Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) was 30.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Solomon Islands, 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 Solomon Islands is 30.1%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Solomon Islands peaked at 30.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 25.2%, in 1991.
Solomon Islands ranks 155th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 25.2% | — |
| 1992 | 25.5% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 25.8% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 26.1% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 26.5% | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 26.8% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 26.9% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 27.0% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 27.0% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 26.8% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 26.3% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 26.1% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 26.1% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 26.3% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 26.6% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 27.0% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 27.4% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 27.7% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 28.2% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 28.6% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 28.9% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 29.2% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 29.4% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 29.5% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 29.6% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 29.8% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 29.9% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 30.0% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 29.6% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 29.7% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 29.8% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 29.9% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 30.1% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.3% | 25.2% | 27.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 26.6% | 26.0% | 27.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 28.2% | 30.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.7% | 29.0% | 30.1% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Solomon Islands
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.2119 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.2138 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.2097 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5211 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 385.39 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 647.38 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 912.18 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 937.03 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,849 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Solomon Islands?
- Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) in Solomon Islands was 30.1% 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 30.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.2% in 1991.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Solomon Islands ranks 155th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.