Salaries in Jamaica
JMD 17,330a month
Median monthly salary, 2014.
- Yearly
- JMD 207,900
- Equals
- $156
Top 10 highest paying
- Military officerJMD 1,394,400
- SoldierJMD 1,238,500
- Specialist doctorJMD 1,216,100
- Petty officerJMD 1,154,000
- DoctorJMD 1,009,400
- JudgeJMD 945,100
- CEOJMD 894,500
- LawyerJMD 884,000
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageJMD 876,600
- Senior government officialsJMD 869,000
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food workerJMD 135,800
- TailorJMD 149,000
- Laundry workerJMD 159,000
- Sewing machine operatorJMD 160,000
- Façade cleanerJMD 160,000
- Fabric cutterJMD 161,200
- Pastry cookJMD 164,900
- RooferJMD 165,200
- Bindery workerJMD 165,600
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedJMD 167,200
By major occupation group
| Armed forces | JMD 107,500 a month |
| Managers | JMD 62,500 a month |
| Professionals | JMD 62,500 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | JMD 32,500 a month |
| Clerical support workers | JMD 32,500 a month |
| Service and sales workers | JMD 17,330 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | JMD 17,330 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | JMD 17,330 a month |
| Elementary occupations | JMD 16,750 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | JMD 16,720 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantJMD 713,600
- Accounts assistantJMD 397,600
- Accounts clerkJMD 347,400
- ActorJMD 499,500
- ActuaryJMD 776,000
- Agricultural technicianJMD 353,600
- Aid workerJMD 251,800
- Air traffic controllerJMD 581,600
- Air traffic safety technicianJMD 414,200
- Aircraft technicianJMD 251,200
- Airline pilotJMD 593,800
- Animal carerJMD 190,100
- AnnouncerJMD 656,400
- AnthropologistJMD 652,300
- Apiarists and sericulturistsJMD 219,800
- Aquaculture support workerJMD 219,800
- ArchitectJMD 692,800
- Art directorJMD 705,300
- ArtistJMD 655,400
- AstrologerJMD 211,300
- AstrophysicistJMD 856,000
- AthleteJMD 382,300
- Audio-visual technicianJMD 361,400
- Audiology technicianJMD 329,400
- Audit clerkJMD 428,100
- Auto mechanicJMD 197,100
- Avionics mechanicJMD 235,200
- Ballet dancerJMD 585,500
- BartenderJMD 181,600
- BasketmakerJMD 168,600
- BeauticianJMD 179,000
- Benefits officerJMD 379,500
- Bicycle mechanicJMD 191,100
- Bike assemblerJMD 179,700
- Bindery workerJMD 165,600
- BlacksmithJMD 199,800
- BlasterJMD 237,100
- Boiler operatorJMD 269,200
- BricklayerJMD 213,100
- Broadcast engineerJMD 827,000
- BuilderJMD 215,500
- Bus driverJMD 210,300
- ButcherJMD 172,600
- BuyerJMD 375,800
- CabinetmakerJMD 186,300
- Call centre agentJMD 213,500
- Candle factory workerJMD 189,100
- Car assemblerJMD 205,300
- Car cleanerJMD 188,400
- Car electricianJMD 237,900
- Car painterJMD 197,500
- Career coachJMD 668,200
- CaretakerJMD 215,400
- CarpenterJMD 204,700
- Carpet workerJMD 171,400
- CashierJMD 170,000
- CEOJMD 894,500
- Cheese makerJMD 220,300
- ChefJMD 319,900
- Chemical engineerJMD 797,300
- Chemical engineering technicianJMD 431,900
- Chemical operatorJMD 441,900
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsJMD 232,600
- ChemistJMD 720,100
- Chief engineerJMD 464,400
- Childcare centre managerJMD 546,800
- Civil engineerJMD 774,300
- Civils workerJMD 254,300
- CleanerJMD 175,600
- CleanersJMD 205,000
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedJMD 374,100
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedJMD 359,800
- Clinical research assistantJMD 308,700
- Cnc operatorJMD 211,000
- Coffee tasterJMD 188,100
- Commodity traderJMD 437,100
- Community health workerJMD 369,200
- CompanionJMD 201,800
- Concrete finisherJMD 217,800
- Construction foremanJMD 454,700
- Construction managerJMD 659,000
- Construction workerJMD 221,400
- CookJMD 191,100
- Corporate trainerJMD 675,400
- Correctional officerJMD 266,600
- Corrugator operatorJMD 204,800
- CourierJMD 199,400
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedJMD 167,200
- Crane operatorsJMD 245,500
- Crop producerJMD 201,600
- Crop team leaderJMD 202,100
- CroupierJMD 338,800
- Cure operatorJMD 197,700
- Customer service clerkJMD 361,600
- Customs agentJMD 350,800
- Customs officerJMD 390,300
- Dance teacherJMD 372,900
- Data administratorJMD 763,600
- Data centre operatorJMD 441,700
- Data entry clerkJMD 353,200
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedJMD 792,300
- Day care workerJMD 194,900
- Debt collectorJMD 418,500
- Deep-sea fishermanJMD 208,400
- Dental hygienistJMD 327,500
- DentistJMD 844,000
- DietitianJMD 625,200
- DoctorJMD 1,009,400
- Door to door sellerJMD 208,900
- DraughtspersonJMD 391,800
- Driving instructorJMD 245,700
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsJMD 229,400
- EconomistJMD 809,300
- Education officerJMD 670,500
- Electric powerline workerJMD 263,500
- Electrical assemblerJMD 182,000
- Electrical engineerJMD 845,400
- Electrical technicianJMD 425,900
- ElectricianJMD 223,800
- Electronic engineerJMD 819,600
- Electronics engineering technicianJMD 397,200
- Elementary school teacherJMD 673,500
- EmbalmerJMD 223,400
- EmbroidererJMD 172,100
- Employment agentJMD 381,700
- Energy managerJMD 772,400
- Environment engineerJMD 740,000
- Environmental protection professionalsJMD 677,000
- Esol teacherJMD 576,600
- Event coordinatorJMD 350,100
- Executive assistantJMD 370,500
- Fabric cutterJMD 161,200
- Fabric dyerJMD 183,700
- Façade cleanerJMD 160,000
- Facility managerJMD 771,500
- Factory labourerJMD 210,000
- Farm equipment operatorJMD 201,800
- Farm handJMD 202,500
- Farm handsJMD 191,500
- Fast food workerJMD 135,800
- Fiacre driverJMD 183,100
- File clerkJMD 395,500
- Fill operatorJMD 167,400
- Finance adviserJMD 478,600
- Finance managerJMD 843,900
- Financial analystJMD 781,900
- FinancierJMD 783,300
- Fire alarm technicianJMD 228,300
- FirefighterJMD 294,700
- Fisheries boatmanJMD 208,400
- Fishery production managerJMD 570,600
- Fitness club managerJMD 577,600
- Flight attendantJMD 229,300
- Food and related products machine operatorsJMD 186,400
- Food service workerJMD 168,000
- Food stall holderJMD 187,700
- Forest rangerJMD 210,500
- Forest workerJMD 216,900
- ForesterJMD 620,600
- Forestry advisorJMD 713,700
- Forestry technicianJMD 361,200
- Forklift operatorJMD 192,800
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversJMD 179,300
- Fur animal rearerJMD 223,400
- Garage managerJMD 663,300
- GardenerJMD 202,200
- Garment presserJMD 181,400
- Gas station salespersonJMD 169,500
- General managerJMD 725,400
- GeologistJMD 798,300
- GlassblowerJMD 178,700
- GlassmakerJMD 204,400
- GlazierJMD 198,600
- Gluing operatorJMD 170,000
- GraderJMD 194,300
- GrinderJMD 194,100
- GuideJMD 201,900
- Gym workerJMD 193,300
- HairdresserJMD 178,800
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversJMD 196,600
- Head of marketingJMD 825,300
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedJMD 620,700
- Health records clerkJMD 360,800
- Health screenerJMD 338,000
- Heat treat operatorJMD 208,000
- Hide machine operatorJMD 184,900
- High school teacherJMD 715,200
- HistorianJMD 682,300
- HorticulturistJMD 196,600
- Hotel managerJMD 572,900
- Hotel receptionistJMD 324,400
- House managerJMD 213,200
- Household managerJMD 206,800
- HousekeeperJMD 177,900
- HR managerJMD 769,600
- HunterJMD 210,200
- Hvac mechanicJMD 225,000
- Industrial engineerJMD 798,500
- Industrial painterJMD 189,400
- Information clerkJMD 373,900
- InsulatorJMD 207,000
- Insurance agentJMD 837,000
- Insurance sellerJMD 401,500
- IT presales technicianJMD 782,600
- IT project managerJMD 861,700
- IT technicianJMD 384,700
- IT trainerJMD 655,600
- JewellerJMD 179,100
- JournalistJMD 663,700
- JudgeJMD 945,100
- Kitchen assistantJMD 175,300
- Laboratory technologistJMD 361,200
- Landscape architectJMD 697,700
- Laser technicianJMD 430,200
- Laundry workerJMD 159,000
- LawyerJMD 884,000
- Legal aideJMD 374,100
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedJMD 761,400
- Legal secretaryJMD 325,700
- LegislatorsJMD 353,000
- LibrarianJMD 660,000
- Library assistantJMD 365,100
- Livestock and dairy producersJMD 210,000
- Livestock farm labourersJMD 195,700
- Loan officerJMD 396,400
- Logistics managerJMD 698,300
- Loss adjusterJMD 412,900
- Machine oilerJMD 235,600
- Mail carrierJMD 390,800
- Management consultantJMD 785,800
- Manufacturing directorJMD 745,700
- Market traderJMD 209,800
- Marketing specialistJMD 706,900
- Mechanical engineerJMD 812,800
- Mechanical engineering technicianJMD 438,700
- Medical assistantJMD 298,200
- Medical herbalistJMD 344,600
- Medical laboratory technicianJMD 359,800
- Medical transcriberJMD 327,500
- Medical writerJMD 634,800
- Metal casterJMD 221,600
- Metal filerJMD 203,300
- Metal furnace operatorJMD 407,200
- Metal molderJMD 196,300
- Metal workerJMD 203,400
- MetallurgistJMD 412,000
- MetalworkerJMD 213,000
- MeteorologistJMD 788,800
- Meter readerJMD 205,400
- MidwifeJMD 727,700
- Midwife assistantJMD 382,000
- Military officerJMD 1,394,400
- Mine engineerJMD 857,400
- Mine supervisorJMD 461,300
- MinersJMD 251,700
- Mining assistantJMD 256,400
- Mixed farmerJMD 206,300
- Motorcyle courierJMD 184,100
- Museum curatorJMD 639,400
- Museum technicianJMD 331,300
- Music teacherJMD 595,800
- MusicianJMD 592,200
- Network engineerJMD 406,500
- Networks engineerJMD 790,300
- Nursing assistantJMD 210,500
- Nursing associate professionalsJMD 357,800
- Nursing home managerJMD 687,300
- Odd job personsJMD 213,000
- Office clerkJMD 389,800
- Office managerJMD 394,500
- Operations managerJMD 834,000
- OpticianJMD 316,600
- OptometristJMD 694,200
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsJMD 370,300
- Paper makerJMD 211,400
- ParamedicJMD 416,500
- Paramedical practitionersJMD 790,400
- Passport officerJMD 386,000
- Pastry cookJMD 164,900
- Patent agentJMD 444,000
- PawnbrokerJMD 318,500
- Payroll clerkJMD 431,300
- PerformerJMD 468,700
- Personal care attendantJMD 205,100
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedJMD 210,100
- Personnel clerksJMD 413,100
- Pest control technicianJMD 184,700
- Petty officerJMD 1,154,000
- PharmacistJMD 769,000
- Photo retoucherJMD 176,400
- PhotographerJMD 327,200
- Physical therapistJMD 631,900
- Piano tunerJMD 207,700
- Picker and packerJMD 184,800
- PlastererJMD 196,200
- PlumberJMD 219,500
- Police detectiveJMD 513,000
- Police officerJMD 299,400
- Policy analystJMD 704,100
- PotterJMD 183,100
- Poultry sexerJMD 193,400
- Power plant operatorJMD 454,900
- Prepress technicianJMD 189,200
- Preschool teacherJMD 567,900
- Preschool teaching assistantJMD 195,800
- Primary school managerJMD 754,300
- Print operatorJMD 184,000
- Prison teacherJMD 610,100
- Process operatorJMD 500,900
- Product designerJMD 654,000
- Product managerJMD 820,100
- Production line coordinatorJMD 439,600
- Production supervisorJMD 431,500
- ProfessorJMD 730,800
- Project managerJMD 751,800
- Promotions demonstratorJMD 179,800
- ProofreaderJMD 413,900
- PsychologistJMD 725,300
- Public health inspectorJMD 715,500
- Public relations professionalsJMD 661,800
- Pulp control workerJMD 350,500
- Quality inspectorJMD 407,500
- Radiologic technologistJMD 423,100
- Rail conductorJMD 215,300
- Real estate agentJMD 389,500
- ReceptionistJMD 324,800
- Registered nurseJMD 734,600
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedJMD 367,000
- Religious professionalsJMD 576,000
- Religious workerJMD 328,800
- Rental sales workerJMD 206,900
- Restaurant managerJMD 501,300
- Retail sales associateJMD 203,600
- Retail store supervisorJMD 231,200
- Riding instructorJMD 284,200
- Rig drillerJMD 252,400
- RiggerJMD 233,500
- RooferJMD 165,200
- Runway modelJMD 183,600
- Sales engineerJMD 761,200
- Sales representativeJMD 409,200
- Sawmill operatorJMD 197,500
- Scribes and related workersJMD 399,100
- SecretaryJMD 400,700
- Security guardJMD 222,700
- Senior government officialsJMD 869,000
- Set designerJMD 333,000
- Sewing machine operatorJMD 160,000
- Sex workerJMD 184,000
- Shelf stackerJMD 175,100
- Ship pilotJMD 435,700
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersJMD 217,300
- ShoemakerJMD 168,100
- Shop keeperJMD 277,400
- Sign installerJMD 187,600
- SignalmanJMD 253,800
- Slitter operatorJMD 196,200
- Social care workerJMD 345,600
- Social media managerJMD 830,700
- Social services managerJMD 667,000
- Social workerJMD 645,700
- Software developerJMD 815,900
- Software programmerJMD 753,300
- Software testerJMD 778,600
- SoldierJMD 1,238,500
- SorterJMD 216,500
- Special needs teacherJMD 680,500
- Specialist doctorJMD 1,216,100
- Speech therapistJMD 651,800
- Sport coachJMD 276,700
- StatisticianJMD 426,300
- Steel erectorJMD 220,800
- Stock coordinatorJMD 379,500
- Stone fabricatorJMD 208,600
- Stone planerJMD 210,200
- StonemasonJMD 208,500
- Store managerJMD 628,700
- Street and related service workersJMD 205,000
- Street sweeperJMD 212,300
- Street vendorJMD 204,400
- Subsistence crop farmersJMD 180,200
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersJMD 200,100
- Subsistence livestock farmersJMD 182,300
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersJMD 180,500
- Survey enumeratorJMD 371,200
- SurveyorJMD 720,300
- Switchboard operatorJMD 400,900
- Systems administratorJMD 761,000
- Systems analystJMD 827,200
- TailorJMD 149,000
- TannerJMD 180,600
- Tax officerJMD 407,800
- Taxi driverJMD 175,800
- Technical aideJMD 406,500
- Telecom administratorJMD 426,800
- TellerJMD 412,800
- Tent builderJMD 209,100
- Test engineerJMD 800,300
- Textile braiderJMD 177,700
- Textile machine operatorJMD 172,600
- Therapy assistantJMD 283,100
- Tile installerJMD 196,100
- Tobacco dryerJMD 185,600
- Trades union officialJMD 784,900
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageJMD 876,600
- Traditional therapistJMD 554,900
- Train driverJMD 290,800
- TranslatorJMD 611,600
- Transport clerksJMD 435,200
- Travel agentJMD 368,500
- Tree doctorJMD 190,600
- Truck driverJMD 214,100
- TypistJMD 371,900
- Underwater welderJMD 227,300
- UpholstererJMD 173,400
- Urban plannerJMD 734,300
- UX designerJMD 610,300
- Vet technicianJMD 293,700
- VeterinarianJMD 749,700
- Vocational teacherJMD 662,100
- WaiterJMD 173,400
- Warehouse workerJMD 216,700
- Waste collectorJMD 215,900
- Watch makerJMD 203,800
- Water and firewood collectorsJMD 202,100
- Water plant operatorJMD 390,900
- Water-based fisheries workerJMD 194,000
- Web developerJMD 754,000
- Web technicianJMD 441,900
- WelderJMD 207,400
- Wind technicianJMD 355,800
- Winder operatorJMD 174,300
- Window washerJMD 202,100
- Wood treaterJMD 191,200
- WoodworkerJMD 179,900
- ZoologistJMD 737,000
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate