How we calculate your Essential Skills pay rate
We look at your employment agreement to calculate how much you will be paid.
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Pay rates for Essential Skills
Find out how we calculate your pay rate for Essential Skills visas and how your pay rate affects the conditions of your visa.
How pay rates affect Essential Skills work visas
If you are applying for an Essential Skills Work Visa, the requirements and conditions of your visa will depend on the job you have been offered and if you will be paid below the NZ median wage, or the NZ median wage or above.
Updating pay rates for Essential Skills visas
The pay rate and thresholds for Essential Skills Work Visas are updated each year.