Median hourly earnings ($)
Real median hourly earnings from all wages and salaries for employees earning income from wage and salary jobs, as measured by the New Zealand Income Survey.
| Region | Median hourly earnings ($) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| 1 | Northland | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 17.0 |
| 2 | Auckland | 17.9 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 19.9 |
| 3 | Waikato | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 17.9 |
| 4 | Bay of Plenty | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.5 |
| 5 | Gisborne | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 17.3 |
| 6 | Hawke's Bay | |||||||||||
| 7 | Taranaki | 16.4 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 |
| 8 | Manawatu-Wanganui | 14.8 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 17.0 |
| 9 | Wellington | 18.6 | 19.4 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 19.9 | 20.9 | 20.1 |
| 10 | Tasman | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 18.0 |
| 11 | Nelson | |||||||||||
| 12 | Marlborough | |||||||||||
| 13 | West Coast | |||||||||||
| 14 | Canterbury | 15.8 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 18.3 | 18.2 |
| 15 | Otago | 16.1 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 17.8 |
| 16 | Southland | 16.9 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 17.6 |