Austria vs Puerto Rico: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Austria
87.8%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
87.4%
in 2025
Austria rank
28th
Puerto Rico rank
30th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Austria
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Austria currently reports 87.8% against 87.4% in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 28th and Puerto Rico ranks 30th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 2 and Puerto Rico in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.2% | 85.2% | 0.9% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 85.0% | 85.3% | 0.3% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 86.2% | 85.5% | 0.7% | Austria |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 87.3% | 0.2% | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Austria or Puerto Rico?
- Austria, at 87.8% against 87.4% in Puerto Rico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Austria and Puerto Rico?
- 0.4%, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Puerto Rico?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Puerto Rico rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Austria ranks 28th and Puerto Rico ranks 30th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.