Salaries in Palau
$831a month
Median monthly salary, 2023.
- Yearly
- $9,973
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor$25,100
- Airline pilot$21,210
- Doctor$20,830
- Air traffic controller$20,770
- Judge$19,500
- Police detective$18,320
- Lawyer$18,240
- Process operator$17,890
- Mine engineer$17,690
- Astrophysicist$17,660
Top 10 lowest paying
- Subsistence crop farmers$4,197
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$4,202
- Subsistence livestock farmers$4,244
- Tree doctor$4,438
- Poultry sexer$4,504
- Horticulturist$4,578
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$4,660
- Crop producer$4,695
- Crop team leader$4,707
- Mixed farmer$4,803
By major occupation group
| Professionals | $1,290 a month |
| Managers | $1,200 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | $1,161 a month |
| Clerical support workers | $900 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | $800 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | $756 a month |
| Service and sales workers | $720 a month |
| Elementary occupations | $636 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | $389 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant$14,730
- Accounts assistant$11,010
- Accounts clerk$12,410
- Actor$10,310
- Actuary$16,010
- Agricultural technician$12,630
- Aid worker$10,460
- Air traffic controller$20,770
- Air traffic safety technician$14,790
- Aircraft technician$10,960
- Airline pilot$21,210
- Animal carer$7,899
- Announcer$13,550
- Anthropologist$13,460
- Apiarists and sericulturists$5,118
- Aquaculture support worker$5,118
- Architect$14,300
- Art director$14,560
- Artist$13,520
- Astrologer$8,781
- Astrophysicist$17,660
- Athlete$13,650
- Audio-visual technician$12,910
- Audiology technician$11,770
- Audit clerk$11,860
- Auto mechanic$8,598
- Avionics mechanic$10,260
- Ballet dancer$12,080
- Bartender$7,543
- Basketmaker$7,352
- Beautician$7,438
- Benefits officer$13,560
- Bicycle mechanic$8,334
- Bike assembler$8,297
- Bindery worker$7,223
- Blacksmith$8,713
- Blaster$10,340
- Boiler operator$12,430
- Bricklayer$9,297
- Broadcast engineer$17,070
- Builder$9,401
- Bus driver$9,708
- Butcher$7,529
- Buyer$13,420
- Cabinetmaker$8,128
- Call centre agent$8,872
- Candle factory worker$8,249
- Car assembler$9,476
- Car cleaner$7,155
- Car electrician$10,370
- Car painter$8,615
- Career coach$13,790
- Caretaker$8,949
- Carpenter$8,929
- Carpet worker$7,478
- Cashier$7,063
- CEO$17,170
- Cheese maker$9,611
- Chef$11,430
- Chemical engineer$16,450
- Chemical engineering technician$15,430
- Chemical operator$15,790
- Chemical products plant and machine operators$10,740
- Chemist$14,860
- Chief engineer$16,590
- Childcare centre manager$10,500
- Civil engineer$15,980
- Civils worker$9,659
- Cleaner$6,671
- Cleaners$7,786
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified$10,360
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified$9,965
- Clinical research assistant$11,020
- Cnc operator$9,202
- Coffee taster$8,204
- Commodity trader$15,610
- Community health worker$13,190
- Companion$8,385
- Concrete finisher$9,500
- Construction foreman$16,240
- Construction manager$12,650
- Construction worker$8,408
- Cook$7,941
- Corporate trainer$13,940
- Correctional officer$11,080
- Corrugator operator$9,453
- Courier$7,575
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified$7,293
- Crane operators$11,340
- Crop producer$4,695
- Crop team leader$4,707
- Croupier$9,383
- Cure operator$9,127
- Customer service clerk$10,010
- Customs agent$12,530
- Customs officer$13,940
- Dance teacher$7,695
- Data administrator$15,760
- Data centre operator$15,780
- Data entry clerk$9,782
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified$16,350
- Day care worker$8,097
- Debt collector$11,590
- Deep-sea fisherman$4,852
- Dental hygienist$11,700
- Dentist$17,420
- Dietitian$12,900
- Doctor$20,830
- Door to door seller$8,680
- Draughtsperson$13,990
- Driving instructor$10,210
- Earthmoving and related plant operators$10,590
- Economist$16,700
- Education officer$13,840
- Electric powerline worker$11,490
- Electrical assembler$8,402
- Electrical engineer$17,450
- Electrical technician$15,210
- Electrician$9,761
- Electronic engineer$16,910
- Electronics engineering technician$14,190
- Elementary school teacher$13,900
- Embalmer$9,283
- Embroiderer$7,505
- Employment agent$13,630
- Energy manager$14,830
- Environment engineer$15,270
- Environmental protection professionals$13,970
- Esol teacher$11,900
- Event coordinator$12,510
- Executive assistant$13,230
- Fabric cutter$7,030
- Fabric dyer$8,482
- Façade cleaner$6,981
- Facility manager$14,810
- Factory labourer$7,977
- Farm equipment operator$9,318
- Farm hand$7,692
- Farm hands$7,273
- Fast food worker$5,159
- Fiacre driver$6,956
- File clerk$10,950
- Fill operator$7,727
- Finance adviser$17,090
- Finance manager$16,200
- Financial analyst$16,130
- Financier$16,160
- Fire alarm technician$9,957
- Firefighter$12,240
- Fisheries boatman$4,852
- Fishery production manager$10,950
- Fitness club manager$11,090
- Flight attendant$9,529
- Food and related products machine operators$8,605
- Food service worker$6,980
- Food stall holder$7,797
- Forest ranger$4,902
- Forest worker$8,240
- Forester$11,920
- Forestry advisor$14,730
- Forestry technician$12,900
- Forklift operator$8,902
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers$7,819
- Fur animal rearer$5,202
- Garage manager$12,740
- Gardener$7,681
- Garment presser$6,891
- Gas station salesperson$7,042
- General manager$13,930
- Geologist$16,470
- Glassblower$7,797
- Glassmaker$9,436
- Glazier$8,661
- Gluing operator$7,846
- Grader$8,475
- Grinder$8,467
- Guide$8,388
- Gym worker$7,342
- Hairdresser$7,427
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers$7,470
- Head of marketing$15,850
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified$12,810
- Health records clerk$12,890
- Health screener$12,070
- Heat treat operator$9,602
- Hide machine operator$8,537
- High school teacher$14,760
- Historian$14,080
- Horticulturist$4,578
- Hotel manager$11,000
- Hotel receptionist$8,984
- House manager$8,856
- Household manager$8,594
- Housekeeper$6,758
- HR manager$14,780
- Hunter$4,896
- Hvac mechanic$9,815
- Industrial engineer$16,480
- Industrial painter$8,261
- Information clerk$10,350
- Insulator$9,027
- Insurance agent$16,070
- Insurance seller$14,340
- IT presales technician$16,150
- IT project manager$16,540
- IT technician$13,740
- IT trainer$13,530
- Jeweller$7,812
- Journalist$13,700
- Judge$19,500
- Kitchen assistant$6,657
- Laboratory technologist$12,900
- Landscape architect$14,400
- Laser technician$15,360
- Laundry worker$7,342
- Lawyer$18,240
- Legal aide$13,360
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified$15,710
- Legal secretary$11,630
- Legislators$6,778
- Librarian$13,620
- Library assistant$10,110
- Livestock and dairy producers$4,890
- Livestock farm labourers$7,433
- Loan officer$14,160
- Logistics manager$13,410
- Loss adjuster$14,750
- Machine oiler$10,280
- Mail carrier$10,820
- Management consultant$16,220
- Manufacturing director$14,320
- Market trader$8,716
- Marketing specialist$14,590
- Mechanical engineer$16,770
- Mechanical engineering technician$15,670
- Medical assistant$10,650
- Medical herbalist$12,310
- Medical laboratory technician$12,850
- Medical transcriber$11,700
- Medical writer$13,100
- Metal caster$10,230
- Metal filer$9,384
- Metal furnace operator$14,550
- Metal molder$8,561
- Metal worker$8,873
- Metallurgist$14,710
- Metalworker$9,289
- Meteorologist$16,280
- Meter reader$7,802
- Midwife$15,020
- Midwife assistant$13,640
- Mine engineer$17,690
- Mine supervisor$16,480
- Miners$11,620
- Mining assistant$9,741
- Mixed farmer$4,803
- Motorcyle courier$8,501
- Museum curator$13,190
- Museum technician$11,830
- Music teacher$12,300
- Musician$12,220
- Network engineer$14,520
- Networks engineer$16,310
- Nursing assistant$8,744
- Nursing associate professionals$12,780
- Nursing home manager$13,200
- Odd job persons$8,091
- Office clerk$10,790
- Office manager$14,090
- Operations manager$16,010
- Optician$11,310
- Optometrist$14,330
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals$13,230
- Paper maker$9,760
- Paramedic$14,880
- Paramedical practitioners$16,310
- Passport officer$13,790
- Pastry cook$7,193
- Patent agent$15,860
- Pawnbroker$8,819
- Payroll clerk$11,940
- Performer$9,673
- Personal care attendant$8,523
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified$8,729
- Personnel clerks$11,440
- Pest control technician$8,055
- Pharmacist$15,870
- Photo retoucher$8,144
- Photographer$11,690
- Physical therapist$13,040
- Piano tuner$9,059
- Picker and packer$7,018
- Plasterer$8,557
- Plumber$9,573
- Police detective$18,320
- Police officer$12,440
- Policy analyst$14,530
- Potter$7,988
- Poultry sexer$4,504
- Power plant operator$16,250
- Prepress technician$8,251
- Preschool teacher$11,720
- Preschool teaching assistant$8,135
- Primary school manager$14,480
- Print operator$8,028
- Prison teacher$12,590
- Process operator$17,890
- Product designer$13,500
- Product manager$15,750
- Production line coordinator$12,170
- Production supervisor$15,410
- Professor$15,080
- Project manager$14,430
- Promotions demonstrator$7,469
- Proofreader$11,460
- Psychologist$14,970
- Public health inspector$14,760
- Public relations professionals$13,660
- Pulp control worker$12,520
- Quality inspector$14,550
- Radiologic technologist$15,110
- Rail conductor$8,946
- Real estate agent$13,910
- Receptionist$8,996
- Registered nurse$15,160
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified$13,110
- Religious professionals$11,890
- Religious worker$11,740
- Rental sales worker$8,597
- Restaurant manager$9,625
- Retail sales associate$8,460
- Retail store supervisor$9,607
- Riding instructor$10,150
- Rig driller$11,650
- Rigger$10,190
- Roofer$7,206
- Runway model$7,629
- Sales engineer$15,710
- Sales representative$14,610
- Sawmill operator$9,118
- Scribes and related workers$11,050
- Secretary$11,100
- Security guard$9,253
- Senior government officials$16,690
- Set designer$11,890
- Sewing machine operator$7,386
- Sex worker$7,646
- Shelf stacker$6,651
- Ship pilot$15,560
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers$10,030
- Shoemaker$7,333
- Shop keeper$11,520
- Sign installer$8,183
- Signalman$11,720
- Slitter operator$9,056
- Social care worker$12,340
- Social media manager$15,950
- Social services manager$12,810
- Social worker$13,330
- Software developer$16,840
- Software programmer$15,550
- Software tester$16,070
- Sorter$8,222
- Special needs teacher$14,040
- Specialist doctor$25,100
- Speech therapist$13,450
- Sport coach$9,884
- Statistician$15,230
- Steel erector$9,630
- Stock coordinator$10,510
- Stone fabricator$9,631
- Stone planer$9,704
- Stonemason$9,094
- Store manager$12,070
- Street and related service workers$7,787
- Street sweeper$8,063
- Street vendor$7,764
- Subsistence crop farmers$4,197
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$4,660
- Subsistence livestock farmers$4,244
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$4,202
- Survey enumerator$10,280
- Surveyor$14,860
- Switchboard operator$11,100
- Systems administrator$15,700
- Systems analyst$17,070
- Tailor$6,497
- Tanner$7,879
- Tax officer$14,560
- Taxi driver$8,115
- Technical aide$14,520
- Telecom administrator$15,240
- Teller$11,430
- Tent builder$9,121
- Test engineer$16,520
- Textile braider$8,201
- Textile machine operator$7,970
- Therapy assistant$10,110
- Tile installer$8,552
- Tobacco dryer$8,095
- Trades union official$15,070
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$16,830
- Traditional therapist$11,450
- Train driver$13,430
- Translator$12,620
- Transport clerks$12,050
- Travel agent$10,200
- Tree doctor$4,438
- Truck driver$9,882
- Typist$10,300
- Underwater welder$9,916
- Upholsterer$7,563
- Urban planner$15,150
- UX designer$12,600
- Vet technician$10,490
- Veterinarian$15,470
- Vocational teacher$13,660
- Waiter$7,204
- Warehouse worker$8,230
- Waste collector$8,200
- Watch maker$8,891
- Water and firewood collectors$7,677
- Water plant operator$13,960
- Water-based fisheries worker$7,369
- Web developer$15,560
- Web technician$15,780
- Welder$9,045
- Wind technician$12,710
- Winder operator$8,046
- Window washer$7,675
- Wood treater$8,339
- Woodworker$7,846
- Zoologist$15,210
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate