Top Paying Jobs in Cook Islands (March 2026): Highest Salaries Ranked

Highest Paying Jobs Ranked

Rank	Job Title	Avg. Salary / year (NZD)	Income Tier
2001	Content Copywriter Publishing and Printing	49,820 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2002	Cashier Manager Sales Retail and Wholesale	49,820 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2003	Design Engineer Engineering	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2004	Building Engineer Facilities / Maintenance / Repair	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2005	Facilities Engineer Facilities / Maintenance / Repair	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2006	Medical Policy Specialist Health and Medical	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2007	Information Systems Developer Information Technology	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2008	NT Systems Administrator Information Technology	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2009	SAS Programmer Information Technology	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2010	3D Designer Media / Broadcasting / Arts / Entertainment	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2011	Advertising Copywriter Publishing and Printing	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2012	Political Science Teacher Teaching / Education	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2013	Secondary Mathematics Teacher Teaching / Education	49,700 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2014	Electrical Designer Electrical and Electronics Trades	49,560 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2015	Structural Analysis Engineer Engineering	49,560 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2016	CT Technologist Health and Medical	49,560 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2017	Lead Patient Account Representative Health and Medical	49,560 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2018	ABAP Developer Information Technology	49,560 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2019	Technical Sales Information Technology	49,560 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2020	Instructor Teaching / Education	49,560 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2021	Branch Office Administrator Administration / Reception / Secretarial	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2022	Drafting Supervisor Architecture	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2023	Bank Operations Officer Banking	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2024	Chemical Engineer Engineering	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2025	Control Systems Engineer Engineering	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2026	Facade Engineer Engineering	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2027	Garment Technologist Fashion and Apparel	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2028	Dispensing Optician Health and Medical	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2029	Cost Engineer Oil / Gas / Energy / Mining	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2030	Technical Writer Publishing and Printing	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2031	Economics Teacher Teaching / Education	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2032	ESL Teacher Teaching / Education	49,360 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2033	CAD Design Engineer Engineering	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2034	Instrument Engineer Engineering	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2035	Optical Engineer Engineering	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2036	Rail Engineer Engineering	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2037	Export Sales Coordinator Factory and Manufacturing	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2038	Corporate Sous Chef Food / Hospitality / Tourism / Catering	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2039	Build and Release Engineer Information Technology	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2040	Software Sales Information Technology	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2041	User Experience Designer Information Technology	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2042	Real Estate Appraiser Real Estate	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2043	Lab Analyst Science and Technical Services	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2044	Child Care Coordinator Teaching / Education	49,300 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2045	Fraud Detection Supervisor Accounting and Finance	49,200 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2046	Business Development Analyst Business Planning	49,200 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2047	Civil Engineer Construction / Building / Installation	49,200 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2048	Engineer Engineering	49,200 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2049	Highway Engineer Engineering	49,200 NZD	Bottom 50%	›
2050	Instrumentation and Control Engineer Engineering	49,200 NZD	Bottom 50%	›

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