Salaries in Vanuatu
VUV 29,000a month
Median monthly salary, 2010.
- Yearly
- VUV 348,000
- Equals
- $299
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctorVUV 875,600
- CEOVUV 831,000
- Airline pilotVUV 827,600
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageVUV 814,300
- Air traffic controllerVUV 810,500
- Senior government officialsVUV 807,300
- IT project managerVUV 800,500
- Finance managerVUV 784,000
- Insurance agentVUV 777,500
- Operations managerVUV 774,700
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food workerVUV 200,300
- TailorVUV 234,700
- Façade cleanerVUV 252,200
- Fabric cutterVUV 254,000
- Shelf stackerVUV 258,300
- Kitchen assistantVUV 258,500
- CleanerVUV 259,000
- Pastry cookVUV 259,900
- RooferVUV 260,300
- Bindery workerVUV 260,900
By major occupation group
| Managers | VUV 58,060 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | VUV 45,290 a month |
| Professionals | VUV 45,000 a month |
| Clerical support workers | VUV 38,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | VUV 35,000 a month |
| Service and sales workers | VUV 27,990 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | VUV 27,310 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | VUV 25,000 a month |
| Elementary occupations | VUV 24,700 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantVUV 513,800
- Accounts assistantVUV 464,900
- Accounts clerkVUV 484,200
- ActorVUV 359,700
- ActuaryVUV 558,800
- Agricultural technicianVUV 492,800
- Aid workerVUV 406,700
- Air traffic controllerVUV 810,500
- Air traffic safety technicianVUV 577,300
- Aircraft technicianVUV 395,800
- Airline pilotVUV 827,600
- Animal carerVUV 307,100
- AnnouncerVUV 472,600
- AnthropologistVUV 469,700
- Apiarists and sericulturistsVUV 328,600
- Aquaculture support workerVUV 328,600
- ArchitectVUV 498,800
- Art directorVUV 507,800
- ArtistVUV 471,900
- AstrologerVUV 341,400
- AstrophysicistVUV 616,300
- AthleteVUV 532,800
- Audio-visual technicianVUV 503,600
- Audiology technicianVUV 459,100
- Audit clerkVUV 500,600
- Auto mechanicVUV 310,600
- Avionics mechanicVUV 370,600
- Ballet dancerVUV 421,500
- BartenderVUV 293,300
- BasketmakerVUV 265,600
- BeauticianVUV 289,200
- Benefits officerVUV 528,900
- Bicycle mechanicVUV 301,100
- Bike assemblerVUV 363,000
- Bindery workerVUV 260,900
- BlacksmithVUV 314,700
- BlasterVUV 373,500
- Boiler operatorVUV 543,800
- BricklayerVUV 335,800
- Broadcast engineerVUV 595,500
- BuilderVUV 339,600
- Bus driverVUV 424,700
- ButcherVUV 272,000
- BuyerVUV 523,800
- CabinetmakerVUV 293,600
- Call centre agentVUV 344,900
- Candle factory workerVUV 298,000
- Car assemblerVUV 414,600
- Car cleanerVUV 277,800
- Car electricianVUV 374,800
- Car painterVUV 311,200
- Career coachVUV 481,100
- CaretakerVUV 347,900
- CarpenterVUV 322,600
- Carpet workerVUV 270,100
- CashierVUV 274,600
- CEOVUV 831,000
- Cheese makerVUV 347,200
- ChefVUV 445,900
- Chemical engineerVUV 574,100
- Chemical engineering technicianVUV 601,900
- Chemical operatorVUV 615,900
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsVUV 469,900
- ChemistVUV 518,500
- Chief engineerVUV 647,200
- Childcare centre managerVUV 508,000
- Civil engineerVUV 557,500
- Civils workerVUV 375,100
- CleanerVUV 259,000
- CleanersVUV 302,300
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedVUV 437,400
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedVUV 420,700
- Clinical research assistantVUV 430,200
- Cnc operatorVUV 332,400
- Coffee tasterVUV 296,400
- Commodity traderVUV 609,200
- Community health workerVUV 514,500
- CompanionVUV 326,000
- Concrete finisherVUV 343,200
- Construction foremanVUV 633,700
- Construction managerVUV 612,200
- Construction workerVUV 326,500
- CookVUV 308,700
- Corporate trainerVUV 486,300
- Correctional officerVUV 430,600
- Corrugator operatorVUV 413,600
- CourierVUV 294,100
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedVUV 263,500
- Crane operatorsVUV 495,900
- Crop producerVUV 301,500
- Crop team leaderVUV 302,200
- CroupierVUV 396,200
- Cure operatorVUV 399,300
- Customer service clerkVUV 422,800
- Customs agentVUV 488,800
- Customs officerVUV 543,900
- Dance teacherVUV 268,500
- Data administratorVUV 549,800
- Data centre operatorVUV 615,600
- Data entry clerkVUV 413,000
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedVUV 570,500
- Day care workerVUV 314,800
- Debt collectorVUV 489,300
- Deep-sea fishermanVUV 311,500
- Dental hygienistVUV 456,400
- DentistVUV 607,700
- DietitianVUV 450,100
- DoctorVUV 726,800
- Door to door sellerVUV 337,500
- DraughtspersonVUV 546,100
- Driving instructorVUV 397,000
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsVUV 463,300
- EconomistVUV 582,700
- Education officerVUV 482,800
- Electric powerline workerVUV 415,200
- Electrical assemblerVUV 367,600
- Electrical engineerVUV 608,700
- Electrical technicianVUV 593,600
- ElectricianVUV 352,600
- Electronic engineerVUV 590,100
- Electronics engineering technicianVUV 553,600
- Elementary school teacherVUV 484,900
- EmbalmerVUV 360,900
- EmbroidererVUV 271,100
- Employment agentVUV 531,900
- Energy managerVUV 717,500
- Environment engineerVUV 532,800
- Environmental protection professionalsVUV 487,400
- Esol teacherVUV 415,200
- Event coordinatorVUV 488,000
- Executive assistantVUV 516,300
- Fabric cutterVUV 254,000
- Fabric dyerVUV 371,100
- Façade cleanerVUV 252,200
- Facility managerVUV 716,700
- Factory labourerVUV 309,700
- Farm equipment operatorVUV 407,700
- Farm handVUV 298,700
- Farm handsVUV 282,400
- Fast food workerVUV 200,300
- Fiacre driverVUV 270,100
- File clerkVUV 462,500
- Fill operatorVUV 338,000
- Finance adviserVUV 667,000
- Finance managerVUV 784,000
- Financial analystVUV 563,000
- FinancierVUV 564,000
- Fire alarm technicianVUV 359,700
- FirefighterVUV 476,000
- Fisheries boatmanVUV 311,500
- Fishery production managerVUV 530,000
- Fitness club managerVUV 536,600
- Flight attendantVUV 370,500
- Food and related products machine operatorsVUV 376,500
- Food service workerVUV 271,400
- Food stall holderVUV 303,100
- Forest rangerVUV 314,700
- Forest workerVUV 319,900
- ForesterVUV 576,500
- Forestry advisorVUV 513,800
- Forestry technicianVUV 503,500
- Forklift operatorVUV 389,500
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversVUV 282,500
- Fur animal rearerVUV 334,000
- Garage managerVUV 616,200
- GardenerVUV 298,200
- Garment presserVUV 267,500
- Gas station salespersonVUV 273,800
- General managerVUV 673,800
- GeologistVUV 574,800
- GlassblowerVUV 281,700
- GlassmakerVUV 412,800
- GlazierVUV 312,900
- Gluing operatorVUV 343,300
- GraderVUV 306,200
- GrinderVUV 305,900
- GuideVUV 326,100
- Gym workerVUV 285,100
- HairdresserVUV 288,700
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversVUV 290,000
- Head of marketingVUV 766,600
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedVUV 446,900
- Health records clerkVUV 502,900
- Health screenerVUV 471,000
- Heat treat operatorVUV 420,100
- Hide machine operatorVUV 373,500
- High school teacherVUV 515,000
- HistorianVUV 491,300
- HorticulturistVUV 293,900
- Hotel managerVUV 532,200
- Hotel receptionistVUV 379,300
- House managerVUV 344,300
- Household managerVUV 334,100
- HousekeeperVUV 262,400
- HR managerVUV 715,000
- HunterVUV 314,300
- Hvac mechanicVUV 354,600
- Industrial engineerVUV 575,000
- Industrial painterVUV 298,400
- Information clerkVUV 437,200
- InsulatorVUV 326,100
- Insurance agentVUV 777,500
- Insurance sellerVUV 559,600
- IT presales technicianVUV 563,500
- IT project managerVUV 800,500
- IT technicianVUV 536,100
- IT trainerVUV 472,000
- JewellerVUV 282,200
- JournalistVUV 477,900
- JudgeVUV 680,500
- Kitchen assistantVUV 258,500
- Laboratory technologistVUV 503,400
- Landscape architectVUV 502,400
- Laser technicianVUV 599,500
- Laundry workerVUV 321,200
- LawyerVUV 636,500
- Legal aideVUV 521,400
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedVUV 548,200
- Legal secretaryVUV 453,900
- LegislatorsVUV 327,900
- LibrarianVUV 475,200
- Library assistantVUV 426,900
- Livestock and dairy producersVUV 313,900
- Livestock farm labourersVUV 288,600
- Loan officerVUV 552,400
- Logistics managerVUV 648,700
- Loss adjusterVUV 575,400
- Machine oilerVUV 371,300
- Mail carrierVUV 456,900
- Management consultantVUV 565,800
- Manufacturing directorVUV 692,700
- Market traderVUV 338,900
- Marketing specialistVUV 509,000
- Mechanical engineerVUV 585,200
- Mechanical engineering technicianVUV 611,400
- Medical assistantVUV 415,600
- Medical herbalistVUV 480,200
- Medical laboratory technicianVUV 501,500
- Medical transcriberVUV 456,400
- Medical writerVUV 457,100
- Metal casterVUV 447,600
- Metal filerVUV 410,600
- Metal furnace operatorVUV 567,600
- Metal molderVUV 309,300
- Metal workerVUV 320,500
- MetallurgistVUV 574,100
- MetalworkerVUV 335,600
- MeteorologistVUV 567,900
- Meter readerVUV 302,900
- MidwifeVUV 524,000
- Midwife assistantVUV 532,300
- Mine engineerVUV 617,400
- Mine supervisorVUV 642,900
- MinersVUV 508,400
- Mining assistantVUV 378,200
- Mixed farmerVUV 308,400
- Motorcyle courierVUV 371,900
- Museum curatorVUV 460,400
- Museum technicianVUV 461,700
- Music teacherVUV 429,000
- MusicianVUV 426,400
- Network engineerVUV 566,500
- Networks engineerVUV 569,000
- Nursing assistantVUV 340,000
- Nursing associate professionalsVUV 498,700
- Nursing home managerVUV 638,500
- Odd job personsVUV 314,200
- Office clerkVUV 455,800
- Office managerVUV 549,900
- Operations managerVUV 774,700
- OpticianVUV 441,200
- OptometristVUV 499,900
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsVUV 516,100
- Paper makerVUV 427,000
- ParamedicVUV 580,400
- Paramedical practitionersVUV 569,100
- Passport officerVUV 538,000
- Pastry cookVUV 259,900
- Patent agentVUV 618,800
- PawnbrokerVUV 372,400
- Payroll clerkVUV 504,300
- PerformerVUV 337,500
- Personal care attendantVUV 331,400
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedVUV 339,400
- Personnel clerksVUV 483,100
- Pest control technicianVUV 291,000
- PharmacistVUV 553,700
- Photo retoucherVUV 356,300
- PhotographerVUV 456,100
- Physical therapistVUV 455,000
- Piano tunerVUV 327,200
- Picker and packerVUV 272,500
- PlastererVUV 309,100
- PlumberVUV 345,800
- Police detectiveVUV 715,000
- Police officerVUV 483,600
- Policy analystVUV 507,000
- PotterVUV 288,600
- Poultry sexerVUV 289,200
- Power plant operatorVUV 634,000
- Prepress technicianVUV 298,100
- Preschool teacherVUV 408,900
- Preschool teaching assistantVUV 316,300
- Primary school managerVUV 700,700
- Print operatorVUV 290,000
- Prison teacherVUV 439,200
- Process operatorVUV 698,100
- Product designerVUV 470,900
- Product managerVUV 761,800
- Production line coordinatorVUV 514,100
- Production supervisorVUV 601,400
- ProfessorVUV 526,200
- Project managerVUV 698,400
- Promotions demonstratorVUV 290,400
- ProofreaderVUV 484,000
- PsychologistVUV 522,200
- Public health inspectorVUV 515,100
- Public relations professionalsVUV 476,500
- Pulp control workerVUV 488,500
- Quality inspectorVUV 567,900
- Radiologic technologistVUV 589,600
- Rail conductorVUV 347,800
- Real estate agentVUV 542,900
- ReceptionistVUV 379,800
- Registered nurseVUV 528,900
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedVUV 511,500
- Religious professionalsVUV 414,700
- Religious workerVUV 458,200
- Rental sales workerVUV 334,200
- Restaurant managerVUV 465,700
- Retail sales associateVUV 328,900
- Retail store supervisorVUV 373,500
- Riding instructorVUV 396,100
- Rig drillerVUV 509,800
- RiggerVUV 368,000
- RooferVUV 260,300
- Runway modelVUV 296,600
- Sales engineerVUV 548,100
- Sales representativeVUV 570,300
- Sawmill operatorVUV 398,900
- Scribes and related workersVUV 466,700
- SecretaryVUV 468,600
- Security guardVUV 359,700
- Senior government officialsVUV 807,300
- Set designerVUV 464,100
- Sewing machine operatorVUV 323,100
- Sex workerVUV 297,200
- Shelf stackerVUV 258,300
- Ship pilotVUV 607,200
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersVUV 438,900
- ShoemakerVUV 264,900
- Shop keeperVUV 448,100
- Sign installerVUV 295,600
- SignalmanVUV 512,600
- Slitter operatorVUV 396,200
- Social care workerVUV 481,600
- Social media managerVUV 771,700
- Social services managerVUV 619,600
- Social workerVUV 464,900
- Software developerVUV 587,400
- Software programmerVUV 542,400
- Software testerVUV 560,600
- SorterVUV 319,200
- Special needs teacherVUV 490,000
- Specialist doctorVUV 875,600
- Speech therapistVUV 469,300
- Sport coachVUV 385,700
- StatisticianVUV 594,100
- Steel erectorVUV 347,900
- Stock coordinatorVUV 443,700
- Stone fabricatorVUV 421,400
- Stone planerVUV 424,600
- StonemasonVUV 328,500
- Store managerVUV 584,000
- Street and related service workersVUV 302,400
- Street sweeperVUV 313,100
- Street vendorVUV 301,400
- Subsistence crop farmersVUV 269,500
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersVUV 299,200
- Subsistence livestock farmersVUV 272,500
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersVUV 269,800
- Survey enumeratorVUV 434,000
- SurveyorVUV 518,600
- Switchboard operatorVUV 468,800
- Systems administratorVUV 547,900
- Systems analystVUV 595,600
- TailorVUV 234,700
- TannerVUV 284,600
- Tax officerVUV 568,300
- Taxi driverVUV 355,000
- Technical aideVUV 566,500
- Telecom administratorVUV 594,800
- TellerVUV 482,600
- Tent builderVUV 329,500
- Test engineerVUV 576,200
- Textile braiderVUV 358,800
- Textile machine operatorVUV 348,700
- Therapy assistantVUV 394,600
- Tile installerVUV 308,900
- Tobacco dryerVUV 292,400
- Trades union officialVUV 729,200
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageVUV 814,300
- Traditional therapistVUV 399,600
- Train driverVUV 587,400
- TranslatorVUV 440,300
- Transport clerksVUV 508,900
- Travel agentVUV 430,900
- Tree doctorVUV 285,000
- Truck driverVUV 432,400
- TypistVUV 434,900
- Underwater welderVUV 358,200
- UpholstererVUV 273,200
- Urban plannerVUV 528,700
- UX designerVUV 439,500
- Vet technicianVUV 409,300
- VeterinarianVUV 539,800
- Vocational teacherVUV 476,800
- WaiterVUV 280,100
- Warehouse workerVUV 319,500
- Waste collectorVUV 318,400
- Watch makerVUV 321,200
- Water and firewood collectorsVUV 298,100
- Water plant operatorVUV 544,700
- Water-based fisheries workerVUV 286,100
- Web developerVUV 542,900
- Web technicianVUV 615,900
- WelderVUV 326,700
- Wind technicianVUV 495,800
- Winder operatorVUV 352,000
- Window washerVUV 298,000
- Wood treaterVUV 301,200
- WoodworkerVUV 283,400
- ZoologistVUV 530,700
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate