Micronesia: jobs and pay
1 answers, 1 from Micronesia's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
What is the average wage in Micronesia?
The average nominal wage in the Federated States of Micronesia was US$11,728 a year in fiscal year 2024, according to the Division of Statistics' home page. Its labour market page gives an average of US$10,116 in fiscal year 2022, when the private sector averaged US$5,264 and the national government US$21,173.
The page counts 14,467 employees in 2022, of whom 5,532 worked in the private sector and 4,609 in state governments. Pay varies widely between sectors, so the average sits well above typical private sector pay. The latest unemployment rate on the same page is 16.2%, from the 2010 census.
Official bodies in Micronesia
- Pacific Data Hub (Pacific Community)
- Division of Statistics, Department of Resources and DevelopmentRuns the population and housing census and the household income and expenditure survey, and publishes national accounts, consumer prices, trade, wages and visitor arrival statistics.
More about Micronesia
- Economy
- Cost of living
- Public finances
- Health and care
- Housing
- Crime and justice
- Immigration
- Education
- Environment
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