Wellington
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New Zealand · Capital
Wellington is New Zealand's capital with strong government, film (Weta Workshop), and creative industries. Living costs are lower than Auckland.
Median Salary
$36000.00
CoL Index
58.00
Population
215400
Timezone
Pacific/Auckland
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
58.00
Rent
48.00
Groceries
58.00
Restaurants
55.00
Transport
48.00
Salaries by Role
Estimated City salaries are derived from country-level data adjusted for local cost of living.
| Role | Median (USD) | Net (USD) | Entry | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO | $121971.00 | $91478.00 | $88706.00 | $210676.00 |
| Engineering Manager | $97022.00 | $72766.00 | $74846.00 | $138603.00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $88706.00 | $66529.00 | $60985.00 | $138603.00 |
| Cloud Architect | $85934.00 | $64450.00 | $63757.00 | $124743.00 |
| Tech Lead | $85934.00 | $64450.00 | $63757.00 | $121971.00 |
| ML Engineer | $77618.00 | $58213.00 | $55441.00 | $116426.00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $74846.00 | $56134.00 | $52669.00 | $110882.00 |
| Security Engineer | $72074.00 | $54055.00 | $51006.00 | $108110.00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $72074.00 | $54055.00 | $49897.00 | $110882.00 |
| Product Manager | $72074.00 | $54055.00 | $49897.00 | $110882.00 |
| Data Scientist | $69301.00 | $51975.00 | $47125.00 | $105338.00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $69301.00 | $51975.00 | $48788.00 | $105338.00 |
| Data Engineer | $66529.00 | $49896.00 | $45462.00 | $102566.00 |
| Software Engineer | $66529.00 | $49896.00 | $47125.00 | $102566.00 |
| Backend Developer | $63757.00 | $47817.00 | $44353.00 | $97022.00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $62094.00 | $46570.00 | $43244.00 | $94250.00 |
| Mobile Developer | $60985.00 | $45738.00 | $41581.00 | $93141.00 |
| Frontend Developer | $58213.00 | $43659.00 | $39918.00 | $88706.00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $55441.00 | $41580.00 | $37700.00 | $83162.00 |
| QA Engineer | $47125.00 | $35343.00 | $32156.00 | $69301.00 |