Are you in the top 10% of income earners?

New Zealand Herald · RNZ · 2026-11-06 02:00 UTC

Inland Revenue recorded 980 people with wage and salary income of at least $1 million.

By Susan Edmunds of RNZ

If you want to be in the top 10% of New Zealand wage and salary earners, you need to make at least $135,000 a year.

If you want to squeeze in to the top 1%, you’ll need a salary of about