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Pay

Every scale Health New Zealand pays doctors on, current and superseded, with the rules that decide where you sit on it.

$80,882Lowest house officer salaryyear 1, category F (40–44.9 hrs)
$243,818Highest registrar salaryyear 9, category A (65+ hrs)
$282,645Highest specialist stepstep 15, from 6 July 2026
$343,500Average SMO packageHealth NZ factsheet, Sept 2025

Resident doctors

House officers and registrars are paid on a grid: your run's category (expected weekly hours, A–F) is a column, your year is a row, and each cell is an absolute salary. Two unions, two agreements, same employer.

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House officer tables

NZRDA and STONZ, years 1–3, all six categories.

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Registrar tables

NZRDA and STONZ, years 1–10, all six categories.

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NZRDA vs STONZ

The two unions' scales side by side.

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Allowances

Rural, on-call, call-back, additional duties, superannuation.

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GP registrars (GPEP)

A flat salary by post-graduate years — $124,904 to $139,545.

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Senior doctors

Specialists and medical officers are on a single national scale under the ASMS agreement — 15 steps for specialists, 14 for medical and dental officers, advancing a step a year.

$198,386 – $282,645

Specialists

$198,386 to $282,645 base, with a job-size calculator, CME, leave and on-call rules.

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$152,694 – $222,476

Medical officers (MOSS)

Non-vocationally-registered senior doctors: $152,694 to $222,476.

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Specialist scale, all three rate dates

Jan 2024, Jan 2026 and Jul 2026 columns, every step.

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Locums

The resident-doctor agreement defines a locum and sets a floor. The specialist agreement sets no rate at all. Health NZ has said what it actually pays.

Locum rates

RMO floor $60–$180/hr by grade; Health NZ reports $1,500–$3,000/day for senior doctors.

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All salary tables

Every table on file, by agreement and role, current and superseded.

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