Economic Development NZ Salary Survey June 2018
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 and eventually provide trends that will also 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 survey was distributed on a weekly basis through the Economic Development newsletter to over 1,500 economic development practitioners. The response rate was not as high as was hoped for so the results need to be treated with some caution. We look forward to a greater engagement and response in 2019. 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 09 415 8962. 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 % OF RESPONDENTS BY REGION Waikato 21% Wellington 3% Auckland 4% Canterbury 10% Taranaki 3% Manawatu 28% Southland 14% Palmerston North 7% Northland 10%
% of Respondents by age 17% 3% 17% 26% 37% 20 to 30 31 to 40 41 to 50 51 to 60 61 +
% Respondents by gender Male 43% Female 57% Female Male
% of Respondents by organisation type 18% 26% 56% CCO Council Private
% of respondents by full or part time work arrangement 17% Full-Time 83% Part-Time
% of Respondents by position held Officers 3% Project Managers 6% Team leaders 9% CEO's 9% Advisors 18% GM's 15% Managers 28% Co-ordinators 12%
% of Respondents by years of experience in ED 6% 14% 23% 57% One - Five Six to Ten Eleven - Twenty Twenty one +
% of respondents and report numbers 0% 3% 51% 43% 0 One to ten Eleven to twenty Twenty one to fifty Fifty one +
% of respondents by qualification 29% 11% 29% 31% High School Diploma/Certificate Graduate Post - Graduate
Section 2: Median Salary The median salary of respondents was $89,500, this is $500 down from last year s median salary result of $90,000. In the following pages you will find: Median salary by gender Median salary by age Median salary by qualification Median salary by organization type Median salary by position held Rise in remuneration Anticipated rise in remuneration for 2019
100,000 Median salary by gender 95,000 90,000 85,000 98,000 80,000 75,000 82,000 70,000 MALE FEMALE
Median Salary by age range 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 20 to 30 31 to 40 41 to 50 51 to 60 61+
Median salary by qualification 110,000 101,000 98,000 89,000 75,000 63,000 HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATE DIPLOMA BACHELORS MASTERS PH D
Median salary by organisaton type 101,000 89,500 86,000 CCO Government Private
Median salary by position held 165,000 110,000 89,500 93,500 60,000 65,000 65,000 ADVISOR CEO COORDINATOR GENERAL MANAGER MANAGER PROJECTS MANAGER TEAM LEADER
% of respondents who experienced a rise in 2017 43% 57% No Yes
% of repondents who anticipate a rise in 2018/2019 29% No 71% Yes
Section 3: Benefits Respondents were asked to provide the value of employer contributions to their professional development, conference attendance and travel. Of the 48% of respondents who received professional development support employer, the median value of dollars received was $1500. Of the 52% of respondents who received conference attendance support from their employer, the median value was $2000. Of the 39% of respondents who received travel support from their employer, the median value was $2,000.
Section 4: Churn in the profession Respondents were requested to advise if they had changed organisations in the past twelve months. Twenty percent of respondents indicated that they had changed organisations and cited the following as reasons for doing so: New challenges and change in personal goals More rewarding role Culture was problematic Restructure