Salaries in Puerto Rico
$1,575a month
Median monthly salary, 2020.
- Yearly
- $18,900
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor$48,470
- CEO$46,970
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$46,030
- Senior government officials$45,630
- IT project manager$45,250
- Finance manager$44,310
- Insurance agent$43,950
- Operations manager$43,790
- Social media manager$43,620
- Head of marketing$43,330
Top 10 lowest paying
- Subsistence crop farmers$8,860
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$8,871
- Subsistence livestock farmers$8,959
- Tree doctor$9,370
- Fast food worker$9,382
- Poultry sexer$9,508
- Horticulturist$9,664
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$9,837
- Crop producer$9,912
- Crop team leader$9,938
By major occupation group
| Managers | $3,282 a month |
| Armed forces | $3,267 a month |
| Professionals | $2,491 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | $1,987 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | $1,484 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | $1,312 a month |
| Clerical support workers | $1,308 a month |
| Service and sales workers | $1,274 a month |
| Elementary occupations | $1,157 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | $822 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant$28,440
- Accounts assistant$16,000
- Accounts clerk$21,240
- Actor$19,910
- Actuary$30,930
- Agricultural technician$21,620
- Aid worker$18,510
- Air traffic controller$35,560
- Air traffic safety technician$25,330
- Aircraft technician$19,020
- Airline pilot$36,310
- Animal carer$13,980
- Announcer$26,160
- Anthropologist$26,000
- Apiarists and sericulturists$10,800
- Aquaculture support worker$10,800
- Architect$27,610
- Art director$28,110
- Artist$26,120
- Astrologer$15,540
- Astrophysicist$34,120
- Athlete$23,370
- Audio-visual technician$22,090
- Audiology technician$20,140
- Audit clerk$17,230
- Auto mechanic$14,930
- Avionics mechanic$17,810
- Ballet dancer$23,340
- Bartender$13,350
- Basketmaker$12,770
- Beautician$13,160
- Benefits officer$23,200
- Bicycle mechanic$14,470
- Bike assembler$15,390
- Bindery worker$12,540
- Blacksmith$15,130
- Blaster$17,950
- Boiler operator$23,050
- Bricklayer$16,140
- Broadcast engineer$32,960
- Builder$16,320
- Bus driver$18,010
- Butcher$13,070
- Buyer$22,980
- Cabinetmaker$14,110
- Call centre agent$15,700
- Candle factory worker$14,320
- Car assembler$17,580
- Car cleaner$13,010
- Car electrician$18,010
- Car painter$14,960
- Career coach$26,640
- Caretaker$15,830
- Carpenter$15,500
- Carpet worker$12,990
- Cashier$12,500
- CEO$46,970
- Cheese maker$16,690
- Chef$19,560
- Chemical engineer$31,780
- Chemical engineering technician$26,400
- Chemical operator$27,020
- Chemical products plant and machine operators$19,920
- Chemist$28,700
- Chief engineer$28,390
- Childcare centre manager$28,710
- Civil engineer$30,860
- Civils worker$17,570
- Cleaner$12,130
- Cleaners$14,160
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified$15,060
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified$14,490
- Clinical research assistant$18,870
- Cnc operator$15,980
- Coffee taster$14,250
- Commodity trader$26,730
- Community health worker$22,570
- Companion$14,840
- Concrete finisher$16,500
- Construction foreman$27,800
- Construction manager$34,600
- Construction worker$15,290
- Cook$14,050
- Corporate trainer$26,920
- Correctional officer$19,600
- Corrugator operator$17,540
- Courier$13,770
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified$12,660
- Crane operators$21,030
- Crop producer$9,912
- Crop team leader$9,938
- Croupier$13,640
- Cure operator$16,930
- Customer service clerk$14,560
- Customs agent$21,440
- Customs officer$23,860
- Dance teacher$14,860
- Data administrator$30,440
- Data centre operator$27,000
- Data entry clerk$14,220
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified$31,580
- Day care worker$14,330
- Debt collector$16,850
- Deep-sea fisherman$10,240
- Dental hygienist$20,020
- Dentist$33,640
- Dietitian$24,920
- Doctor$40,230
- Door to door seller$15,360
- Draughtsperson$23,960
- Driving instructor$18,070
- Earthmoving and related plant operators$19,640
- Economist$32,260
- Education officer$26,720
- Electric powerline worker$19,960
- Electrical assembler$15,590
- Electrical engineer$33,700
- Electrical technician$26,040
- Electrician$16,950
- Electronic engineer$32,670
- Electronics engineering technician$24,290
- Elementary school teacher$26,840
- Embalmer$16,430
- Embroiderer$13,030
- Employment agent$23,340
- Energy manager$40,560
- Environment engineer$29,500
- Environmental protection professionals$26,980
- Esol teacher$22,980
- Event coordinator$21,410
- Executive assistant$22,650
- Fabric cutter$12,210
- Fabric dyer$15,730
- Façade cleaner$12,120
- Facility manager$40,510
- Factory labourer$14,510
- Farm equipment operator$17,280
- Farm hand$13,990
- Farm hands$13,230
- Fast food worker$9,382
- Fiacre driver$12,650
- File clerk$15,920
- Fill operator$14,330
- Finance adviser$29,260
- Finance manager$44,310
- Financial analyst$31,160
- Financier$31,220
- Fire alarm technician$17,290
- Firefighter$21,670
- Fisheries boatman$10,240
- Fishery production manager$29,960
- Fitness club manager$30,330
- Flight attendant$16,860
- Food and related products machine operators$15,960
- Food service worker$12,350
- Food stall holder$13,800
- Forest ranger$10,350
- Forest worker$14,980
- Forester$32,590
- Forestry advisor$28,450
- Forestry technician$22,090
- Forklift operator$16,510
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers$13,580
- Fur animal rearer$10,980
- Garage manager$34,830
- Gardener$13,970
- Garment presser$12,530
- Gas station salesperson$12,460
- General manager$38,090
- Geologist$31,820
- Glassblower$13,540
- Glassmaker$17,500
- Glazier$15,040
- Gluing operator$14,550
- Grader$14,720
- Grinder$14,700
- Guide$14,840
- Gym worker$13,350
- Hairdresser$13,140
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers$13,580
- Head of marketing$43,330
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified$24,740
- Health records clerk$22,060
- Health screener$20,660
- Heat treat operator$17,810
- Hide machine operator$15,830
- High school teacher$28,510
- Historian$27,200
- Horticulturist$9,664
- Hotel manager$30,080
- Hotel receptionist$13,060
- House manager$15,670
- Household manager$15,210
- Housekeeper$12,290
- HR manager$40,410
- Hunter$10,340
- Hvac mechanic$17,040
- Industrial engineer$31,830
- Industrial painter$14,340
- Information clerk$15,050
- Insulator$15,680
- Insurance agent$43,950
- Insurance seller$24,550
- IT presales technician$31,190
- IT project manager$45,250
- IT technician$23,520
- IT trainer$26,130
- Jeweller$13,560
- Journalist$26,460
- Judge$37,670
- Kitchen assistant$12,110
- Laboratory technologist$22,080
- Landscape architect$27,810
- Laser technician$26,300
- Laundry worker$13,620
- Lawyer$35,230
- Legal aide$22,870
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified$30,350
- Legal secretary$19,910
- Legislators$18,540
- Librarian$26,310
- Library assistant$14,700
- Livestock and dairy producers$10,320
- Livestock farm labourers$13,520
- Loan officer$24,240
- Logistics manager$36,660
- Loss adjuster$25,240
- Machine oiler$17,850
- Mail carrier$15,730
- Management consultant$31,320
- Manufacturing director$39,150
- Market trader$15,420
- Marketing specialist$28,180
- Mechanical engineer$32,400
- Mechanical engineering technician$26,820
- Medical assistant$18,230
- Medical herbalist$21,070
- Medical laboratory technician$22,000
- Medical transcriber$20,020
- Medical writer$25,300
- Metal caster$18,980
- Metal filer$17,410
- Metal furnace operator$24,900
- Metal molder$14,860
- Metal worker$15,410
- Metallurgist$25,190
- Metalworker$16,130
- Meteorologist$31,440
- Meter reader$14,190
- Midwife$29,010
- Midwife assistant$23,350
- Military officer$42,370
- Mine engineer$34,180
- Mine supervisor$28,200
- Miners$21,560
- Mining assistant$17,710
- Mixed farmer$10,140
- Motorcyle courier$15,770
- Museum curator$25,480
- Museum technician$20,260
- Music teacher$23,750
- Musician$23,600
- Network engineer$24,850
- Networks engineer$31,500
- Nursing assistant$15,470
- Nursing associate professionals$21,880
- Nursing home manager$36,090
- Odd job persons$14,710
- Office clerk$15,690
- Office manager$24,120
- Operations manager$43,790
- Optician$19,360
- Optometrist$27,670
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals$22,640
- Paper maker$18,100
- Paramedic$25,460
- Paramedical practitioners$31,500
- Passport officer$23,600
- Pastry cook$12,490
- Patent agent$27,150
- Pawnbroker$12,820
- Payroll clerk$17,360
- Performer$18,680
- Personal care attendant$15,080
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified$15,440
- Personnel clerks$16,630
- Pest control technician$13,990
- Petty officer$35,070
- Pharmacist$30,650
- Photo retoucher$15,110
- Photographer$20,010
- Physical therapist$25,190
- Piano tuner$15,730
- Picker and packer$12,760
- Plasterer$14,860
- Plumber$16,620
- Police detective$31,360
- Police officer$22,010
- Policy analyst$28,070
- Potter$13,870
- Poultry sexer$9,508
- Power plant operator$27,810
- Prepress technician$14,330
- Preschool teacher$22,640
- Preschool teaching assistant$14,390
- Primary school manager$39,610
- Print operator$13,940
- Prison teacher$24,320
- Process operator$30,620
- Product designer$26,070
- Product manager$43,060
- Production line coordinator$17,700
- Production supervisor$26,380
- Professor$29,130
- Project manager$39,480
- Promotions demonstrator$13,220
- Proofreader$16,660
- Psychologist$28,910
- Public health inspector$28,520
- Public relations professionals$26,380
- Pulp control worker$21,430
- Quality inspector$24,910
- Radiologic technologist$25,870
- Rail conductor$15,830
- Real estate agent$23,820
- Receptionist$13,080
- Registered nurse$29,280
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified$22,440
- Religious professionals$22,960
- Religious worker$20,100
- Rental sales worker$15,210
- Restaurant manager$26,320
- Retail sales associate$14,970
- Retail store supervisor$17,000
- Riding instructor$17,380
- Rig driller$21,610
- Rigger$17,690
- Roofer$12,510
- Runway model$13,500
- Sales engineer$30,340
- Sales representative$25,020
- Sawmill operator$16,910
- Scribes and related workers$16,070
- Secretary$16,130
- Security guard$16,370
- Senior government officials$45,630
- Set designer$20,360
- Sewing machine operator$13,700
- Sex worker$13,530
- Shelf stacker$12,090
- Ship pilot$26,640
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers$18,610
- Shoemaker$12,730
- Shop keeper$20,390
- Sign installer$14,210
- Signalman$21,730
- Slitter operator$16,800
- Social care worker$21,130
- Social media manager$43,620
- Social services manager$35,020
- Social worker$25,740
- Software developer$32,520
- Software programmer$30,030
- Software tester$31,040
- Soldier$37,640
- Sorter$14,950
- Special needs teacher$27,130
- Specialist doctor$48,470
- Speech therapist$25,980
- Sport coach$16,920
- Statistician$26,060
- Steel erector$16,720
- Stock coordinator$15,280
- Stone fabricator$17,860
- Stone planer$18,000
- Stonemason$15,790
- Store manager$33,010
- Street and related service workers$14,160
- Street sweeper$14,660
- Street vendor$14,120
- Subsistence crop farmers$8,860
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$9,837
- Subsistence livestock farmers$8,959
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$8,871
- Survey enumerator$14,940
- Surveyor$28,710
- Switchboard operator$16,140
- Systems administrator$30,330
- Systems analyst$32,970
- Tailor$11,280
- Tanner$13,680
- Tax officer$24,930
- Taxi driver$15,050
- Technical aide$24,850
- Telecom administrator$26,090
- Teller$16,620
- Tent builder$15,840
- Test engineer$31,900
- Textile braider$15,210
- Textile machine operator$14,780
- Therapy assistant$17,310
- Tile installer$14,850
- Tobacco dryer$14,060
- Trades union official$41,210
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$46,030
- Traditional therapist$22,120
- Train driver$24,900
- Translator$24,380
- Transport clerks$17,520
- Travel agent$14,830
- Tree doctor$9,370
- Truck driver$18,330
- Typist$14,970
- Underwater welder$17,220
- Upholsterer$13,130
- Urban planner$29,270
- UX designer$24,330
- Vet technician$17,950
- Veterinarian$29,880
- Vocational teacher$26,390
- Waiter$12,750
- Warehouse worker$14,970
- Waste collector$14,910
- Watch maker$15,440
- Water and firewood collectors$13,960
- Water plant operator$23,900
- Water-based fisheries worker$13,400
- Web developer$30,050
- Web technician$27,020
- Welder$15,710
- Wind technician$21,750
- Winder operator$14,920
- Window washer$13,960
- Wood treater$14,480
- Woodworker$13,620
- Zoologist$29,380
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate