Salaries in the Marshall Islands
$600a month
Median monthly salary, 2019.
- Yearly
- $7,200
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor$19,460
- Doctor$16,150
- Judge$15,120
- Airline pilot$14,750
- Air traffic controller$14,450
- CEO$14,310
- Lawyer$14,140
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$14,030
- Senior government officials$13,900
- IT project manager$13,790
Top 10 lowest paying
- Subsistence crop farmers$3,810
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$3,814
- Subsistence livestock farmers$3,852
- Tree doctor$4,029
- Poultry sexer$4,088
- Horticulturist$4,155
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$4,229
- Crop producer$4,262
- Crop team leader$4,273
- Mixed farmer$4,360
By major occupation group
| Managers | $1,000 a month |
| Professionals | $1,000 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | $807 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | $567 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | $560 a month |
| Elementary occupations | $560 a month |
| Armed forces | $540 a month |
| Clerical support workers | $504 a month |
| Service and sales workers | $500 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | $353 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant$11,420
- Accounts assistant$6,163
- Accounts clerk$8,631
- Actor$7,993
- Actuary$12,420
- Agricultural technician$8,785
- Aid worker$7,265
- Air traffic controller$14,450
- Air traffic safety technician$10,290
- Aircraft technician$8,121
- Airline pilot$14,750
- Animal carer$5,486
- Announcer$10,500
- Anthropologist$10,440
- Apiarists and sericulturists$4,645
- Aquaculture support worker$4,645
- Architect$11,080
- Art director$11,290
- Artist$10,490
- Astrologer$6,098
- Astrophysicist$13,700
- Athlete$9,497
- Audio-visual technician$8,977
- Audiology technician$8,184
- Audit clerk$6,637
- Auto mechanic$6,373
- Avionics mechanic$7,605
- Ballet dancer$9,368
- Bartender$5,238
- Basketmaker$5,450
- Beautician$5,165
- Benefits officer$9,429
- Bicycle mechanic$6,177
- Bike assembler$5,884
- Bindery worker$5,354
- Blacksmith$6,458
- Blaster$7,664
- Boiler operator$8,814
- Bricklayer$6,891
- Broadcast engineer$13,230
- Builder$6,968
- Bus driver$6,885
- Butcher$5,580
- Buyer$9,337
- Cabinetmaker$6,025
- Call centre agent$6,161
- Candle factory worker$6,115
- Car assembler$6,720
- Car cleaner$6,298
- Car electrician$7,690
- Car painter$6,386
- Career coach$10,690
- Caretaker$6,214
- Carpenter$6,619
- Carpet worker$5,543
- Cashier$4,905
- CEO$14,310
- Cheese maker$7,124
- Chef$7,948
- Chemical engineer$12,760
- Chemical engineering technician$10,730
- Chemical operator$10,980
- Chemical products plant and machine operators$7,616
- Chemist$11,520
- Chief engineer$11,540
- Childcare centre manager$8,749
- Civil engineer$12,390
- Civils worker$8,502
- Cleaner$5,872
- Cleaners$6,854
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified$5,800
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified$5,579
- Clinical research assistant$7,668
- Cnc operator$6,821
- Coffee taster$6,081
- Commodity trader$10,860
- Community health worker$9,172
- Companion$5,823
- Concrete finisher$7,042
- Construction foreman$11,300
- Construction manager$10,540
- Construction worker$7,401
- Cook$5,515
- Corporate trainer$10,810
- Correctional officer$7,692
- Corrugator operator$6,704
- Courier$6,667
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified$5,406
- Crane operators$8,039
- Crop producer$4,262
- Crop team leader$4,273
- Croupier$5,253
- Cure operator$6,472
- Customer service clerk$5,606
- Customs agent$8,714
- Customs officer$9,695
- Dance teacher$5,966
- Data administrator$12,220
- Data centre operator$10,970
- Data entry clerk$5,476
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified$12,680
- Day care worker$5,623
- Debt collector$6,488
- Deep-sea fisherman$4,404
- Dental hygienist$8,136
- Dentist$13,500
- Dietitian$10,000
- Doctor$16,150
- Door to door seller$6,028
- Draughtsperson$9,734
- Driving instructor$7,091
- Earthmoving and related plant operators$7,510
- Economist$12,950
- Education officer$10,730
- Electric powerline worker$8,520
