Salaries in El Salvador
$433a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- $5,200
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor$14,720
- CEO$12,790
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$12,540
- Senior government officials$12,430
- IT project manager$12,320
- Doctor$12,210
- Finance manager$12,070
- Insurance agent$11,970
- Operations manager$11,930
- Social media manager$11,880
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker$2,636
- Shelf stacker$3,398
- Kitchen assistant$3,401
- Cleaner$3,408
- Housekeeper$3,452
- Garment presser$3,520
- Fiacre driver$3,553
- Picker and packer$3,585
- Car cleaner$3,655
- Farm hands$3,715
By major occupation group
| Managers | $894 a month |
| Professionals | $756 a month |
| Armed forces | $688 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | $542 a month |
| Clerical support workers | $499 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | $459 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | $433 a month |
| Service and sales workers | $428 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | $347 a month |
| Elementary occupations | $325 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant$8,635
- Accounts assistant$6,100
- Accounts clerk$5,790
- Actor$6,045
- Actuary$9,390
- Agricultural technician$5,894
- Aid worker$6,223
- Air traffic controller$9,693
- Air traffic safety technician$6,904
- Aircraft technician$6,281
- Airline pilot$9,898
- Animal carer$4,699
- Announcer$7,942
- Anthropologist$7,893
- Apiarists and sericulturists$4,556
- Aquaculture support worker$4,556
- Architect$8,383
- Art director$8,535
- Artist$7,930
- Astrologer$5,223
- Astrophysicist$10,360
- Athlete$6,371
- Audio-visual technician$6,023
- Audiology technician$5,490
- Audit clerk$6,568
- Auto mechanic$4,929
- Avionics mechanic$5,882
- Ballet dancer$7,084
- Bartender$4,487
- Basketmaker$4,215
- Beautician$4,425
- Benefits officer$6,326
- Bicycle mechanic$4,778
- Bike assembler$4,756
- Bindery worker$4,141
- Blacksmith$4,995
- Blaster$5,928
- Boiler operator$7,124
- Bricklayer$5,330
- Broadcast engineer$10,010
- Builder$5,389
- Bus driver$5,564
- Butcher$4,316
- Buyer$6,264
- Cabinetmaker$4,660
- Call centre agent$5,278
- Candle factory worker$4,729
- Car assembler$5,431
- Car cleaner$3,655
- Car electrician$5,948
- Car painter$4,939
- Career coach$8,086
- Caretaker$5,323
- Carpenter$5,119
- Carpet worker$4,287
- Cashier$4,202
- CEO$12,790
- Cheese maker$5,510
- Chef$5,332
- Chemical engineer$9,648
- Chemical engineering technician$7,198
- Chemical operator$7,366
- Chemical products plant and machine operators$6,156
- Chemist$8,713
- Chief engineer$7,740
- Childcare centre manager$7,819
- Civil engineer$9,369
- Civils worker$4,934
- Cleaner$3,408
- Cleaners$3,977
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified$5,740
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified$5,521
- Clinical research assistant$5,144
- Cnc operator$5,276
- Coffee taster$4,703
- Commodity trader$7,286
- Community health worker$6,153
- Companion$4,988
- Concrete finisher$5,446
- Construction foreman$7,579
- Construction manager$9,424
- Construction worker$4,295
- Cook$4,724
- Corporate trainer$8,172
- Correctional officer$6,589
- Corrugator operator$5,418
- Courier$3,869
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified$4,181
- Crane operators$6,497
- Crop producer$4,180
- Crop team leader$4,191
- Croupier$5,198
- Cure operator$5,231
- Customer service clerk$5,547
- Customs agent$5,846
- Customs officer$6,504
- Dance teacher$4,512
- Data administrator$9,239
- Data centre operator$7,362
- Data entry clerk$5,420
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified$9,587
- Day care worker$4,817
- Debt collector$6,421
- Deep-sea fisherman$4,320
- Dental hygienist$5,459
- Dentist$10,210
- Dietitian$7,565
- Doctor$12,210
- Door to door seller$5,164
- Draughtsperson$6,531
- Driving instructor$6,074
- Earthmoving and related plant operators$6,070
- Economist$9,793
- Education officer$8,113
- Electric powerline worker$6,589
- Electrical assembler$4,816
- Electrical engineer$10,230
- Electrical technician$7,099
- Electrician$5,596
- Electronic engineer$9,917
- Electronics engineering technician$6,621
- Elementary school teacher$8,149
- Embalmer$5,522
- Embroiderer$4,303
- Employment agent$6,361
- Energy manager$11,050
- Environment engineer$8,954
- Environmental protection professionals$8,192
- Esol teacher$6,977
- Event coordinator$5,836
- Executive assistant$6,175
- Fabric cutter$4,030
- Fabric dyer$4,862
- Façade cleaner$4,002
- Facility manager$11,030
- Factory labourer$4,075
- Farm equipment operator$5,341
- Farm hand$3,929
- Farm hands$3,715
- Fast food worker$2,636
- Fiacre driver$3,553
- File clerk$6,068
- Fill operator$4,429
- Finance adviser$7,976
- Finance manager$12,070
- Financial analyst$9,461
- Financier$9,478
- Fire alarm technician$5,709
- Firefighter$7,284
- Fisheries boatman$4,320
- Fishery production manager$8,159
- Fitness club manager$8,260
- Flight attendant$5,668
- Food and related products machine operators$4,932
- Food service worker$4,152
- Food stall holder$4,638
- Forest ranger$4,364
- Forest worker$4,209
- Forester$8,874
- Forestry advisor$8,635
- Forestry technician$6,021
- Forklift operator$5,102
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers$4,483
- Fur animal rearer$4,631
- Garage manager$9,485
- Gardener$3,924
- Garment presser$3,520
- Gas station salesperson$4,189
- General manager$10,370
- Geologist$9,660
- Glassblower$4,470
- Glassmaker$5,408
- Glazier$4,965
- Gluing operator$4,497
- Grader$4,859
- Grinder$4,854
- Guide$4,990
- Gym worker$3,750
- Hairdresser$4,418
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers$3,816
- Head of marketing$11,800
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified$7,510
- Health records clerk$6,014
- Health screener$5,633
- Heat treat operator$5,504
- Hide machine operator$4,893
- High school teacher$8,655
- Historian$8,256
- Horticulturist$4,076
- Hotel manager$8,192
- Hotel receptionist$4,977
- House manager$5,268
- Household manager$5,112
- Housekeeper$3,452
- HR manager$11,010
- Hunter$4,359
- Hvac mechanic$5,627
- Industrial engineer$9,662
- Industrial painter$4,736
- Information clerk$5,736
- Insulator$5,175
- Insurance agent$11,970
- Insurance seller$6,693
- IT presales technician$9,470
- IT project manager$12,320
- IT technician$6,412
- IT trainer$7,932
- Jeweller$4,478
- Journalist$8,031
- Judge$11,440
- Kitchen assistant$3,401
- Laboratory technologist$6,020
- Landscape architect$8,443
- Laser technician$7,170
- Laundry worker$4,208
- Lawyer$10,700
- Legal aide$6,235
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified$9,213
- Legal secretary$5,429
- Legislators$5,048
- Librarian$7,986
- Library assistant$5,602
- Livestock and dairy producers$4,353
- Livestock farm labourers$3,797
- Loan officer$6,607
- Logistics manager$9,985
- Loss adjuster$6,881
- Machine oiler$5,892
- Mail carrier$5,996
- Management consultant$9,509
- Manufacturing director$10,660
- Market trader$5,185
- Marketing specialist$8,554
- Mechanical engineer$9,835
- Mechanical engineering technician$7,312
- Medical assistant$4,970
- Medical herbalist$5,743
- Medical laboratory technician$5,997
- Medical transcriber$5,459
- Medical writer$7,681
- Metal caster$5,864
- Metal filer$5,379
- Metal furnace operator$6,788
- Metal molder$4,908
- Metal worker$5,087
- Metallurgist$6,866
- Metalworker$5,325
- Meteorologist$9,544
- Meter reader$3,986
- Midwife$8,806
- Midwife assistant$6,366
- Military officer$8,930
- Mine engineer$10,380
- Mine supervisor$7,689
- Miners$6,661
- Mining assistant$4,976
- Mixed farmer$4,276
- Motorcyle courier$4,873
- Museum curator$7,737
- Museum technician$5,522
- Music teacher$7,210
- Musician$7,165
- Network engineer$6,775
- Networks engineer$9,562
- Nursing assistant$5,202
- Nursing associate professionals$5,964
- Nursing home manager$9,828
- Odd job persons$4,133
- Office clerk$5,980
- Office manager$6,576
- Operations manager$11,930
- Optician$5,277
- Optometrist$8,400
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals$6,172
- Paper maker$5,594
- Paramedic$6,941
- Paramedical practitioners$9,564
- Passport officer$6,434
- Pastry cook$4,124
- Patent agent$7,401
- Pawnbroker$4,886
- Payroll clerk$6,618
- Performer$5,672
- Personal care attendant$5,070
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified$5,192
- Personnel clerks$6,338
- Pest control technician$4,618
- Petty officer$7,391
- Pharmacist$9,305
- Photo retoucher$4,668
- Photographer$5,454
- Physical therapist$7,647
- Piano tuner$5,193
- Picker and packer$3,585
- Plasterer$4,906
- Plumber$5,488
- Police detective$8,550
- Police officer$7,399
- Policy analyst$8,520
- Potter$4,580
- Poultry sexer$4,010
- Power plant operator$7,582
- Prepress technician$4,731
- Preschool teacher$6,872
- Preschool teaching assistant$4,839
- Primary school manager$10,790
- Print operator$4,602
- Prison teacher$7,382
- Process operator$8,348
- Product designer$7,913
- Product manager$11,730
- Production line coordinator$6,745
- Production supervisor$7,192
- Professor$8,843
- Project manager$10,750
- Promotions demonstrator$4,443
- Proofreader$6,351
- Psychologist$8,776
- Public health inspector$8,657
- Public relations professionals$8,008
- Pulp control worker$5,842
- Quality inspector$6,792
- Radiologic technologist$7,051
- Rail conductor$5,321
- Real estate agent$6,492
- Receptionist$4,984
- Registered nurse$8,888
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified$6,117
- Religious professionals$6,970
- Religious worker$5,480
- Rental sales worker$5,114
- Restaurant manager$7,168
- Retail sales associate$5,032
- Retail store supervisor$5,715
- Riding instructor$4,737
- Rig driller$6,679
- Rigger$5,840
- Roofer$4,131
- Runway model$4,538
- Sales engineer$9,211
- Sales representative$6,820
- Sawmill operator$5,226
- Scribes and related workers$6,123
- Secretary$6,148
- Security guard$5,504
- Senior government officials$12,430
- Set designer$5,551
- Sewing machine operator$4,233
- Sex worker$4,548
- Shelf stacker$3,398
- Ship pilot$7,261
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers$5,750
- Shoemaker$4,204
- Shop keeper$6,856
- Sign installer$4,691
- Signalman$6,716
- Slitter operator$5,190
- Social care worker$5,760
- Social media manager$11,880
- Social services manager$9,538
- Social worker$7,814
- Software developer$9,872
- Software programmer$9,115
- Software tester$9,422
- Soldier$7,932
- Sorter$4,200
- Special needs teacher$8,234
- Specialist doctor$14,720
- Speech therapist$7,887
- Sport coach$4,612
- Statistician$7,105
- Steel erector$5,521
- Stock coordinator$5,822
- Stone fabricator$5,520
- Stone planer$5,562
- Stonemason$5,213
- Store manager$8,990
- Street and related service workers$3,978
- Street sweeper$4,119
- Street vendor$3,966
- Subsistence crop farmers$3,737
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$4,148
- Subsistence livestock farmers$3,779
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$3,741
- Survey enumerator$5,695
- Surveyor$8,716
- Switchboard operator$6,151
- Systems administrator$9,208
- Systems analyst$10,010
- Tailor$3,725
- Tanner$4,517
- Tax officer$6,796
- Taxi driver$4,651
- Technical aide$6,775
- Telecom administrator$7,113
- Teller$6,333
- Tent builder$5,229
- Test engineer$9,684
- Textile braider$4,701
- Textile machine operator$4,568
- Therapy assistant$4,719
- Tile installer$4,903
- Tobacco dryer$4,641
- Trades union official$11,220
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$12,540
- Traditional therapist$6,715
- Train driver$7,695
- Translator$7,400
- Transport clerks$6,678
- Travel agent$5,654
- Tree doctor$3,952
- Truck driver$5,664
- Typist$5,706
- Underwater welder$5,685
- Upholsterer$4,336
- Urban planner$8,885
- UX designer$7,385
- Vet technician$4,895
- Veterinarian$9,072
- Vocational teacher$8,012
- Waiter$4,285
- Warehouse worker$4,204
- Waste collector$4,189
- Watch maker$5,097
- Water and firewood collectors$3,922
- Water plant operator$6,515
- Water-based fisheries worker$3,765
- Web developer$9,123
- Web technician$7,365
- Welder$5,185
- Wind technician$5,930
- Winder operator$4,612
- Window washer$3,921
- Wood treater$4,781
- Woodworker$4,498
- Zoologist$8,918
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate