Salaries in Colombia
COP 1,500,000a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- COP 18,000,000
- Equals
- $370
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctorCOP 70,049,900
- DoctorCOP 58,140,700
- JudgeCOP 54,436,600
- LawyerCOP 50,918,000
- Mine engineerCOP 49,388,900
- AstrophysicistCOP 49,305,000
- Electrical engineerCOP 48,697,600
- DentistCOP 48,615,100
- Systems analystCOP 47,650,000
- Broadcast engineerCOP 47,637,800
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food workerCOP 11,353,200
- TailorCOP 12,236,300
- Façade cleanerCOP 13,146,900
- Fabric cutterCOP 13,240,100
- Pastry cookCOP 13,547,000
- RooferCOP 13,571,100
- Laundry workerCOP 13,583,000
- Bindery workerCOP 13,603,000
- Sewing machine operatorCOP 13,664,100
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedCOP 13,735,300
By major occupation group
| Professionals | COP 3,600,000 a month |
| Armed forces | COP 3,500,000 a month |
| Managers | COP 3,000,000 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | COP 2,000,000 a month |
| Clerical support workers | COP 1,600,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | COP 1,480,000 a month |
| Service and sales workers | COP 1,423,500 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | COP 1,423,500 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | COP 1,423,500 a month |
| Elementary occupations | COP 1,400,000 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantCOP 41,104,600
- Accounts assistantCOP 19,572,800
- Accounts clerkCOP 21,379,100
- ActorCOP 28,774,300
- ActuaryCOP 44,700,900
- Agricultural technicianCOP 21,762,000
- Aid workerCOP 20,682,100
- Air traffic controllerCOP 35,790,500
- Air traffic safety technicianCOP 25,491,400
- Aircraft technicianCOP 20,632,200
- Airline pilotCOP 36,545,600
- Animal carerCOP 15,617,300
- AnnouncerCOP 37,807,600
- AnthropologistCOP 37,575,600
- Apiarists and sericulturistsCOP 18,709,700
- Aquaculture support workerCOP 18,709,700
- ArchitectCOP 39,903,700
- Art directorCOP 40,627,100
- ArtistCOP 37,749,200
- AstrologerCOP 17,359,800
- AstrophysicistCOP 49,305,000
- AthleteCOP 23,525,300
- Audio-visual technicianCOP 22,237,700
- Audiology technicianCOP 20,271,400
- Audit clerkCOP 21,077,000
- Auto mechanicCOP 16,192,100
- Avionics mechanicCOP 19,321,800
- Ballet dancerCOP 33,723,800
- BartenderCOP 14,913,500
- BasketmakerCOP 13,846,700
- BeauticianCOP 14,705,900
- Benefits officerCOP 23,356,100
- Bicycle mechanicCOP 15,695,300
- Bike assemblerCOP 15,349,700
- Bindery workerCOP 13,603,000
- BlacksmithCOP 16,408,800
- BlasterCOP 19,473,000
- Boiler operatorCOP 22,993,600
- BricklayerCOP 17,508,600
- Broadcast engineerCOP 47,637,800
- BuilderCOP 17,704,400
- Bus driverCOP 17,959,900
- ButcherCOP 14,178,500
- BuyerCOP 23,127,900
- CabinetmakerCOP 15,307,100
- Call centre agentCOP 17,541,100
- Candle factory workerCOP 15,536,100
- Car assemblerCOP 17,530,900
- Car cleanerCOP 15,745,000
- Car electricianCOP 19,538,300
- Car painterCOP 16,224,400
- Career coachCOP 38,490,400
- CaretakerCOP 17,692,200
- CarpenterCOP 16,816,700
- Carpet workerCOP 14,083,700
- CashierCOP 13,964,500
- CEOCOP 42,937,200
- Cheese makerCOP 18,100,700
- ChefCOP 19,689,200
- Chemical engineerCOP 45,927,200
- Chemical engineering technicianCOP 26,577,500
- Chemical operatorCOP 27,197,700
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsCOP 19,868,600
- ChemistCOP 41,477,100
- Chief engineerCOP 28,576,900
- Childcare centre managerCOP 26,247,400
- Civil engineerCOP 44,599,800
- Civils workerCOP 21,255,600
- CleanerCOP 14,680,200
- CleanersCOP 17,133,800
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedCOP 18,418,800
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedCOP 17,715,800
- Clinical research assistantCOP 18,994,900
- Cnc operatorCOP 17,330,100
- Coffee tasterCOP 15,450,500
- Commodity traderCOP 26,902,200
- Community health workerCOP 22,720,300
- CompanionCOP 16,577,600
- Concrete finisherCOP 17,890,800
- Construction foremanCOP 27,983,700
- Construction managerCOP 31,633,800
- Construction workerCOP 18,502,200
- CookCOP 15,700,500
- Corporate trainerCOP 38,902,800
- Correctional officerCOP 21,899,800
- Corrugator operatorCOP 17,488,900
- CourierCOP 16,667,900
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedCOP 13,735,300
- Crane operatorsCOP 20,970,200
- Crop producerCOP 17,165,700
- Crop team leaderCOP 17,209,500
- CroupierCOP 16,680,800
- Cure operatorCOP 16,884,200
- Customer service clerkCOP 17,801,300
- Customs agentCOP 21,585,400
- Customs officerCOP 24,016,400
- Dance teacherCOP 21,478,200
- Data administratorCOP 43,982,700
- Data centre operatorCOP 27,181,500
- Data entry clerkCOP 17,390,800
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedCOP 45,637,600
- Day care workerCOP 16,008,300
- Debt collectorCOP 20,604,100
- Deep-sea fishermanCOP 17,737,900
- Dental hygienistCOP 20,154,500
- DentistCOP 48,615,100
- DietitianCOP 36,010,000
- DoctorCOP 58,140,700
- Door to door sellerCOP 17,161,500
- DraughtspersonCOP 24,113,100
- Driving instructorCOP 20,187,100
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsCOP 19,591,800
- EconomistCOP 46,617,800
- Education officerCOP 38,620,400
- Electric powerline workerCOP 21,645,900
- Electrical assemblerCOP 15,544,400
- Electrical engineerCOP 48,697,600
- Electrical technicianCOP 26,210,500
- ElectricianCOP 18,383,400
- Electronic engineerCOP 47,208,900
- Electronics engineering technicianCOP 24,445,400
- Elementary school teacherCOP 38,793,600
- EmbalmerCOP 18,352,400
- EmbroidererCOP 14,134,000
- Employment agentCOP 23,488,000
- Energy managerCOP 37,075,500
- Environment engineerCOP 42,625,600
- Environmental protection professionalsCOP 38,995,400
- Esol teacherCOP 33,213,600
- Event coordinatorCOP 21,547,600
- Executive assistantCOP 22,800,200
- Fabric cutterCOP 13,240,100
- Fabric dyerCOP 15,691,700
- Façade cleanerCOP 13,146,900
- Facility managerCOP 37,031,000
- Factory labourerCOP 17,553,300
- Farm equipment operatorCOP 17,238,200
- Farm handCOP 16,927,000
- Farm handsCOP 16,004,700
- Fast food workerCOP 11,353,200
- Fiacre driverCOP 15,307,100
- File clerkCOP 19,472,700
- Fill operatorCOP 14,294,100
- Finance adviserCOP 29,451,400
- Finance managerCOP 40,507,900
- Financial analystCOP 45,036,300
- FinancierCOP 45,116,300
- Fire alarm technicianCOP 18,752,700
- FirefighterCOP 24,208,200
- Fisheries boatmanCOP 17,737,900
- Fishery production managerCOP 27,387,400
- Fitness club managerCOP 27,726,200
- Flight attendantCOP 18,838,800
- Food and related products machine operatorsCOP 15,918,700
- Food service workerCOP 13,800,600
- Food stall holderCOP 15,415,700
- Forest rangerCOP 17,920,800
- Forest workerCOP 18,131,300
- ForesterCOP 29,788,600
- Forestry advisorCOP 41,107,800
- Forestry technicianCOP 22,231,000
- Forklift operatorCOP 16,469,300
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversCOP 14,725,100
- Fur animal rearerCOP 19,017,200
- Garage managerCOP 31,839,400
- GardenerCOP 16,902,100
- Garment presserCOP 15,162,700
- Gas station salespersonCOP 13,922,300
- General managerCOP 34,817,400
- GeologistCOP 45,984,300
- GlassblowerCOP 14,683,300
- GlassmakerCOP 17,455,900
- GlazierCOP 16,311,500
- Gluing operatorCOP 14,515,300
- GraderCOP 15,961,400
- GrinderCOP 15,945,600
- GuideCOP 16,583,400
- Gym workerCOP 16,155,500
- HairdresserCOP 14,683,800
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversCOP 16,437,200
- Head of marketingCOP 39,613,000
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedCOP 35,750,200
- Health records clerkCOP 22,206,000
- Health screenerCOP 20,799,300
- Heat treat operatorCOP 17,764,500
- Hide machine operatorCOP 15,792,600
- High school teacherCOP 41,198,800
- HistorianCOP 39,302,600
- HorticulturistCOP 16,735,900
- Hotel managerCOP 27,498,700
- Hotel receptionistCOP 15,971,200
- House managerCOP 17,510,000
- Household managerCOP 16,991,100
- HousekeeperCOP 14,870,400
- HR managerCOP 36,943,400
- HunterCOP 17,898,900
- Hvac mechanicCOP 18,483,900
- Industrial engineerCOP 45,996,500
- Industrial painterCOP 15,557,500
- Information clerkCOP 18,406,600
- InsulatorCOP 17,001,200
- Insurance agentCOP 40,175,100
- Insurance sellerCOP 24,711,500
- IT presales technicianCOP 45,078,100
- IT project managerCOP 41,360,800
- IT technicianCOP 23,673,900
- IT trainerCOP 37,761,100
- JewellerCOP 14,711,700
- JournalistCOP 38,231,500
- JudgeCOP 54,436,600
- Kitchen assistantCOP 14,649,000
- Laboratory technologistCOP 22,227,500
- Landscape architectCOP 40,189,700
- Laser technicianCOP 26,473,800
- Laundry workerCOP 13,583,000
- LawyerCOP 50,918,000
- Legal aideCOP 23,023,100
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedCOP 43,859,200
- Legal secretaryCOP 20,044,700
- LegislatorsCOP 16,944,300
- LibrarianCOP 38,014,600
- Library assistantCOP 17,976,700
- Livestock and dairy producersCOP 17,875,300
- Livestock farm labourersCOP 16,356,600
- Loan officerCOP 24,394,000
- Logistics managerCOP 33,517,000
- Loss adjusterCOP 25,408,100
- Machine oilerCOP 19,356,800
- Mail carrierCOP 19,239,700
- Management consultantCOP 45,265,500
- Manufacturing directorCOP 35,792,700
- Market traderCOP 17,231,800
- Marketing specialistCOP 40,719,800
- Mechanical engineerCOP 46,819,100
- Mechanical engineering technicianCOP 26,998,000
- Medical assistantCOP 18,351,700
- Medical herbalistCOP 21,204,900
- Medical laboratory technicianCOP 22,142,900
- Medical transcriberCOP 20,154,500
- Medical writerCOP 36,564,200
- Metal casterCOP 18,925,800
- Metal filerCOP 17,361,300
- Metal furnace operatorCOP 25,061,900
- Metal molderCOP 16,122,200
- Metal workerCOP 16,710,700
- MetallurgistCOP 25,352,600
