Salaries in Ecuador
$470a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- $5,640
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor$15,570
- CEO$14,880
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$14,590
- Senior government officials$14,460
- IT project manager$14,340
- Finance manager$14,040
- Insurance agent$13,930
- Operations manager$13,880
- Social media manager$13,820
- Head of marketing$13,730
Top 10 lowest paying
- Subsistence crop farmers$3,234
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$3,238
- Fast food worker$3,244
- Subsistence livestock farmers$3,270
- Tree doctor$3,420
- Poultry sexer$3,470
- Horticulturist$3,527
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$3,590
- Crop producer$3,618
- Crop team leader$3,627
By major occupation group
| Managers | $1,040 a month |
| Armed forces | $1,000 a month |
| Professionals | $800 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | $630 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | $530 a month |
| Clerical support workers | $521 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | $470 a month |
| Service and sales workers | $465 a month |
| Elementary occupations | $400 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | $300 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant$9,134
- Accounts assistant$6,373
- Accounts clerk$6,734
- Actor$6,394
- Actuary$9,934
- Agricultural technician$6,855
- Aid worker$6,756
- Air traffic controller$11,270
- Air traffic safety technician$8,030
- Aircraft technician$6,812
- Airline pilot$11,510
- Animal carer$5,102
- Announcer$8,402
- Anthropologist$8,350
- Apiarists and sericulturists$3,943
- Aquaculture support worker$3,943
- Architect$8,867
- Art director$9,028
- Artist$8,389
- Astrologer$5,671
- Astrophysicist$10,960
- Athlete$7,410
- Audio-visual technician$7,005
- Audiology technician$6,386
- Audit clerk$6,863
- Auto mechanic$5,346
- Avionics mechanic$6,380
- Ballet dancer$7,494
- Bartender$4,872
- Basketmaker$4,572
- Beautician$4,804
- Benefits officer$7,357
- Bicycle mechanic$5,182
- Bike assembler$5,497
- Bindery worker$4,491
- Blacksmith$5,418
- Blaster$6,429
- Boiler operator$8,234
- Bricklayer$5,781
- Broadcast engineer$10,590
- Builder$5,846
- Bus driver$6,432
- Butcher$4,681
- Buyer$7,285
- Cabinetmaker$5,054
- Call centre agent$5,730
- Candle factory worker$5,130
- Car assembler$6,278
- Car cleaner$4,499
- Car electrician$6,451
- Car painter$5,357
- Career coach$8,553
- Caretaker$5,779
- Carpenter$5,552
- Carpet worker$4,650
- Cashier$4,562
- CEO$14,880
- Cheese maker$5,976
- Chef$6,202
- Chemical engineer$10,210
- Chemical engineering technician$8,372
- Chemical operator$8,567
- Chemical products plant and machine operators$7,115
- Chemist$9,217
- Chief engineer$9,002
- Childcare centre manager$9,099
- Civil engineer$9,911
- Civils worker$6,073
- Cleaner$4,194
- Cleaners$4,895
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified$5,998
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified$5,769
- Clinical research assistant$5,983
- Cnc operator$5,722
- Coffee taster$5,101
- Commodity trader$8,474
- Community health worker$7,157
- Companion$5,415
- Concrete finisher$5,907
- Construction foreman$8,815
- Construction manager$10,970
- Construction worker$5,286
- Cook$5,129
- Corporate trainer$8,645
- Correctional officer$7,154
- Corrugator operator$6,263
- Courier$4,762
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified$4,535
- Crane operators$7,510
- Crop producer$3,618
- Crop team leader$3,627
- Croupier$5,432
- Cure operator$6,046
- Customer service clerk$5,797
- Customs agent$6,799
- Customs officer$7,565
- Dance teacher$4,773
- Data administrator$9,774
- Data centre operator$8,562
- Data entry clerk$5,663
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified$10,140
- Day care worker$5,229
- Debt collector$6,709
- Deep-sea fisherman$3,738
- Dental hygienist$6,349
- Dentist$10,800
- Dietitian$8,002
- Doctor$12,920
- Door to door seller$5,606
- Draughtsperson$7,596
- Driving instructor$6,594
- Earthmoving and related plant operators$7,016
- Economist$10,360
- Education officer$8,582
- Electric powerline worker$7,147
