Salaries in Timor-Leste
$200a month
Median monthly salary, 2021.
- Yearly
- $2,400
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor$5,254
- Airline pilot$4,568
- Air traffic controller$4,474
- Doctor$4,361
- Judge$4,083
- Police detective$3,946
- Process operator$3,853
- Lawyer$3,819
- Mine engineer$3,704
- Astrophysicist$3,698
Top 10 lowest paying
- Legislators$649
- Restaurant manager$922
- Fast food worker$933
- Childcare centre manager$1,006
- Fishery production manager$1,049
- Hotel manager$1,053
- Fitness club manager$1,062
- Forester$1,141
- Store manager$1,156
- Shelf stacker$1,202
By major occupation group
| Professionals | $270 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | $250 a month |
| Armed forces | $219 a month |
| Clerical support workers | $200 a month |
| Service and sales workers | $150 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | $150 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | $150 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | $150 a month |
| Elementary occupations | $115 a month |
| Managers | $115 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant$3,083
- Accounts assistant$2,447
- Accounts clerk$2,672
- Actor$2,158
- Actuary$3,353
- Agricultural technician$2,720
- Aid worker$2,179
- Air traffic controller$4,474
- Air traffic safety technician$3,186
- Aircraft technician$2,174
- Airline pilot$4,568
- Animal carer$1,646
- Announcer$2,836
- Anthropologist$2,818
- Apiarists and sericulturists$1,972
- Aquaculture support worker$1,972
- Architect$2,993
- Art director$3,047
- Artist$2,831
- Astrologer$1,829
- Astrophysicist$3,698
- Athlete$2,941
- Audio-visual technician$2,780
- Audiology technician$2,534
- Audit clerk$2,635
- Auto mechanic$1,706
- Avionics mechanic$2,036
- Ballet dancer$2,529
- Bartender$1,572
- Basketmaker$1,459
- Beautician$1,550
- Benefits officer$2,920
- Bicycle mechanic$1,654
- Bike assembler$1,556
- Bindery worker$1,433
- Blacksmith$1,729
- Blaster$2,052
- Boiler operator$2,330
- Bricklayer$1,845
- Broadcast engineer$3,573
- Builder$1,866
- Bus driver$1,820
- Butcher$1,494
- Buyer$2,891
- Cabinetmaker$1,613
- Call centre agent$1,848
- Candle factory worker$1,637
- Car assembler$1,777
- Car cleaner$1,293
- Car electrician$2,059
- Car painter$1,710
- Career coach$2,887
- Caretaker$1,864
- Carpenter$1,772
- Carpet worker$1,484
- Cashier$1,471
- CEO$1,645
- Cheese maker$1,907
- Chef$2,461
- Chemical engineer$3,445
- Chemical engineering technician$3,322
- Chemical operator$3,400
- Chemical products plant and machine operators$2,014
- Chemist$3,111
- Chief engineer$3,572
- Childcare centre manager$1,006
- Civil engineer$3,345
- Civils worker$1,746
- Cleaner$1,206
- Cleaners$1,407
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified$2,302
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified$2,214
- Clinical research assistant$2,374
- Cnc operator$1,826
- Coffee taster$1,628
- Commodity trader$3,363
- Community health worker$2,840
- Companion$1,747
- Concrete finisher$1,885
- Construction foreman$3,498
- Construction manager$1,212
- Construction worker$1,520
- Cook$1,654
- Corporate trainer$2,918
- Correctional officer$2,308
- Corrugator operator$1,773
- Courier$1,369
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified$1,447
- Crane operators$2,125
- Crop producer$1,809
- Crop team leader$1,813
- Croupier$2,085
- Cure operator$1,711
- Customer service clerk$2,225
- Customs agent$2,698
- Customs officer$3,002
- Dance teacher$1,611
- Data administrator$3,299
- Data centre operator$3,398
- Data entry clerk$2,174
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified$3,423
- Day care worker$1,687
- Debt collector$2,576
- Deep-sea fisherman$1,869
- Dental hygienist$2,519
- Dentist$3,646
- Dietitian$2,701
- Doctor$4,361
- Door to door seller$1,808
- Draughtsperson$3,014
- Driving instructor$2,127
- Earthmoving and related plant operators$1,986
- Economist$3,496
- Education officer$2,897
- Electric powerline worker$2,281
- Electrical assembler$1,575
- Electrical engineer$3,652
- Electrical technician$3,276
- Electrician$1,937
- Electronic engineer$3,541
- Electronics engineering technician$3,056
- Elementary school teacher$2,910
- Embalmer$1,934
- Embroiderer$1,489
- Employment agent$2,936
- Energy manager$1,420
- Environment engineer$3,197
- Environmental protection professionals$2,925
- Esol teacher$2,491
- Event coordinator$2,693
- Executive assistant$2,850
- Fabric cutter$1,395
- Fabric dyer$1,590
- Façade cleaner$1,385
- Facility manager$1,419
- Factory labourer$1,442
- Farm equipment operator$1,747
- Farm hand$1,390
- Farm hands$1,315
- Fast food worker$933
- Fiacre driver$1,257
- File clerk$2,434
- Fill operator$1,449
- Finance adviser$3,681
- Finance manager$1,552
- Financial analyst$3,378
- Financier$3,384
- Fire alarm technician$1,976
- Firefighter$2,551
- Fisheries boatman$1,869
- Fishery production manager$1,049
- Fitness club manager$1,062
- Flight attendant$1,985
- Food and related products machine operators$1,613
- Food service worker$1,454
- Food stall holder$1,624
- Forest ranger$1,888
- Forest worker$1,489
- Forester$1,141
- Forestry advisor$3,083
- Forestry technician$2,779
- Forklift operator$1,669
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers$1,552
- Fur animal rearer$2,004
- Garage manager$1,220
- Gardener$1,388
- Garment presser$1,246
- Gas station salesperson$1,467
- General manager$1,334
- Geologist$3,449
- Glassblower$1,547
- Glassmaker$1,769
- Glazier$1,719
- Gluing operator$1,471
- Grader$1,682
- Grinder$1,680
- Guide$1,747
- Gym worker$1,327
- Hairdresser$1,547
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers$1,350
- Head of marketing$1,518
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified$2,681
- Health records clerk$2,776
- Health screener$2,600
- Heat treat operator$1,800
- Hide machine operator$1,601
- High school teacher$3,090
- Historian$2,948
- Horticulturist$1,764
- Hotel manager$1,053
- Hotel receptionist$1,996
- House manager$1,845
- Household manager$1,790
- Housekeeper$1,221
- HR manager$1,415
- Hunter$1,886
- Hvac mechanic$1,948
- Industrial engineer$3,450
- Industrial painter$1,639
- Information clerk$2,301
- Insulator$1,791
- Insurance agent$1,539
- Insurance seller$3,089
- IT presales technician$3,381
- IT project manager$1,585
- IT technician$2,959
- IT trainer$2,832
- Jeweller$1,550
- Journalist$2,867
- Judge$4,083
- Kitchen assistant$1,203
- Laboratory technologist$2,778
- Landscape architect$3,014
- Laser technician$3,309
- Laundry worker$1,377
- Lawyer$3,819
- Legal aide$2,878
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified$3,289
- Legal secretary$2,506
- Legislators$649
- Librarian$2,851
- Library assistant$2,247
- Livestock and dairy producers$1,884
- Livestock farm labourers$1,344
- Loan officer$3,049
- Logistics manager$1,284
- Loss adjuster$3,176
- Machine oiler$2,040
- Mail carrier$2,405
- Management consultant$3,395
- Manufacturing director$1,371
- Market trader$1,816
- Marketing specialist$3,054
- Mechanical engineer$3,511
- Mechanical engineering technician$3,375
- Medical assistant$2,294
- Medical herbalist$2,651
- Medical laboratory technician$2,768
- Medical transcriber$2,519
- Medical writer$2,742
- Metal caster$1,918
- Metal filer$1,760
- Metal furnace operator$3,133
- Metal molder$1,699
- Metal worker$1,761
- Metallurgist$3,169
- Metalworker$1,843
- Meteorologist$3,408
- Meter reader$1,410
- Midwife$3,144
- Midwife assistant$2,938
- Military officer$2,838
- Mine engineer$3,704
- Mine supervisor$3,549
- Miners$2,179
- Mining assistant$1,761
- Mixed farmer$1,850
- Motorcyle courier$1,594
- Museum curator$2,762
- Museum technician$2,549
- Music teacher$2,574
- Musician$2,558
- Network engineer$3,127
- Networks engineer$3,414
- Nursing assistant$1,822
- Nursing associate professionals$2,753
- Nursing home manager$1,264
- Odd job persons$1,463
- Office clerk$2,399
- Office manager$3,035
- Operations manager$1,534
- Optician$2,435
- Optometrist$2,999
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals$2,849
- Paper maker$1,830
- Paramedic$3,204
- Paramedical practitioners$3,415
- Passport officer$2,970
- Pastry cook$1,428
- Patent agent$3,416
- Pawnbroker$1,960
- Payroll clerk$2,654
- Performer$2,025
- Personal care attendant$1,776
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified$1,818
- Personnel clerks$2,542
- Pest control technician$1,599
- Petty officer$2,349
- Pharmacist$3,322
- Photo retoucher$1,527
- Photographer$2,517
- Physical therapist$2,730
- Piano tuner$1,798
- Picker and packer$1,269
- Plasterer$1,698
- Plumber$1,900
- Police detective$3,946
- Police officer$2,591
- Policy analyst$3,042
- Potter$1,585
- Poultry sexer$1,735
- Power plant operator$3,500
- Prepress technician$1,637
- Preschool teacher$2,453
- Preschool teaching assistant$1,695
- Primary school manager$1,387
- Print operator$1,593
- Prison teacher$2,635
- Process operator$3,853
- Product designer$2,825
- Product manager$1,508
- Production line coordinator$2,706
- Production supervisor$3,319
- Professor$3,157
- Project manager$1,382
- Promotions demonstrator$1,556
- Proofreader$2,547
- Psychologist$3,133
- Public health inspector$3,091
- Public relations professionals$2,859
- Pulp control worker$2,696
- Quality inspector$3,135
- Radiologic technologist$3,254
- Rail conductor$1,864
- Real estate agent$2,996
- Receptionist$1,999
- Registered nurse$3,173
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified$2,823
- Religious professionals$2,488
- Religious worker$2,529
- Rental sales worker$1,791
- Restaurant manager$922
- Retail sales associate$1,762
- Retail store supervisor$2,001
- Riding instructor$2,186
- Rig driller$2,185
- Rigger$2,022
- Roofer$1,430
- Runway model$1,589
- Sales engineer$3,289
- Sales representative$3,148
- Sawmill operator$1,710
- Scribes and related workers$2,456
- Secretary$2,466
- Security guard$1,928
- Senior government officials$1,598
- Set designer$2,562
- Sewing machine operator$1,385
- Sex worker$1,593
- Shelf stacker$1,202
- Ship pilot$3,351
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers$1,881
- Shoemaker$1,455
- Shop keeper$2,401
- Sign installer$1,624
- Signalman$2,197
- Slitter operator$1,698
- Social care worker$2,658
- Social media manager$1,528
- Social services manager$1,227
- Social worker$2,790
- Software developer$3,525
- Software programmer$3,254
- Software tester$3,364
- Soldier$2,521
- Sorter$1,486
- Special needs teacher$2,940
- Specialist doctor$5,254
- Speech therapist$2,816
- Sport coach$2,129
- Statistician$3,279
- Steel erector$1,911
- Stock coordinator$2,335
- Stone fabricator$1,806
- Stone planer$1,820
- Stonemason$1,805
- Store manager$1,156
- Street and related service workers$1,408
- Street sweeper$1,457
- Street vendor$1,403
- Subsistence crop farmers$1,617
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$1,795
- Subsistence livestock farmers$1,635
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$1,619
- Survey enumerator$2,284
- Surveyor$3,112
- Switchboard operator$2,467
- Systems administrator$3,288
- Systems analyst$3,574
- Tailor$1,289
- Tanner$1,564
- Tax officer$3,137
- Taxi driver$1,522
- Technical aide$3,127
- Telecom administrator$3,283
- Teller$2,540
- Tent builder$1,810
- Test engineer$3,457
- Textile braider$1,538
- Textile machine operator$1,494
- Therapy assistant$2,178
- Tile installer$1,697
- Tobacco dryer$1,607
- Trades union official$1,443
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$1,612
- Traditional therapist$2,397
- Train driver$2,517
- Translator$2,642
- Transport clerks$2,678
- Travel agent$2,268
- Tree doctor$1,710
- Truck driver$1,853
- Typist$2,289
- Underwater welder$1,968
- Upholsterer$1,501
- Urban planner$3,172
- UX designer$2,637
- Vet technician$2,259
- Veterinarian$3,239
- Vocational teacher$2,861
- Waiter$1,501
- Warehouse worker$1,488
- Waste collector$1,482
- Watch maker$1,764
- Water and firewood collectors$1,388
- Water plant operator$3,007
- Water-based fisheries worker$1,332
- Web developer$3,257
- Web technician$3,399
- Welder$1,795
- Wind technician$2,737
- Winder operator$1,509
- Window washer$1,387
- Wood treater$1,655
- Woodworker$1,557
- Zoologist$3,184
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate