Economic Development NZ Salary Survey December 2017
Welcome A warm welcome to readers of Economic Development NZ s inaugural Salaries in Focus. Designed for economic development practitioners across New Zealand, the report has been informed by survey respondents across the regions of New Zealand. The report provides the median wage and benefits of all those who responded. It also provides that data by region, gender, experience, qualification and organizational structure. The Salary report will be available annually, providing trends that will be of value to both employees and employers. On behalf of the Board of Economic Development NZ, many thanks to those of you who have responded to the survey. Warm regards Dr David Wilson Chair of Economic Development NZ
Methodology The salary survey was distributed on a weekly basis through the Economic Development newsletter to over 1,100 economic development practitioners. The response rate was not as high as for that hoped for so the results need to be treated with some caution. Having said that, the collective responses are in accord with previous salary surveys undertaken by the author. We look forward to a greater engagement and response in 2018. As prefaced in the welcome we have chosen to use the median value, rather than the mean (average). Given the small sample size the median was thought preferable, i.e. resistant to outliers and a better representation of reality. Respondents were asked to provide the following information: wage, benefits, location, age range, gender, type of organization they worked in and highest qualification achieved. That information has enabled the author to analyse a range of data sets that the reader will find of use including median salary by region, by gender and employer type. The questions will be repeated in future studies, along with additional questions that are thought to be of value. If you as an employer or employee, have a question that you would like added to future surveys then please contact the author on info@economicdevelopment.org.nz or by phone 027 440 6180. Any queries you may have regarding this survey can be directed to the same contact details. Median: The middle number when the values are placed in order. Mean: Total value calculated and divide by number of responses.
Contents Section 1: The demographics of respondents Section 2: Median salary using various filters Section 3: Median value of professional development, conference attendance and travel support. Section 4: Churn in profession
Section 1: The demographics % RESPONDENTS BY REGIONS Wellington West Coast Auckland Canterbury Dunedin Hawkes Bay Manawatu Waikato Southland Nelson/Marlborough NZ Northland
The demographics % RESPONDENTS BY GENDER 46% 54% Female Male
The demographics % RESPONDENTS BY AGE 35% 13% 8% 23% 21% 20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61+
THE DEMOGRAPHICS % Respondents by Organisation Type 52% 8% 40% Government CCO Private Please note that the public sector includes all tiers of government i.e. central, regional and local and that the private sector includes Trusts. CCO Council Controlled Organisation
THE DEMOGRAPHICS % RESPONDENTS BY FULL OR PART TIME WORK ARRANGEMENT 11% Full time Part time 89%
THE DEMOGRAPHICS % RESPONDENTS BY POSITION HELD 21% 10% 33% 36% Executive Managers Officers Co-ordinators
THE DEMOGRAPHICS % RESPONDENTS BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ED 17% 25% 41% One to Five Six to Ten Eleven - Twenty Twenty one + 17%
THE DEMOGRAPHICS % RESPONDENTS AND REPORT NUMBERS 3%3% 24% 70% 1 to 10 11 to 20 31 to 50 51 + 52% of survey respondents were responsible for staff, the above graph demonstrates the number of staff/reports.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS % RESPONDENTS BY QUALIFICATION 16% 44% 22% 18% High School Diploma/Certificate Graduate Post Graduate
SECTION 2: MEDIAN SALARY USING VARIOUS FILTERS The median salary of those who responded to the survey was $90,000. The graph below shows the median salary by region. Median Salary by Region WESTCOAST NELSON/MARLBOROUGH WAIKATO WELLINGTON MANAWATU SOUTHLAND CANTERBURY AUCKLAND NORTHLAND 86,000 90,000 91,000 135,000 80,000 84,000 116,000 94,000 107,000 0 40,000 80,000 120,000 160,000
Median Salary by Gender Respondents were asked to provide details of their gender. This allowed an insight into the difference in median salary between male and female respondents. That difference is considerable as is evident below. Median Salary by Gender 107,000 79,000 MALE FEMALE
Median Salary by age range Median Salary by age range 83,000 90,000 97,000 106,000 54,000 20 TO 30 31 TO 40 41 TO 50 51 TO 60 61+
Median Salary by organization type Median salary by organisation type 92,000 90,000 85,500 GOVERNMENT CCO PRIVATE
Median Salary by position held Median Salary by position held 130,000 85,500 68,500 57,000 EXECUTIVE MANAGER OFFICER CO-ORDINATOR
Median Salary by qualification Median salary by qualification held POST GRADUATE 116,000 BACHELORS 90,000 DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE 95,000 HIGH SCHOOL 70,000 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000
Rise in remuneration % of repondents who received a rise in 2016/2017 73% 27% No Yes
Rise in remuneration anticipated next year % of respondents who anticipate a rise in 2017/2018 73% 27% No Yes
Section 3: Benefits Respondents were asked to provide the value of employer contributions to their professional development, conference attendance and travel. Of the 31% of respondents who received professional development support employer, the median value of dollars received was $2000. Of the 52% of respondents who received conference attendance support from their employer, the median value was $1500. Of the 39% of respondents who received travel support from their employer, the median value was $1,000.
Section 4: Churn in profession Respondents were requested to advise if they had changed organisations in the past twelve months. Twenty four percent of respondents indicated that they had changed organisations and cited the following as reasons for doing so: Moving back to New Zealand Moving cities Merger of organization More rewarding role Position disestablished