- Electrical assembler$5,959
- Electrical engineer$13,530
- Electrical technician$10,580
- Electrician$7,235
- Electronic engineer$13,110
- Electronics engineering technician$9,869
- Elementary school teacher$10,780
- Embalmer$6,446
- Embroiderer$5,563
- Employment agent$9,482
- Energy manager$12,360
- Environment engineer$11,840
- Environmental protection professionals$10,830
- Esol teacher$9,226
- Event coordinator$8,699
- Executive assistant$9,204
- Fabric cutter$5,211
- Fabric dyer$6,015
- Façade cleaner$5,174
- Facility manager$12,340
- Factory labourer$7,021
- Farm equipment operator$6,608
- Farm hand$6,771
- Farm hands$6,402
- Fast food worker$4,541
- Fiacre driver$6,123
- File clerk$6,132
- Fill operator$5,479
- Finance adviser$11,890
- Finance manager$13,500
- Financial analyst$12,510
- Financier$12,530
- Fire alarm technician$7,381
- Firefighter$8,503
- Fisheries boatman$4,404
- Fishery production manager$9,129
- Fitness club manager$9,242
- Flight attendant$6,617
- Food and related products machine operators$6,102
- Food service worker$4,847
- Food stall holder$5,415
- Forest ranger$4,450
- Forest worker$7,253
- Forester$9,930
- Forestry advisor$11,420
- Forestry technician$8,975
- Forklift operator$6,313
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers$5,796
- Fur animal rearer$4,722
- Garage manager$10,610
- Gardener$6,761
- Garment presser$6,065
- Gas station salesperson$4,890
- General manager$11,610
- Geologist$12,770
- Glassblower$5,779
- Glassmaker$6,691
- Glazier$6,420
- Gluing operator$5,564
- Grader$6,282
- Grinder$6,276
- Guide$5,825
- Gym worker$6,462
- Hairdresser$5,158
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers$6,575
- Head of marketing$13,200
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified$9,931
- Health records clerk$8,965
- Health screener$8,397
- Heat treat operator$6,810
- Hide machine operator$6,054
- High school teacher$11,440
- Historian$10,920
- Horticulturist$4,155
- Hotel manager$9,166
- Hotel receptionist$5,029
- House manager$6,150
- Household manager$5,968
- Housekeeper$5,948
- HR manager$12,310
- Hunter$4,444
- Hvac mechanic$7,275
- Industrial engineer$12,780
- Industrial painter$6,123
- Information clerk$5,796
- Insulator$6,691
- Insurance agent$13,390
- Insurance seller$9,976
- IT presales technician$12,520
- IT project manager$13,790
- IT technician$9,557
- IT trainer$10,490
- Jeweller$5,790
- Journalist$10,620
- Judge$15,120
- Kitchen assistant$5,860
- Laboratory technologist$8,973
- Landscape architect$11,160
- Laser technician$10,690
- Laundry worker$5,207
- Lawyer$14,140
- Legal aide$9,294
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified$12,180
- Legal secretary$8,092
- Legislators$5,648
- Librarian$10,560
- Library assistant$5,661
- Livestock and dairy producers$4,438
- Livestock farm labourers$6,543
- Loan officer$9,848
- Logistics manager$11,170
- Loss adjuster$10,260
- Machine oiler$7,619
- Mail carrier$6,059
- Management consultant$12,570
- Manufacturing director$11,930
- Market trader$6,053
- Marketing specialist$11,310
- Mechanical engineer$13,010
- Mechanical engineering technician$10,900
- Medical assistant$7,409
- Medical herbalist$8,560
- Medical laboratory technician$8,939
- Medical transcriber$8,136
- Medical writer$10,160
- Metal caster$7,255
- Metal filer$6,655
- Metal furnace operator$10,120
- Metal molder$6,345
- Metal worker$6,577
- Metallurgist$10,230
- Metalworker$6,885
- Meteorologist$12,620
- Meter reader$6,867
- Midwife$11,640
- Midwife assistant$9,489
- Military officer$7,003
- Mine engineer$13,720
- Mine supervisor$11,460
- Miners$8,242
- Mining assistant$8,574
- Mixed farmer$4,360
- Motorcyle courier$6,029
- Museum curator$10,230
- Museum technician$8,231
- Music teacher$9,533
- Musician$9,475
- Network engineer$10,100
- Networks engineer$12,640
- Nursing assistant$6,072
- Nursing associate professionals$8,890
- Nursing home manager$11,000
- Odd job persons$7,122
- Office clerk$6,043
- Office manager$9,802
- Operations manager$13,340
- Optician$7,865
- Optometrist$11,110
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals$9,200
- Paper maker$6,921
- Paramedic$10,350
- Paramedical practitioners$12,650
- Passport officer$9,590
- Pastry cook$5,332
- Patent agent$11,030
- Pawnbroker$4,937
- Payroll clerk$6,687
- Performer$7,500
- Personal care attendant$5,919
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified$6,062
- Personnel clerks$6,405
- Pest control technician$5,971
- Petty officer$5,796
- Pharmacist$12,300
- Photo retoucher$5,775
- Photographer$8,130
- Physical therapist$10,110
- Piano tuner$6,714
- Picker and packer$6,178
- Plasterer$6,343
- Plumber$7,096
- Police detective$12,740
- Police officer$8,637
- Policy analyst$11,270
- Potter$5,921
- Poultry sexer$4,088
- Power plant operator$11,300
- Prepress technician$6,116
- Preschool teacher$9,087
- Preschool teaching assistant$5,649
- Primary school manager$12,070
- Print operator$5,950
- Prison teacher$9,761
- Process operator$12,440
- Product designer$10,460
- Product manager$13,120
- Production line coordinator$6,816
- Production supervisor$10,720
- Professor$11,690
- Project manager$12,030
- Promotions demonstrator$5,187
- Proofreader$6,417
- Psychologist$11,600
- Public health inspector$11,450
- Public relations professionals$10,590
- Pulp control worker$8,708
- Quality inspector$10,120
- Radiologic technologist$10,510
- Rail conductor$6,212
- Real estate agent$9,677
- Receptionist$5,036
- Registered nurse$11,750
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified$9,118
- Religious professionals$9,216
- Religious worker$8,169
- Rental sales worker$5,970
- Restaurant manager$8,021
- Retail sales associate$5,875
- Retail store supervisor$6,672
- Riding instructor$7,061
- Rig driller$8,264
- Rigger$7,551
- Roofer$5,341
- Runway model$5,298
- Sales engineer$12,180
- Sales representative$10,170
- Sawmill operator$6,466
- Scribes and related workers$6,188
- Secretary$6,213
- Security guard$6,426
- Senior government officials$13,900
- Set designer$8,274
- Sewing machine operator$5,238
- Sex worker$5,309
- Shelf stacker$5,854
- Ship pilot$10,820
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers$7,115
- Shoemaker$5,436
- Shop keeper$8,003
- Sign installer$6,066
- Signalman$8,310
- Slitter operator$6,422
- Social care worker$8,585
- Social media manager$13,290
- Social services manager$10,670
- Social worker$10,330
- Software developer$13,050
- Software programmer$12,050
- Software tester$12,460
- Soldier$6,220
- Sorter$7,237
- Special needs teacher$10,890
- Specialist doctor$19,460
- Speech therapist$10,430
- Sport coach$6,875
- Statistician$10,590
- Steel erector$7,138
- Stock coordinator$5,883
- Stone fabricator$6,830
- Stone planer$6,882
- Stonemason$6,741
- Store manager$10,060
- Street and related service workers$6,854
- Street sweeper$7,097
- Street vendor$6,834
- Subsistence crop farmers$3,810
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$4,229
- Subsistence livestock farmers$3,852
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$3,814
- Survey enumerator$5,755
- Surveyor$11,520
- Switchboard operator$6,216
- Systems administrator$12,180
- Systems analyst$13,240
- Tailor$4,816
- Tanner$5,840
- Tax officer$10,130
- Taxi driver$5,755
- Technical aide$10,100
- Telecom administrator$10,600
- Teller$6,399
- Tent builder$6,761
- Test engineer$12,810
- Textile braider$5,816
- Textile machine operator$5,652
- Therapy assistant$7,034
- Tile installer$6,339
- Tobacco dryer$6,001
- Trades union official$12,560
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$14,030
- Traditional therapist$8,879
- Train driver$9,521
- Translator$9,785
- Transport clerks$6,748
- Travel agent$5,713
- Tree doctor$4,029
- Truck driver$7,008
- Typist$5,766
- Underwater welder$7,350
- Upholsterer$5,606
- Urban planner$11,750
- UX designer$9,766
- Vet technician$7,296
- Veterinarian$12,000
- Vocational teacher$10,590
- Waiter$5,003
- Warehouse worker$7,244
- Waste collector$7,218
- Watch maker$6,590
- Water and firewood collectors$6,758
- Water plant operator$9,711
- Water-based fisheries worker$6,487
- Web developer$12,060
- Web technician$10,980
- Welder$6,704
- Wind technician$8,839
- Winder operator$5,706
- Window washer$6,756
- Wood treater$6,181
- Woodworker$5,815
- Zoologist$11,790
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate