Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Jordan
Jordan: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 88.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Jordan, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Jordan recorded 88.8% for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Jordan peaked at 88.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 81.3%, in 1993.
That places Jordan 22nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Jordan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 81.3% | — |
| 1992 | 81.3% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 81.3% | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 81.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 81.4% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 81.4% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 81.4% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 81.5% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 81.6% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 81.8% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 82.0% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 82.3% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 82.5% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 82.8% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 83.2% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 83.6% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 83.9% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 84.2% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 84.5% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 84.7% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 84.9% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 85.1% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 85.2% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 85.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 85.1% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 85.0% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 85.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 87.3% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 87.6% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 88.9% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 88.3% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 88.3% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 88.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 88.7% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 88.8% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.4% | 81.3% | 81.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 83.1% | 81.8% | 84.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.5% | 84.7% | 87.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.6% | 88.3% | 88.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Jordan?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Jordan was 88.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 88.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.3% in 1993.
- How does Jordan rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Jordan ranks 22nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.