Real minimum wage per year, US$ (OECD): New Zealand

The latest reading SOTW holds for New Zealand is 28,311 USD per year for 2025, from OECD.

Source series · Listed tier · Labor · Annual · USD per year · OECD.L.MINWAGE.REAL.ANNUAL.USD.A · NZL

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
28,311
USD per year · 2025
Previous
28,649
USD per year · 2024
Earliest held
16,954
USD per year · 2000
Readings shown
26
Every reading SOTW holds

New Zealand · history

USD per year · Annual

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:19:58.633Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Real minimum wage per year, US$ (OECD): New Zealand: 26 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (USD per year)
202528,311
202428,649
202328,574
202227,912
202128,608
202028,040
201926,105
201825,223
201724,736
201624,388
201523,734
201422,989
201322,551
201222,286
201121,785
201022,225
200922,177
200821,616
200720,927
200619,622
200518,905
200418,409
200317,794
200217,137
200117,012
200016,954

Source: OECD. All 26 readings held, 2000 to 2025. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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