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Household incomes, adjusted for inflation: NZ data and downloads

Median household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices) was $89,685 in Year to Jun 2025, up $2,841 on a year earlier.

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Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa; NZ in Numbers calculation. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.

Household incomes, adjusted for inflation
Median household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices)Median equivalised household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices)Median equivalised household disposable income after housing costs (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices)
Household incomes, adjusted for inflation. Median household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices), Year to Jun 2007 to Year to Jun 2025, latest $89,685. Median equivalised household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices), Year to Jun 2007 to Year to Jun 2025, latest $53,513. Median equivalised household disposable income after housing costs (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices), Year to Jun 2007 to Year to Jun 2025, latest $39,553.$0$20k$40k$60k$80k$100kYear to Jun 2007Year to Jun 2011Year to Jun 2015Year to Jun 2019Year to Jun 2023Year to Jun 2025
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PeriodMedian household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices) (NZ$)Median equivalised household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices) (NZ$)Median equivalised household disposable income after housing costs (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices) (NZ$)
Year to Jun 2025$89,685$53,513$39,553
Year to Jun 2024$86,844$52,323$38,444
Year to Jun 2023$86,771$51,722$38,907
Year to Jun 2022$90,515$53,323$40,421
Year to Jun 2021$90,569$52,740$40,430
Year to Jun 2020$87,677$50,706$37,919
Year to Jun 2019$85,249$49,432$37,138
Year to Jun 2018$85,728$48,881$36,259
Year to Jun 2017$81,837$46,294$34,371
Year to Jun 2016$81,210$47,044$35,480
Year to Jun 2015$78,315$45,584$33,450
Year to Jun 2014$75,446$43,834$33,389
Year to Jun 2013$74,918$43,601$33,662
Year to Jun 2012$72,157$41,638$31,150
Year to Jun 2011$70,399$40,878$30,661
Year to Jun 2010$71,850$42,066$32,108
Year to Jun 2009$71,630$42,255$32,280
Year to Jun 2008$69,833$40,985$30,692
Year to Jun 2007$67,633$39,694$29,729
Full data: household income real
Year to Jun 2025Median household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices) $89,685Median equivalised household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices) $53,513Median equivalised household disposable income after housing costs (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices) $39,553
Household incomes, adjusted for inflation. Median household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices): $89,685 in Year to Jun 2025. Median equivalised household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices): $53,513 in Year to Jun 2025. Median equivalised household disposable income after housing costs (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices): $39,553 in Year to Jun 2025.

Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa; NZ in Numbers calculation.

Household incomes, adjusted for inflation: NZ data and downloads: definitions

Median household disposable income and median equivalised disposable income (before and after housing costs), in constant Year to Jun 2025 prices, showing whether typical household incomes have kept up with prices.

Household incomes, adjusted for inflation: NZ data and downloads: comparison limits

These affect how the figures can be compared.

  • Deflated by the all-groups CPI; housing costs for renters and mortgage holders rose differently from the CPI in some years, which is why the after-housing-costs measure is shown too.
  • Survey estimates with sampling error.

Household incomes, adjusted for inflation: NZ data and downloads: data by period

The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.

PeriodMedian household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices)Median equivalised household disposable income (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices)Median equivalised household disposable income after housing costs (inflation-adjusted, Year to Jun 2025 prices)
Year to Jun 2025$89,685$53,513$39,553
Year to Jun 2024$86,844$52,323$38,444
Year to Jun 2023$86,771$51,722$38,907
Year to Jun 2022$90,515$53,323$40,421
Year to Jun 2021$90,569$52,740$40,430
Year to Jun 2020$87,677$50,706$37,919
Year to Jun 2019$85,249$49,432$37,138
Year to Jun 2018$85,728$48,881$36,259
Year to Jun 2017$81,837$46,294$34,371
Year to Jun 2016$81,210$47,044$35,480

Household incomes, adjusted for inflation: NZ data and downloads: questions for your AI

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Calculated by NZ in Numbers from Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Consumers price index (quarterly); Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Household income and housing-cost statistics.

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Retrieved
10 October 2026
Formula
Real income = nominal income × average CPI of the latest June year ÷ average CPI of the four quarters in each June year
Inputs
  • consumers-price-index, CPIQ.SE9A. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Consumers price index (quarterly). Content hash: 1fafdea586b393055f4b864fcac323d1a4e37979d7302156a5962f95b50bc886.
  • household-income, hes.disposable.median. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Household income and housing-cost statistics. Content hash: f7cba710acdfa9c6204aa7c3c59ccc5657f497d0e436dc7c74f52f1479ecb4f2.
  • household-income, hes.equivalised-disposable.median. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Household income and housing-cost statistics. Content hash: f7cba710acdfa9c6204aa7c3c59ccc5657f497d0e436dc7c74f52f1479ecb4f2.
  • household-income, hes.equivalised-disposable-ahc.median. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, Household income and housing-cost statistics. Content hash: f7cba710acdfa9c6204aa7c3c59ccc5657f497d0e436dc7c74f52f1479ecb4f2.