Basically:
Jetstar NZ / Jetstar Oz
Salary FO Year 1: $111,361 / $124,204
Extra Flying Pay $150.54 65+ / $ Salary / 787 = 157.81 75+
ZQN Pay $3,000 on base pay / ZERO
$25.26 per entry / ZERO
Company Pension 4.5% of base / 11%
The NZ union did a recent pay comparison and it showed for a Jetstar NZ pilot doing 70 hours per month for 10.5 months (12 months minus leave) you can expect circa $140,000 per annum, for the same time and also 70 hours in OZ as an FO you can expect circa $175,000 (Kiwi Dollars). Obviously once you take the extra flying allowance and other contract allowances into account this gap just widens and it is not unheard of for an FO in OZ to push the 200k + mark whereas that would not happen in NZ. You become Queenstown rated with a little bit of extra training that can be done 6 months in. NZ gets extra flying pay over 65 hours per month whereas OZ gets it at 75 hours. Lots of little got ya's like in NZ there is no credit for sims every 6 months where as in OZ you get 11 hours per six months which can mean you are in overtime for that month. Over night allowances also vary quite a bit, in NZ you get $5.50 per hour from sign on to sign off in home base meaning for 24 hours away you get $132 tax free with no extra overnight allowance. In OZ the duty allowance is significantly more. Over all you will get a significantly better yearly pay in Australia. The NZ contract is currently due to expire towards the end of the year so you can expect the numbers above to be a bit better. If I wasn't tied to either country and had the choice I would go for the Australian operation every time, expanding operation, access to the 787, better pay etc. But hey, the choice is yours.