Current Minimum Wage Nz 2024. The 2024/25 new zealand living wage rate is $27.80 per hour. The adult minimum wage rate will increase by 2 per cent to $23.15 an hour from 1 april 2024, workplace relations and safety minister brooke van velden announced today.

Minimum wages in new zealand is expected to reach 23.15 nzd/hour by the end of 2024, according to trading economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Minimum wage rates apply to all employees working in new zealand aged 16 and over.