Relative wage of Technicians (using clerk as reference) in private sector by country

Countries reporting
57
Highest
1.86
Iceland
Lowest
0.8163
El Salvador
Median
1.27
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
659

What the numbers show

Relative wage of Technicians (using clerk as reference) in private sector is currently reported for 57 countries. The highest value is 1.86 in Iceland; the lowest is 0.8163 in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.27, and the mean is 1.28.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 50.5%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 37.2%).

Relative wage of Technicians (using clerk as reference) in private sec: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 1.86 2013 up 10.7% rising
2 Ireland 1.79 2017 up 6.4% rising
3 Namibia 1.79 2015 up 0.4% flat
4 United Kingdom 1.61 2016 down 1.7% flat
5 Cyprus 1.59 2018 up 7.2% rising
6 Brazil 1.56 2021 up 7.6% flat
7 Chile 1.55 2015 down 6.1% falling
8 Panama 1.47 2021 down 4.8% rising
9 Lithuania 1.46 2018 up 1.5% flat
10 Dominican Republic 1.45 2019 down 5.7% rising
11 Switzerland 1.42 2018 down 1.8% falling
12 Finland 1.41 2018 up 12.3% rising
13 Portugal 1.4 2018 down 13.7% falling
14 Mexico 1.36 2017 up 23.3% rising
15 Costa Rica 1.35 2021 down 5.8% falling
16 Hungary 1.34 2018 up 2.1% falling
17 Australia 1.34 2015 down 13.7% falling
18 Croatia 1.34 2018 up 0.2% flat
19 Poland 1.33 2017 up 2.6% flat
20 France 1.32 2018 down 1.1% falling
21 Czechia 1.32 2018 down 0.1% flat
22 Estonia 1.31 2018 down 10.1% falling
23 Paraguay 1.31 2021 up 6.3% falling
24 Latvia 1.29 2018 down 3.1% flat
25 Serbia 1.29 2018 up 7.5% rising
26 Bulgaria 1.29 2018 down 0.3% flat
27 Sri Lanka 1.28 2016 up 9.5% flat
28 Austria 1.28 2018 up 8.8% rising
29 Uruguay 1.27 2017 up 5.4% rising
30 Malta 1.27 2018 down 3.2% flat
31 Turkey 1.26 2010 up 2.2% flat
32 Luxembourg 1.25 2018 down 4.5% falling
33 Ecuador 1.25 2017 down 4.5% flat
34 South Africa 1.25 2019 down 16.0% falling
35 Peru 1.21 2021 up 9.9% flat
36 Bolivia 1.21 2021 up 2.4% flat
37 Spain 1.21 2018 down 5.5% rising
38 Greece 1.2 2018 down 5.5% falling
39 Italy 1.19 2018 up 2.3% flat
40 Zambia 1.18 2014 down 20.3% falling
41 Slovakia 1.17 2017 down 8.3% falling
42 Guatemala 1.16 2017 down 31.1% falling
43 Belgium 1.15 2018 down 0.1% rising
44 Mongolia 1.14 2014 down 37.2% falling
45 Romania 1.13 2018 down 0.4% flat
46 Georgia 1.13 2013 up 16.8% rising
47 Pakistan 1.1 2020 up 50.5% rising
48 Russia 1.06 2016 down 11.0% falling
49 Vietnam 1.05 2019 up 2.2% flat
50 Colombia 1.05 2020 down 2.3% falling
51 Palestine 1.03 2017 up 6.8% flat
52 Tanzania 1.03 2020 up 21.8% rising
53 Jordan 1.02 2016 down 0.3% flat
54 Ethiopia 1.01 2016 down 28.7% falling
55 Philippines 1 2014 down 16.8% falling
56 Honduras 1 2019 down 6.8% falling
57 El Salvador 0.8163 2021 down 34.5% falling

About this data

Indicator
Relative wage of Technicians (using clerk as reference) in private sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
57 places, 659 data points, 2000–2021
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