- MetalworkerCOP 17,493,500
- MeteorologistCOP 45,434,500
- Meter readerCOP 17,168,400
- MidwifeCOP 41,918,000
- Midwife assistantCOP 23,505,800
- Military officerCOP 45,400,700
- Mine engineerCOP 49,388,900
- Mine supervisorCOP 28,388,800
- MinersCOP 21,500,200
- Mining assistantCOP 21,434,000
- Mixed farmerCOP 17,559,500
- Motorcyle courierCOP 15,727,200
- Museum curatorCOP 36,828,400
- Museum technicianCOP 20,388,200
- Music teacherCOP 34,319,800
- MusicianCOP 34,109,500
- Network engineerCOP 25,013,600
- Networks engineerCOP 45,520,400
- Nursing assistantCOP 17,288,200
- Nursing associate professionalsCOP 22,021,100
- Nursing home managerCOP 32,989,600
- Odd job personsCOP 17,804,500
- Office clerkCOP 19,190,200
- Office managerCOP 24,280,200
- Operations managerCOP 40,030,200
- OpticianCOP 19,483,300
- OptometristCOP 39,988,800
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsCOP 22,789,300
- Paper makerCOP 18,055,500
- ParamedicCOP 25,629,700
- Paramedical practitionersCOP 45,528,000
- Passport officerCOP 23,756,500
- Pastry cookCOP 13,547,000
- Patent agentCOP 27,325,600
- PawnbrokerCOP 15,679,100
- Payroll clerkCOP 21,235,500
- PerformerCOP 26,999,500
- Personal care attendantCOP 16,851,200
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedCOP 17,257,300
- Personnel clerksCOP 20,339,100
- Pest control technicianCOP 15,170,800
- Petty officerCOP 37,573,400
- PharmacistCOP 44,294,300
- Photo retoucherCOP 15,066,000
- PhotographerCOP 20,138,900
- Physical therapistCOP 36,400,500
- Piano tunerCOP 17,059,800
- Picker and packerCOP 15,443,800
- PlastererCOP 16,115,500
- PlumberCOP 18,028,600
- Police detectiveCOP 31,570,400
- Police officerCOP 24,590,900
- Policy analystCOP 40,557,800
- PotterCOP 15,044,200
- Poultry sexerCOP 16,465,000
- Power plant operatorCOP 27,996,800
- Prepress technicianCOP 15,539,800
- Preschool teacherCOP 32,712,100
- Preschool teaching assistantCOP 16,084,000
- Primary school managerCOP 36,208,100
- Print operatorCOP 15,118,300
- Prison teacherCOP 35,139,700
- Process operatorCOP 30,825,200
- Product designerCOP 37,670,400
- Product managerCOP 39,364,700
- Production line coordinatorCOP 21,644,300
- Production supervisorCOP 26,555,300
- ProfessorCOP 42,095,000
- Project managerCOP 36,086,900
- Promotions demonstratorCOP 14,767,600
- ProofreaderCOP 20,379,300
- PsychologistCOP 41,776,700
- Public health inspectorCOP 41,211,800
- Public relations professionalsCOP 38,121,700
- Pulp control workerCOP 21,571,200
- Quality inspectorCOP 25,076,300
- Radiologic technologistCOP 26,035,900
- Rail conductorCOP 17,686,000
- Real estate agentCOP 23,971,300
- ReceptionistCOP 15,992,100
- Registered nurseCOP 42,311,100
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedCOP 22,586,000
- Religious professionalsCOP 33,177,900
- Religious workerCOP 20,234,500
- Rental sales workerCOP 16,997,100
- Restaurant managerCOP 24,061,800
- Retail sales associateCOP 16,725,200
- Retail store supervisorCOP 18,994,000
- Riding instructorCOP 17,491,900
- Rig drillerCOP 21,557,700
- RiggerCOP 19,184,800
- RooferCOP 13,571,100
- Runway modelCOP 15,082,400
- Sales engineerCOP 43,848,000
- Sales representativeCOP 25,180,500
- Sawmill operatorCOP 16,868,200
- Scribes and related workersCOP 19,649,500
- SecretaryCOP 19,729,600
- Security guardCOP 18,294,500
- Senior government officialsCOP 41,714,600
- Set designerCOP 20,494,800
- Sewing machine operatorCOP 13,664,100
- Sex workerCOP 15,116,000
- Shelf stackerCOP 14,636,100
- Ship pilotCOP 26,811,100
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersCOP 18,560,100
- ShoemakerCOP 13,810,900
- Shop keeperCOP 22,785,400
- Sign installerCOP 15,411,000
- SignalmanCOP 21,677,300
- Slitter operatorCOP 16,753,100
- Social care workerCOP 21,267,000
- Social media managerCOP 39,875,700
- Social services managerCOP 32,016,200
- Social workerCOP 37,195,400
- Software developerCOP 46,994,500
- Software programmerCOP 43,390,100
- Software testerCOP 44,850,700
- SoldierCOP 40,324,400
- SorterCOP 18,092,500
- Special needs teacherCOP 39,198,700
- Specialist doctorCOP 70,049,900
- Speech therapistCOP 37,543,900
- Sport coachCOP 17,030,000
- StatisticianCOP 26,233,300
- Steel erectorCOP 18,136,000
- Stock coordinatorCOP 18,682,700
- Stone fabricatorCOP 17,817,700
- Stone planerCOP 17,953,000
- StonemasonCOP 17,126,200
- Store managerCOP 30,177,500
- Street and related service workersCOP 17,136,100
- Street sweeperCOP 17,742,700
- Street vendorCOP 17,084,100
- Subsistence crop farmersCOP 15,343,100
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersCOP 17,034,500
- Subsistence livestock farmersCOP 15,515,500
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersCOP 15,362,200
- Survey enumeratorCOP 18,275,400
- SurveyorCOP 41,489,400
- Switchboard operatorCOP 19,738,100
- Systems administratorCOP 43,835,300
- Systems analystCOP 47,650,000
- TailorCOP 12,236,300
- TannerCOP 14,837,700
- Tax officerCOP 25,093,800
- Taxi driverCOP 15,012,200
- Technical aideCOP 25,016,500
- Telecom administratorCOP 26,264,600
- TellerCOP 20,321,600
- Tent builderCOP 17,178,400
- Test engineerCOP 46,099,400
- Textile braiderCOP 15,172,600
- Textile machine operatorCOP 14,745,100
- Therapy assistantCOP 17,423,100
- Tile installerCOP 16,105,200
- Tobacco dryerCOP 15,246,000
- Trades union officialCOP 37,676,400
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageCOP 42,077,400
- Traditional therapistCOP 31,965,200
- Train driverCOP 24,836,600
- TranslatorCOP 35,225,900
- Transport clerksCOP 21,427,900
- Travel agentCOP 18,142,200
- Tree doctorCOP 16,226,300
- Truck driverCOP 18,282,300
- TypistCOP 18,310,600
- Underwater welderCOP 18,674,200
- UpholstererCOP 14,242,900
- Urban plannerCOP 42,296,300
- UX designerCOP 35,156,700
- Vet technicianCOP 18,072,700
- VeterinarianCOP 43,186,000
- Vocational teacherCOP 38,140,400
- WaiterCOP 14,242,700
- Warehouse workerCOP 18,109,300
- Waste collectorCOP 18,044,200
- Watch makerCOP 16,743,900
- Water and firewood collectorsCOP 16,894,200
- Water plant operatorCOP 24,054,100
- Water-based fisheries workerCOP 16,216,300
- Web developerCOP 43,430,600
- Web technicianCOP 27,195,200
- WelderCOP 17,033,700
- Wind technicianCOP 21,894,600
- Winder operatorCOP 14,885,100
- Window washerCOP 16,889,800
- Wood treaterCOP 15,704,000
- WoodworkerCOP 14,775,500
- ZoologistCOP 42,452,300
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate