Lower middle income vs Puerto Rico: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Lower middle income
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 87.4% against 29.6% in Lower middle income, a difference of 57.8%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 2.9 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 33rd and Puerto Rico ranks 30th of 47 groups.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.6% | 85.2% | 64.5% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 22.9% | 85.3% | 62.5% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 26.8% | 85.5% | 58.6% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 28.9% | 87.3% | 58.4% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Lower middle income or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 87.4% against 29.6% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Lower middle income and Puerto Rico?
- 57.8%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Puerto Rico?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Puerto Rico rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Lower middle income ranks 33rd and Puerto Rico ranks 30th of 47 groups.
- 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.