Income

Statistics about income include detailed information about New Zealanders' income from salary and wages, self employment, investments, and government transfers (eg benefits, family support, student loans and superannuation). Income statistics also show the range of personal income and its distribution.

Information releases

• New Zealand Income Survey
  This Hot Off the Press, released annually, provides information on wages and salaries, self-employment, government transfers and other transfer income.
• Survey of Family, Income, and Employment 
  The Survey of Family, Income, and Employment (SoFIE) collected information on respondents' work, family and household circumstances, income, and net worth.

Data

• Table Builder
  Income tables are available on Table Builder.

Information about data

• Information about New Zealand Income Survery

Reports and articles

• Review of Economic Standard of Living Statistics 2011 
• Internal migration and income change in the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (2010)
  This report looks at short-term changes in average annual income experienced by people who moved into or out of the Auckland, Wellington, or Canterbury regions, and those who didn’t.
• New Zealand Income Survey Population Rebase: June quarters 1997 to 2008 (including the introduction of Māori benchmarks)
• User Guide for Wage and Income Measures

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