Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 64.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) is 64.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 64.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 59.5%, in 1993.
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 17th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 59.8% | — |
| 1992 | 59.7% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 59.5% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 59.8% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 60.1% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 60.8% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 60.6% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 60.8% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 60.6% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 61.1% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 61.1% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 61.0% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 61.2% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 61.5% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 61.8% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 62.4% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 63.2% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 63.4% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 63.1% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 63.5% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 63.9% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 64.2% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 64.3% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 64.6% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 64.1% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 63.9% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 63.4% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 63.1% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 63.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 62.5% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 61.9% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 62.7% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 63.5% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 64.0% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 64.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.2% | 59.5% | 60.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 62.0% | 61.0% | 63.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.8% | 63.1% | 64.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.1% | 61.9% | 64.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
More work & labour data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 55.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 57.8% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 75.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 69.0% (2025)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 64.1% 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 Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 64.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.5% in 1993.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 17th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.