"The top five highest-paying jobs on Seek for the Canterbury region are spread across several industries. This is encouraging news for jobseekers," said Faulding.
"These industries include real estate and property, banking and financial services, engineering, insurance and superannuation, and information and communication technology [ICT]."
The top-paid role in Canterbury was real estate and property, which was advertised for an average of $121,818, followed by banking and financial services at $116,000, project management (engineering) at $115,210, management (insurance and superannuation) at $114,091, and ICT at $113,682.
The runners-up in Auckland were jobs for architects, advertised for an average of $128,894, followed by ICT at $125,374 and financial managers and controllers at $121,646.
In Wellington, ICT came in second place at $128,926 followed by architects at $126,833 and internal management at $123,270.
Wellington leads the cities with the highest average salary at $81,321, followed by Auckland at $76,326 and Canterbury at $73,378. The average salary for New Zealand was $75,301.