Archive report: 2016 Hospitality industry remuneration survey - Restaurant Association of New Zealand

Employers need up to date information of remuneration and conditions of employment to assist with:

- Recruitment of staff

- Retention of existing staff

- Budgeting for future labour costs

- Comparison of remuneration with other geographic areas

In June / July 2016 the Restaurant Association conducted the latest hospitality industry remuneration survey. The Restaurant Association remuneration survey has been running for eighteen years, collecting comprehensive wage and salary data on job positions in the hospitality industry. The survey covers more than 100 positions, drawn from almost 700 businesses. Altogether, the organisations participating in the survey employ more than 10,000 people.

Key insights:

- The 2016 remuneration survey indicates that overall hourly wage rates increased by 6 per cent over the two year period 2014 – 2016.
- At a glance of the 102 positions which were surveyed, 35 saw increased hourly rates in 2016. 21 of those positions had an in...