source: Hays FY26/27 CIO national typical NZ 250K (up to 350K Auckland); matches Tahatu IT manager upper band 250K. Hays also cites CTO up to 280K.
lead (Low quality data)
- Median
- NZ$192,000
- per month
- NZ$16,000
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Median-only: upper end of Tahatu most-common band for IT manager (192K); upper band 250K. Single official source.
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$107,000
- Median
- NZ$149,500
- P75
- NZ$192,000
- per month
- NZ$12,458
About NZ$12,458 per month at the median.
Tahatu information technology manager bands: lower 76K, most common 107K-192K, upper 250K. p25/p75 band bounds, p50 midpoint. ICT project manager band 101K-179K on the same official dataset corroborates the range.
Sources for these numbers
- https://www.hays.net.nz/web/hays-nz-technology/career-advice/the-highest-paying-it-jobs-new-zealand
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00014-information-technology-manager
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/our-data
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