Source: Statistics New Zealand Census 2018 (Universities NZ analysis)
Understanding this graph: the dotted line shows the average income of people in the sample group in employment but without any qualification above school level. The bar lines show how much more (or in some cases less) graduates earn with a post-school qualification in this field of study
Earnings and employment
The average annual gross income for someone in the sample group,
who was employed at the time of the 2018 Census and who had a post-school
qualification in Radiography ranged from $76,200
(highest qualification = Level 7) to
$91,700 (highest qualification =
Level 8 Postgraduate cert/dip/hons).
Unemployment rate: <1% (at the time of the 2018 Census).
The unemployment rate for this age group in New Zealand at this time was: 5.2%
Not in labour force: 12.2% (at the time of the 2018 Census).
Compared with poluation of: 20.1%
“Not in labour force” refers to people who were neither employed nor unemployed during the reference period. This will include people with family/caring responsibilities.
Occupations
Among all employed persons in the sample group whose highest qualification was in
Radiography, the most common occupations were
Medical Diagnostic Radiographer (28.7%), Medical Radiation Therapist (27.6%)
and Sonographer (13.3%).
Of those in the workforce, the 10 most common occupations
for those in the sample group whose highest qualification is in the field of Radiography:
Notes
“Unemployed” = not in employment and actively looking for work, “Not elsewhere included” = employed under a job title that doesn’t match one of the standard 740 job titles used by Statistics NZ, “nec” = Not elsewhere covered = a job that doesn’t match one of the standard 740 job titles used by Statistics NZ, but that is similar to or related to the one listed.
