El Salvador vs Jamaica: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
El Salvador
64.3%
in 2025
Jamaica
64.3%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
100th
Jamaica rank
101st
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- El Salvador
- Jamaica
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 64.3% against 64.3% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 100th and Jamaica ranks 101st of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.5% | 58.7% | 1.3% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 57.9% | 61.0% | 3.1% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 59.5% | 60.0% | 0.5% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 63.3% | 63.0% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), El Salvador or Jamaica?
- El Salvador, at 64.3% against 64.3% in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- El Salvador ranks 100th and Jamaica ranks 101st 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.