What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between United Arab Emirates and United States?

1.0%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for United Arab Emirates and United States?

35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.

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.

United Arab Emirates vs United States: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)

United Arab Emirates

94.9%

in 2025

United States

93.9%

in 2025

United Arab Emirates rank

6th

United States rank

8th

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time

United Arab Emirates
United States

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 94.9% against 93.9% in United States, a difference of 1.0%.

Across all 35 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.

United Arab Emirates ranks 6th and United States ranks 8th of 187 countries.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	United Arab Emirates	United States	Difference	Ahead
1990s	96.6%	91.1%	5.6%	United Arab Emirates
2000s	96.0%	92.2%	3.9%	United Arab Emirates
2010s	95.9%	93.0%	2.8%	United Arab Emirates
2020s	95.1%	93.7%	1.3%	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), United Arab Emirates or United States?: United Arab Emirates, at 94.9% against 93.9% in United States as of 2025.
What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between United Arab Emirates and United States?: 1.0%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United Arab Emirates and United States?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do United Arab Emirates and United States rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?: United Arab Emirates ranks 6th and United States ranks 8th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

United Arab Emirates vs United States: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment). Statizoid, drawing on ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO). Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/wage-and-salaried-workers-total-percent-of-total-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/united-arab-emirates/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/wage-and-salaried-workers-total-percent-of-total-employment-modeled-ilo-estimate/united-arab-emirates/united-states/">United Arab Emirates vs United States: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.