Central Government Report

 

 

The Central Government Report provides a credible, reliable, and consistent methodology for analysing rates of employee remuneration within Central Government organisations, ministries, and Crown entities throughout New Zealand, based on both job size and job function comparisons

PARTICIPANTS & ROLES SURVEYED

PARTICIPANTS

33

ORGANISATIONS

60,540

EMPLOYEES

200

JOBS

ROLES SURVEYED

  • Corporate Services
  • Customer Services & Call Centre
  • Finance & Accounting
  • Health & Safety
  • Human Resources
  • Information Management
  • Information Communication Technology
  • Operations / Service Delivery
  • Policy & Research
  • Regulatory Services

PARTICIPANTS, ANALYSIS & FEATURES

PARTICIPANTS

12%

37%

18%

9%

24%

Up to 70 employees

71 – 150 employees

151 – 300 employees

301 – 700 employees

Over 700 employees

  • Up to 70 employees: 12%
  • 71 – 150 employees: 18%
  • 151 – 300 employees: 9%
  • 301 – 700 employees: 24%
  • Over 700 employees: 37%

ANALYSIS & FEATURES

  • Market Movements
  • Salary Increases and Forecasts
  • Market Comparison Policies
  • Tenure Analysis
  • Remuneration Structure

PARTICIPATION

If you are interested in participating in the next survey, please get in touch with our Survey Team

TIMING

This survey is published annually, please contact us to participate.

2026 REPORT PRICES

PARTICIPANTS $1,670
NON-PARTICIPANTS $3,340

If you are interested in purchasing this survey report, please get in touch with our Survey Team

Report Access:

All remuneration reports are hosted on Strategic Pay’s online platform: RemOn-Demand. Your personal access details will be emailed to you if you are a first-time user.

Invoicing:

Prices quoted are the Participant Rates only.

Please note that the Non-Participant Rate is twice the rate quoted below.

We are happy to extend a courtesy period for contributing data in order to qualify for the Participant Rate. Please advise if you will be unable to submit data.

Receive a 15% discount if you order 3 or more remuneration reports simultaneously (Excludes Metrics and Policy Reports, Data Charts or PayCalculator purchases).

Subscriptions (optional)
Terms of Purchase and Confidentiality Conditions
Data Promise Conditions
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Terms of Purchase

By ordering a survey report, you are agreeing to submit your data for the applicable remuneration survey(s). The discounts apply to orders placed at the same time and will be reflected on one invoice. Regression Data Charts from the New Zealand Remuneration Report are only available for purchase if another full remuneration report (excluding Directors’ Fees) is purchased. Further customised sub-sets of market data may be available and quoted on request. Prices above do not include GST and 1.5% admin fee. An invoice for your purchase will be sent on receipt of your order.

The “Per Page Rate” for purchasing Benchmark Data Pages and Corporate Services & Executive Management Rem Report Roles is $160 per job code (participant rate) for most surveys, excluding Not for Profit and Wine Rem Report Roles - $100 (participant rate), and Senior Executive Remuneration Report Roles - $400 per job code (participant rate). Please note: Pages included in the purchased bundle offer must be requested within 12 months of placing the order. Remaining pages from an existing bundle cannot be transferred to another report.

Subscriptions Conditions

*Subscribing will entitle your organisation to receive the selected report(s) annually via RemOn-Demand. Subscriptions are valid until we receive written notification of cancellation. Any cancellations must be made within 7 days prior to publication of chosen reports; a 50% charge of the report cost will apply to any cancellation received after the report / data has been distributed. To qualify for the discounted participant rate, your organisation must have provided Strategic Pay Ltd. with updated remuneration data during the 12 months prior to the publication of selected report(s). Failure to do so will result in being charged the non-participant rate at date of publication.

Confidentiality

Strategic Pay Ltd. acknowledges that the remuneration data provided by participants for inclusion in surveys is submitted on a strictly confidential basis. Survey report formats do not allow particular information to be attributed to an individual organisation. The survey results are intended for the private use of the purchasing organisations only. Purchasing organisations agree that reports will not be made available to anyone outside their organisation or transferred to any third party without the prior written consent of Strategic Pay Ltd. Organisations receiving queries from others should refer them to Strategic Pay. It is the purchasing organisation's responsibility to esnure that proper confidentiality, as indicated above, is maintained. Purchasing organisations must agree to abide by this confidentiality cluase prior to the report being delivered.

Data Promise Conditions

Arrangement for data promised in exchange for the reserved participant rate for remuneration market data purchased - Once the extended courtesy period of 30 days has expired, our accounts department will need to raise an invoice for the difference to non-participant rate, so please be sure to submit your data within 30 days.

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