NZ Teacher Pay Rates
Primary and secondary teacher salaries in NZ
- New Zealand teachers’ salaries are assessed by the Ministry of Education according to their qualifications and teaching experience.
- Overseas qualifications are compared to New Zealand qualifications by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).
- They are then related to a salary grouping according to the groupings given in the collective employment agreement.
- Full credit for previous teaching service in a state or equivalent school overseas may be approved.
- Teachers progress annually on the salary scale to the top of their salary group, assuming competent performance as assessed by the employing principal.
- Most overseas teachers are employed on individual employment contracts with conditions similar to those of the relevant collective employment contract.
Early childhood teacher salaries in NZ
There are a wide variety of early childhood education services in New Zealand and pay can vary from service to service.
- Kindergartens are run by the Ministry of Education and have a collective employment agreement
- Privately run early learning centres have their own individual pay policies