- Electrical assembler$5,567
- Electrical engineer$10,820
- Electrical technician$8,256
- Electrician$6,070
- Electronic engineer$10,490
- Electronics engineering technician$7,700
- Elementary school teacher$8,621
- Embalmer$5,995
- Embroiderer$4,667
- Employment agent$7,399
- Energy manager$12,850
- Environment engineer$9,472
- Environmental protection professionals$8,666
- Esol teacher$7,381
- Event coordinator$6,787
- Executive assistant$7,182
- Fabric cutter$4,372
- Fabric dyer$5,619
- Façade cleaner$4,341
- Facility manager$12,840
- Factory labourer$5,015
- Farm equipment operator$6,173
- Farm hand$4,836
- Farm hands$4,573
- Fast food worker$3,244
- Fiacre driver$4,373
- File clerk$6,341
- Fill operator$5,119
- Finance adviser$9,277
- Finance manager$14,040
- Financial analyst$10,010
- Financier$10,030
- Fire alarm technician$6,192
- Firefighter$7,908
- Fisheries boatman$3,738
- Fishery production manager$9,494
- Fitness club manager$9,612
- Flight attendant$6,154
- Food and related products machine operators$5,701
- Food service worker$4,508
- Food stall holder$5,036
- Forest ranger$3,777
- Forest worker$5,180
- Forester$10,330
- Forestry advisor$9,135
- Forestry technician$7,003
- Forklift operator$5,898
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers$4,862
- Fur animal rearer$4,008
- Garage manager$11,040
- Gardener$4,829
- Garment presser$4,332
- Gas station salesperson$4,548
- General manager$12,070
- Geologist$10,220
- Glassblower$4,848
- Glassmaker$6,251
- Glazier$5,386
- Gluing operator$5,198
- Grader$5,270
- Grinder$5,265
- Guide$5,417
- Gym worker$4,616
- Hairdresser$4,797
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers$4,696
- Head of marketing$13,730
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified$7,944
- Health records clerk$6,995
- Health screener$6,552
- Heat treat operator$6,362
- Hide machine operator$5,655
- High school teacher$9,155
- Historian$8,734
- Horticulturist$3,527
- Hotel manager$9,533
- Hotel receptionist$5,201
- House manager$5,720
- Household manager$5,550
- Housekeeper$4,249
- HR manager$12,810
- Hunter$3,772
- Hvac mechanic$6,103
- Industrial engineer$10,220
- Industrial painter$5,137
- Information clerk$5,994
- Insulator$5,613
- Insurance agent$13,930
- Insurance seller$7,784
- IT presales technician$10,020
- IT project manager$14,340
- IT technician$7,457
- IT trainer$8,391
- Jeweller$4,857
- Journalist$8,496
- Judge$12,100
- Kitchen assistant$4,185
- Laboratory technologist$7,002
- Landscape architect$8,931
- Laser technician$8,339
- Laundry worker$4,864
- Lawyer$11,320
- Legal aide$7,252
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified$9,746
- Legal secretary$6,314
- Legislators$5,874
- Librarian$8,448
- Library assistant$5,854
- Livestock and dairy producers$3,767
- Livestock farm labourers$4,673
- Loan officer$7,684
- Logistics manager$11,620
- Loss adjuster$8,004
- Machine oiler$6,391
- Mail carrier$6,265
- Management consultant$10,060
- Manufacturing director$12,410
- Market trader$5,629
- Marketing specialist$9,049
- Mechanical engineer$10,400
- Mechanical engineering technician$8,504
- Medical assistant$5,781
- Medical herbalist$6,680
- Medical laboratory technician$6,975
- Medical transcriber$6,349
- Medical writer$8,125
- Metal caster$6,777
- Metal filer$6,217
- Metal furnace operator$7,894
- Metal molder$5,323
- Metal worker$5,517
- Metallurgist$7,986
- Metalworker$5,776
- Meteorologist$10,100
- Meter reader$4,905
- Midwife$9,315
- Midwife assistant$7,404
- Military officer$12,970
- Mine engineer$10,980
- Mine supervisor$8,942
- Miners$7,699
- Mining assistant$6,124
- Mixed farmer$3,701
- Motorcyle courier$5,632
- Museum curator$8,184
- Museum technician$6,422
- Music teacher$7,627
- Musician$7,580
- Network engineer$7,879
- Networks engineer$10,120
- Nursing assistant$5,647
- Nursing associate professionals$6,937
- Nursing home manager$11,440
- Odd job persons$5,087
- Office clerk$6,249
- Office manager$7,648
- Operations manager$13,880
- Optician$6,137
- Optometrist$8,886
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals$7,179
- Paper maker$6,466
- Paramedic$8,073
- Paramedical practitioners$10,120
- Passport officer$7,483
- Pastry cook$4,473
- Patent agent$8,608
- Pawnbroker$5,106
- Payroll clerk$6,915
- Performer$6,000
- Personal care attendant$5,505
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified$5,637
- Personnel clerks$6,623
- Pest control technician$5,009
- Petty officer$10,740
- Pharmacist$9,843
- Photo retoucher$5,395
- Photographer$6,344
- Physical therapist$8,089
- Piano tuner$5,633
- Picker and packer$4,413
- Plasterer$5,321
- Plumber$5,953
- Police detective$9,945
- Police officer$8,033
- Policy analyst$9,013
- Potter$4,967
- Poultry sexer$3,470
- Power plant operator$8,819
- Prepress technician$5,131
- Preschool teacher$7,269
- Preschool teaching assistant$5,254
- Primary school manager$12,550
- Print operator$4,992
- Prison teacher$7,809
- Process operator$9,710
- Product designer$8,371
- Product manager$13,650
- Production line coordinator$7,048
- Production supervisor$8,365
- Professor$9,354
- Project manager$12,510
- Promotions demonstrator$4,824
- Proofreader$6,636
- Psychologist$9,284
- Public health inspector$9,158
- Public relations professionals$8,471
- Pulp control worker$6,795
- Quality inspector$7,899
- Radiologic technologist$8,201
- Rail conductor$5,777
- Real estate agent$7,551
- Receptionist$5,207
- Registered nurse$9,402
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified$7,115
- Religious professionals$7,373
- Religious worker$6,374
- Rental sales worker$5,552
- Restaurant manager$8,341
- Retail sales associate$5,463
- Retail store supervisor$6,205
- Riding instructor$5,510
- Rig driller$7,720
- Rigger$6,334
- Roofer$4,481
- Runway model$4,927
- Sales engineer$9,744
- Sales representative$7,932
- Sawmill operator$6,041
- Scribes and related workers$6,398
- Secretary$6,424
- Security guard$5,976
- Senior government officials$14,460
- Set designer$6,456
- Sewing machine operator$4,893
- Sex worker$4,938
- Shelf stacker$4,182
- Ship pilot$8,445
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers$6,647
- Shoemaker$4,560
- Shop keeper$7,443
- Sign installer$5,088
- Signalman$7,763
- Slitter operator$5,999
- Social care worker$6,699
- Social media manager$13,820
- Social services manager$11,100
- Social worker$8,266
- Software developer$10,440
- Software programmer$9,642
- Software tester$9,967
- Soldier$11,520
- Sorter$5,169
- Special needs teacher$8,711
- Specialist doctor$15,570
- Speech therapist$8,343
- Sport coach$5,364
- Statistician$8,263
- Steel erector$5,988
- Stock coordinator$6,084
- Stone fabricator$6,381
- Stone planer$6,429
- Stonemason$5,655
- Store manager$10,460
- Street and related service workers$4,896
- Street sweeper$5,069
- Street vendor$4,881
- Subsistence crop farmers$3,234
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$3,590
- Subsistence livestock farmers$3,270
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$3,238
- Survey enumerator$5,951
- Surveyor$9,220
- Switchboard operator$6,427
- Systems administrator$9,741
- Systems analyst$10,590
- Tailor$4,040
- Tanner$4,899
- Tax officer$7,905
- Taxi driver$5,376
- Technical aide$7,880
- Telecom administrator$8,273
- Teller$6,617
- Tent builder$5,672
- Test engineer$10,240
- Textile braider$5,433
- Textile machine operator$5,280
- Therapy assistant$5,488
- Tile installer$5,317
- Tobacco dryer$5,034
- Trades union official$13,060
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$14,590
- Traditional therapist$7,103
- Train driver$8,894
- Translator$7,828
- Transport clerks$6,977
- Travel agent$5,908
- Tree doctor$3,420
- Truck driver$6,547
- Typist$5,962
- Underwater welder$6,166
- Upholsterer$4,703
- Urban planner$9,399
- UX designer$7,813
- Vet technician$5,693
- Veterinarian$9,597
- Vocational teacher$8,476
- Waiter$4,653
- Warehouse worker$5,174
- Waste collector$5,155
- Watch maker$5,528
- Water and firewood collectors$4,827
- Water plant operator$7,577
- Water-based fisheries worker$4,633
- Web developer$9,651
- Web technician$8,566
- Welder$5,624
- Wind technician$6,897
- Winder operator$5,330
- Window washer$4,826
- Wood treater$5,185
- Woodworker$4,878
- Zoologist$9,434
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate