Work & incomeGuyana
Median salary in Guyana
What does the middle earner actually make in a month?
Guyana's median salary is $754 PPP/mo — #61 of 79 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2021.
$754PPP/mo
Source: ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median)
Half of Guyana's employees earn less than $754 a month, half earn more — the middle of the pay scale, in local buying power.
Among 79 countries
- Rank
- #61 of 79
- higher is better
- Ranked behind
- 23 %
- 18 of 79 countries
In Americas: #18 of 20vs median $1,349 PPP/mo: −44 % (worse)
The neighbourhood
| # | Country | Median earnings | vs Guyana |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Mexico | $775 PPP/mo | +$21 PPP/mo |
| 60 | India | $756 PPP/mo | +$2 PPP/mo |
| 61 | Guyana | $754 PPP/mo | — |
| 62 | Georgia | $731 PPP/mo | −$23 PPP/mo |
| 63 | Honduras | $713 PPP/mo | −$41 PPP/mo |
Median monthly earnings of employees, PPP dollars (ILO) — the middle earner, not the average. The gap to mean earnings is the skew: the US mean is a third above its median, and that difference is real information.
How to read this figure
Median monthly earnings from the ILO’s twin flow — same collection and unit as the mean, but the MIDDLE earner: half earn less, half earn more. Compare the two and the gap is the pay-scale skew itself (the US mean sits about a third above its median; Norway’s barely a tenth). Distinct from median income, which is equivalised disposable household income after tax and transfers — this is gross pay per employee.