Channel Islands vs Upper middle income: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Channel Islands
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Channel Islands currently reports 91.4% against 61.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 30.1%.
That makes Channel Islands's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Channel Islands has been ahead every year.
Channel Islands ranks 16th and Upper middle income ranks 19th of 187 countries.
Channel Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Channel Islands | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.3% | 47.7% | 42.7% | Channel Islands |
| 2000s | 91.3% | 52.6% | 38.7% | Channel Islands |
| 2010s | 91.1% | 58.4% | 32.7% | Channel Islands |
| 2020s | 91.2% | 60.5% | 30.7% | Channel Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Channel Islands or Upper middle income?
- Channel Islands, at 91.4% against 61.3% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Channel Islands and Upper middle income?
- 30.1%, with Channel Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Channel Islands and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Channel Islands and Upper middle income rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Channel Islands ranks 16th and Upper middle income ranks 19th 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.