Salaries in Panama
PAB 700a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- PAB 8,400
- Equals
- $700
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctorPAB 27,240
- DoctorPAB 22,610
- JudgePAB 21,170
- LawyerPAB 19,800
- Mine engineerPAB 19,210
- AstrophysicistPAB 19,170
- Electrical engineerPAB 18,940
- DentistPAB 18,910
- Systems analystPAB 18,530
- Broadcast engineerPAB 18,530
Top 10 lowest paying
- Subsistence crop farmersPAB 3,879
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersPAB 3,884
- Subsistence livestock farmersPAB 3,923
- Fast food workerPAB 4,055
- Tree doctorPAB 4,103
- Poultry sexerPAB 4,163
- HorticulturistPAB 4,232
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersPAB 4,307
- Crop producerPAB 4,340
- Crop team leaderPAB 4,351
By major occupation group
| Professionals | PAB 1,400 a month |
| Managers | PAB 1,200 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | PAB 900 a month |
| Clerical support workers | PAB 750 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | PAB 700 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | PAB 700 a month |
| Service and sales workers | PAB 620 a month |
| Elementary occupations | PAB 500 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | PAB 360 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantPAB 15,990
- Accounts assistantPAB 9,175
- Accounts clerkPAB 9,621
- ActorPAB 11,190
- ActuaryPAB 17,380
- Agricultural technicianPAB 9,793
- Aid workerPAB 9,003
- Air traffic controllerPAB 16,110
- Air traffic safety technicianPAB 11,470
- Aircraft technicianPAB 10,150
- Airline pilotPAB 16,450
- Animal carerPAB 6,798
- AnnouncerPAB 14,700
- AnthropologistPAB 14,610
- Apiarists and sericulturistsPAB 4,731
- Aquaculture support workerPAB 4,731
- ArchitectPAB 15,520
- Art directorPAB 15,800
- ArtistPAB 14,680
- AstrologerPAB 7,556
- AstrophysicistPAB 19,170
- AthletePAB 10,590
- Audio-visual technicianPAB 10,010
- Audiology technicianPAB 9,122
- Audit clerkPAB 9,880
- Auto mechanicPAB 7,962
- Avionics mechanicPAB 9,501
- Ballet dancerPAB 13,110
- BartenderPAB 6,492
- BasketmakerPAB 6,809
- BeauticianPAB 6,401
- Benefits officerPAB 10,510
- Bicycle mechanicPAB 7,718
- Bike assemblerPAB 7,260
- Bindery workerPAB 6,689
- BlacksmithPAB 8,069
- BlasterPAB 9,576
- Boiler operatorPAB 10,880
- BricklayerPAB 8,610
- Broadcast engineerPAB 18,530
- BuilderPAB 8,706
- Bus driverPAB 8,495
- ButcherPAB 6,972
- BuyerPAB 10,410
- CabinetmakerPAB 7,527
- Call centre agentPAB 7,635
- Candle factory workerPAB 7,640
- Car assemblerPAB 8,292
- Car cleanerPAB 5,623
- Car electricianPAB 9,608
- Car painterPAB 7,978
- Career coachPAB 14,970
- CaretakerPAB 7,701
- CarpenterPAB 8,270
- Carpet workerPAB 6,926
- CashierPAB 6,079
- CEOPAB 17,170
- Cheese makerPAB 8,901
- ChefPAB 8,860
- Chemical engineerPAB 17,860
- Chemical engineering technicianPAB 11,960
- Chemical operatorPAB 12,240
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsPAB 9,397
- ChemistPAB 16,130
- Chief engineerPAB 12,860
- Childcare centre managerPAB 10,500
- Civil engineerPAB 17,340
- Civils workerPAB 7,591
- CleanerPAB 5,243
- CleanersPAB 6,119
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedPAB 8,634
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedPAB 8,304
- Clinical research assistantPAB 8,548
- Cnc operatorPAB 8,522
- Coffee tasterPAB 7,598
- Commodity traderPAB 12,110
- Community health workerPAB 10,220
- CompanionPAB 7,216
- Concrete finisherPAB 8,798
- Construction foremanPAB 12,590
- Construction managerPAB 12,650
- Construction workerPAB 6,608
- CookPAB 6,834
- Corporate trainerPAB 15,130
- Correctional officerPAB 9,533
- Corrugator operatorPAB 8,272
- CourierPAB 5,953
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedPAB 6,754
- Crane operatorsPAB 9,918
- Crop producerPAB 4,340
- Crop team leaderPAB 4,351
- CroupierPAB 7,819
- Cure operatorPAB 7,986
- Customer service clerkPAB 8,344
- Customs agentPAB 9,713
- Customs officerPAB 10,810
- Dance teacherPAB 8,353
- Data administratorPAB 17,100
- Data centre operatorPAB 12,230
- Data entry clerkPAB 8,152
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedPAB 17,750
- Day care workerPAB 6,968
- Debt collectorPAB 9,658
- Deep-sea fishermanPAB 4,485
- Dental hygienistPAB 9,070
- DentistPAB 18,910
- DietitianPAB 14,000
- DoctorPAB 22,610
- Door to door sellerPAB 7,470
- DraughtspersonPAB 10,850
- Driving instructorPAB 8,787
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsPAB 9,266
- EconomistPAB 18,130
- Education officerPAB 15,020
- Electric powerline workerPAB 10,640
- Electrical assemblerPAB 7,352
- Electrical engineerPAB 18,940
- Electrical technicianPAB 11,790
- ElectricianPAB 9,040
- Electronic engineerPAB 18,360
- Electronics engineering technicianPAB 11,000
- Elementary school teacherPAB 15,090
- EmbalmerPAB 7,989
- EmbroidererPAB 6,950
- Employment agentPAB 10,570
- Energy managerPAB 14,830
- Environment engineerPAB 16,580
- Environmental protection professionalsPAB 15,160
- Esol teacherPAB 12,920
- Event coordinatorPAB 9,696
- Executive assistantPAB 10,260
- Fabric cutterPAB 6,511
- Fabric dyerPAB 7,422
- Façade cleanerPAB 6,465
- Facility managerPAB 14,810
- Factory labourerPAB 6,269
- Farm equipment operatorPAB 8,153
- Farm handPAB 6,045
- Farm handsPAB 5,716
- Fast food workerPAB 4,055
- Fiacre driverPAB 5,467
- File clerkPAB 9,128
- Fill operatorPAB 6,761
- Finance adviserPAB 13,250
- Finance managerPAB 16,200
- Financial analystPAB 17,510
- FinancierPAB 17,550
- Fire alarm technicianPAB 9,222
- FirefighterPAB 10,540
- Fisheries boatmanPAB 4,485
- Fishery production managerPAB 10,950
- Fitness club managerPAB 11,090
- Flight attendantPAB 8,200
- Food and related products machine operatorsPAB 7,529
- Food service workerPAB 6,007
- Food stall holderPAB 6,710
- Forest rangerPAB 4,531
- Forest workerPAB 6,475
- ForesterPAB 11,920
- Forestry advisorPAB 15,990
- Forestry technicianPAB 10,000
- Forklift operatorPAB 7,790
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversPAB 7,241
- Fur animal rearerPAB 4,808
- Garage managerPAB 12,740
- GardenerPAB 6,036
- Garment presserPAB 5,415
- Gas station salespersonPAB 6,060
- General managerPAB 13,930
- GeologistPAB 17,880
- GlassblowerPAB 7,220
- GlassmakerPAB 8,256
- GlazierPAB 8,021
- Gluing operatorPAB 6,865
- GraderPAB 7,849
- GrinderPAB 7,841
- GuidePAB 7,218
- Gym workerPAB 5,770
- HairdresserPAB 6,392
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversPAB 5,870
- Head of marketingPAB 15,850
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedPAB 13,900
- Health records clerkPAB 9,993
- Health screenerPAB 9,360
- Heat treat operatorPAB 8,402
- Hide machine operatorPAB 7,469
- High school teacherPAB 16,020
- HistorianPAB 15,280
- HorticulturistPAB 4,232
- Hotel managerPAB 11,000
- Hotel receptionistPAB 7,486
- House managerPAB 7,622
- Household managerPAB 7,396
- HousekeeperPAB 5,311
- HR managerPAB 14,780
- HunterPAB 4,526
- Hvac mechanicPAB 9,089
- Industrial engineerPAB 17,890
- Industrial painterPAB 7,650
- Information clerkPAB 8,628
- InsulatorPAB 8,360
- Insurance agentPAB 16,070
- Insurance sellerPAB 11,120
- IT presales technicianPAB 17,530
- IT project managerPAB 16,540
- IT technicianPAB 10,650
- IT trainerPAB 14,680
- JewellerPAB 7,234
- JournalistPAB 14,870
- JudgePAB 21,170
- Kitchen assistantPAB 5,232
- Laboratory technologistPAB 10,000
- Landscape architectPAB 15,630
- Laser technicianPAB 11,910
- Laundry workerPAB 6,424
- LawyerPAB 19,800
- Legal aidePAB 10,360
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedPAB 17,060
- Legal secretaryPAB 9,020
- LegislatorsPAB 6,778
- LibrarianPAB 14,780
- Library assistantPAB 8,427
- Livestock and dairy producersPAB 4,520
- Livestock farm labourersPAB 5,842
- Loan officerPAB 10,980
- Logistics managerPAB 13,410
- Loss adjusterPAB 11,430
- Machine oilerPAB 9,519
- Mail carrierPAB 9,019
- Management consultantPAB 17,600
- Manufacturing directorPAB 14,320
- Market traderPAB 7,501
- Marketing specialistPAB 15,840
- Mechanical engineerPAB 18,210
- Mechanical engineering technicianPAB 12,150
- Medical assistantPAB 8,258
- Medical herbalistPAB 9,542
- Medical laboratory technicianPAB 9,964
- Medical transcriberPAB 9,070
- Medical writerPAB 14,220
- Metal casterPAB 8,951
- Metal filerPAB 8,211
- Metal furnace operatorPAB 11,280
- Metal molderPAB 7,928
- Metal workerPAB 8,217
- MetallurgistPAB 11,410
- MetalworkerPAB 8,602
- MeteorologistPAB 17,670
- Meter readerPAB 6,132
- MidwifePAB 16,300
- Midwife assistantPAB 10,580
- Mine engineerPAB 19,210
- Mine supervisorPAB 12,770
- MinersPAB 10,170
- Mining assistantPAB 7,655
- Mixed farmerPAB 4,440
- Motorcyle courierPAB 7,439
- Museum curatorPAB 14,320
- Museum technicianPAB 9,175
- Music teacherPAB 13,350
- MusicianPAB 13,260
- Network engineerPAB 11,260
- Networks engineerPAB 17,700
- Nursing assistantPAB 7,525
- Nursing associate professionalsPAB 9,909
- Nursing home managerPAB 13,200
- Odd job personsPAB 6,359
- Office clerkPAB 8,995
- Office managerPAB 10,930
- Operations managerPAB 16,010
- OpticianPAB 8,767
- OptometristPAB 15,550
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsPAB 10,260
- Paper makerPAB 8,540
- ParamedicPAB 11,530
- Paramedical practitionersPAB 17,710
- Passport officerPAB 10,690
- Pastry cookPAB 6,662
- Patent agentPAB 12,300
- PawnbrokerPAB 7,350
- Payroll clerkPAB 9,954
- PerformerPAB 10,500
- Personal care attendantPAB 7,335
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedPAB 7,512
- Personnel clerksPAB 9,534
- Pest control technicianPAB 7,460
- PharmacistPAB 17,230
- Photo retoucherPAB 7,126
- PhotographerPAB 9,063
- Physical therapistPAB 14,160
- Piano tunerPAB 8,389
- Picker and packerPAB 5,516
- PlastererPAB 7,925
- PlumberPAB 8,865
- Police detectivePAB 14,210
- Police officerPAB 10,700
- Policy analystPAB 15,770
- PotterPAB 7,398
- Poultry sexerPAB 4,163
- Power plant operatorPAB 12,600
- Prepress technicianPAB 7,642
- Preschool teacherPAB 12,720
- Preschool teaching assistantPAB 7,001
- Primary school managerPAB 14,480
- Print operatorPAB 7,434
- Prison teacherPAB 13,670
- Process operatorPAB 13,870
- Product designerPAB 14,650
- Product managerPAB 15,750
- Production line coordinatorPAB 10,150
- Production supervisorPAB 11,950
- ProfessorPAB 16,370
- Project managerPAB 14,430
- Promotions demonstratorPAB 6,428
- ProofreaderPAB 9,553
- PsychologistPAB 16,250
- Public health inspectorPAB 16,030
- Public relations professionalsPAB 14,830
- Pulp control workerPAB 9,707
- Quality inspectorPAB 11,280
- Radiologic technologistPAB 11,720
- Rail conductorPAB 7,698
- Real estate agentPAB 10,790
- ReceptionistPAB 7,496
- Registered nursePAB 16,450
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedPAB 10,160
- Religious professionalsPAB 12,900
- Religious workerPAB 9,106
- Rental sales workerPAB 7,399
- Restaurant managerPAB 9,625
- Retail sales associatePAB 7,280
- Retail store supervisorPAB 8,268
- Riding instructorPAB 7,871
- Rig drillerPAB 10,200
- RiggerPAB 9,434
- RooferPAB 6,674
- Runway modelPAB 6,565
- Sales engineerPAB 17,050
- Sales representativePAB 11,330
- Sawmill operatorPAB 7,978
- Scribes and related workersPAB 9,211
- SecretaryPAB 9,248
- Security guardPAB 7,963
- Senior government officialsPAB 16,690
- Set designerPAB 9,223
- Sewing machine operatorPAB 6,463
- Sex workerPAB 6,580
- Shelf stackerPAB 5,227
- Ship pilotPAB 12,060
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersPAB 8,778
- ShoemakerPAB 6,791
- Shop keeperPAB 9,918
- Sign installerPAB 7,578
- SignalmanPAB 10,250
- Slitter operatorPAB 7,924
- Social care workerPAB 9,570
- Social media managerPAB 15,950
- Social services managerPAB 12,810
- Social workerPAB 14,460
- Software developerPAB 18,280
- Software programmerPAB 16,870
- Software testerPAB 17,440
- SorterPAB 6,462
- Special needs teacherPAB 15,240
- Specialist doctorPAB 27,240
- Speech therapistPAB 14,600
- Sport coachPAB 7,664
- StatisticianPAB 11,800
- Steel erectorPAB 8,918
- Stock coordinatorPAB 8,758
- Stone fabricatorPAB 8,427
- Stone planerPAB 8,491
- StonemasonPAB 8,422
- Store managerPAB 12,070
- Street and related service workersPAB 6,120
- Street sweeperPAB 6,337
- Street vendorPAB 6,101
- Subsistence crop farmersPAB 3,879
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersPAB 4,307
- Subsistence livestock farmersPAB 3,923
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersPAB 3,884
- Survey enumeratorPAB 8,567
- SurveyorPAB 16,130
- Switchboard operatorPAB 9,252
- Systems administratorPAB 17,050
- Systems analystPAB 18,530
- TailorPAB 6,017
- TannerPAB 7,296
- Tax officerPAB 11,290
- Taxi driverPAB 7,100
- Technical aidePAB 11,260
- Telecom administratorPAB 11,820
- TellerPAB 9,526
- Tent builderPAB 8,447
- Test engineerPAB 17,930
- Textile braiderPAB 7,176
- Textile machine operatorPAB 6,974
- Therapy assistantPAB 7,840
- Tile installerPAB 7,920
- Tobacco dryerPAB 7,497
- Trades union officialPAB 15,070
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villagePAB 16,830
- Traditional therapistPAB 12,430
- Train driverPAB 11,750
- TranslatorPAB 13,700
- Transport clerksPAB 10,040
- Travel agentPAB 8,504
- Tree doctorPAB 4,103
- Truck driverPAB 8,647
- TypistPAB 8,583
- Underwater welderPAB 9,183
- UpholstererPAB 7,004
- Urban plannerPAB 16,450
- UX designerPAB 13,670
- Vet technicianPAB 8,133
- VeterinarianPAB 16,790
- Vocational teacherPAB 14,830
- WaiterPAB 6,200
- Warehouse workerPAB 6,468
- Waste collectorPAB 6,444
- Watch makerPAB 8,234
- Water and firewood collectorsPAB 6,034
- Water plant operatorPAB 10,820
- Water-based fisheries workerPAB 5,792
- Web developerPAB 16,890
- Web technicianPAB 12,240
- WelderPAB 8,376
- Wind technicianPAB 9,853
- Winder operatorPAB 7,040
- Window washerPAB 6,032
- Wood treaterPAB 7,722
- WoodworkerPAB 7,266
- ZoologistPAB 16,510
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate