Local Salaries · Mongolia
What is a good salary in 🇲🇳 Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar)?
The median is about $391/month; top-10% earners clear $970/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $657 | $7,884 | 2,329,160 MNT/mo |
| Statutory minimumILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2024 (USD). | $195 | $2,340 | 691,303 MNT/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $391 | $4,692 | 1,386,151 MNT/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $631 | $7,572 | 2,236,986 MNT/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $970 | $11,640 | 3,438,790 MNT/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $2,036 | $24,432 | 7,217,913 MNT/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $6,210 (2025) and Gini 31.4 (consumption-based, widened to 38.4). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇸🇷 Suriname — median $388/mo
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia — median $386/mo
- 🇹🇭 Thailand — median $403/mo
- 🇮🇷 Iran — median $411/mo
See also: what everyday life costs in Mongolia
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Mongolia?
- The median wage is about $391/month ($4,692/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $631/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $970/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Mongolia?
- Roughly $970/month ($11,640/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $2,036/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Mongolia?
- About $195/month. ILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2024 (USD).
- How are these Mongolia salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($6,210, 2025) and the Gini index (31.4, consumption-based — widened to 38.4 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.