Upper middle income vs United States Virgin Islands: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Upper middle income
- United States Virgin Islands
How they compare
United States Virgin Islands currently reports 90.9% against 61.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 29.6%.
That makes United States Virgin Islands's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, United States Virgin Islands has been ahead every year.
Upper middle income ranks 19th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 18th of 47 groups.
United States Virgin Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Upper middle income | United States Virgin Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.7% | 91.7% | 44.0% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 2000s | 52.6% | 92.2% | 39.6% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 2010s | 58.4% | 91.8% | 33.4% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 2020s | 60.5% | 90.9% | 30.4% | United States Virgin Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment), Upper middle income or United States Virgin Islands?
- United States Virgin Islands, at 90.9% against 61.3% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) between Upper middle income and United States Virgin Islands?
- 29.6%, with United States Virgin Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and United States Virgin Islands?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Upper middle income and United States Virgin Islands rank globally for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Upper middle income ranks 19th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 18th 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.