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Registrar pay in New Zealand

From your first registrar job to the top of the grid. The column is your run's expected weekly hours, the row is your year of registrar service — and past year 5 you need to be in a training programme to keep climbing.

$95,209Year 1, category F40–44.9 hours
$134,830Year 1, category C55–59.9 hours
$160,749Year 5, category Cthe bar without a training programme
$243,818Top of the gridcategory A

Which table is yours

NZRDA
$95,209 – $243,818

RDA (NZRDA) CA 2026-2028

Years 1–10, categories A–F. $95,209 to $243,818.

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STONZ
$97,672 – $252,673

STONZ RMO CA 2026-2028

Steps 1–9, categories A–F. $97,672 to $252,673.

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NZRDA vs STONZ, category C, year by year

NZRDA 2026–2028STONZ 2026–2028
Year 1$134,830$140,763Year 2Year 3Year 4$154,376$160,402Year 5Year 6Year 7$176,870$183,321Year 8Year 9$193,040$199,691

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What decides your number

  • Where you start. Year 1 on appointment to a first Registrar position. Other registrar service, including overseas service, that the employer considers directly relevant is credited toward the commencement step. cl. 8.5.2, 8.5.3, 8.5.4
  • The year-5 bar. A Registrar does not progress beyond Year 5 unless they are in a training programme leading to vocational registration in New Zealand. On later acceptance into such a programme they move up a step if they have been on Year 5 for 12 months or more, and their anniversary resets.
  • The exam step. Progress one extra step in the scale. Passing Part I examinations or equivalent College-set requirements. Not before the the registrar's sixth year of post-graduate medical employment. cl. 8.6
  • Your run category. Set by expected weekly hours; relievers two categories up; ED and ICU at least category C. How categories work →

GP registrars are different

GPEP registrars are on a flat annual salary by post-graduate years, not the run-category grid: less than 5 years $124,904, 5/6 years $132,517, 7+ years $139,545 from 3 August 2026. GP registrar pay →

On top of base

Additional duties (extra shifts): $85/hr day, $130/hr night for a registrar; $120/$180 for a senior registrar (Part I passed, step 4+, in a training programme).

Dual trainee allowance $5,300 for a year where you're already on the top step for your category.

Conference leave 8 days and up to $8,000 from year 5 or Part I + 12 months.

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Source

Signed agreement, Health New Zealand · checked 3 September 2026

Online version published by NZRDA · checked 3 September 2026 — Salary tables agree digit-for-digit with the signed scan's OCR layer and with page images of pages 13, 14 and 16 of the signed PDF.

Agreement published by Health New Zealand · checked 3 September 2026