Work & incomePeru
Median salary in Peru
What does the middle earner actually make in a month?
Peru's median salary is $789 PPP/mo — #58 of 79 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.
$789PPP/mo
Source: ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median)
Half of Peru's employees earn less than $789 a month, half earn more — the middle of the pay scale, in local buying power.
Among 79 countries
- Rank
- #58 of 79
- higher is better
- Ranked behind
- 27 %
- 21 of 79 countries
In Americas: #16 of 20vs median $1,349 PPP/mo: −42 % (worse)
The neighbourhood
| # | Country | Median earnings | vs Peru |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Moldova | $821 PPP/mo | +$32 PPP/mo |
| 57 | Philippines | $800 PPP/mo | +$11 PPP/mo |
| 58 | Peru | $789 PPP/mo | — |
| 59 | Mexico | $775 PPP/mo | −$14 PPP/mo |
| 60 | India | $756 PPP/mo | −$33 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.