What is a top 10% salary in Myanmar?

Roughly $217/month ($2,604/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $448/month.

What is the minimum wage in Myanmar?

About $90/month. ILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2020 (USD).

How are these Myanmar salary figures calculated?

A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($1,320, 2025) and the Gini index (30.7, consumption-based — widened to 37.7 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.

Are the dollar figures for Myanmar reliable?

Exchange regime: multiple rates. The Central Bank of Myanmar's reference rate has been held at 2,100 kyat per dollar while the online-platform and market rates ran 2,900-3,300 and beyond; the World Bank's June 2025 Myanmar Economic Monitor says 'the existence of multiple exchange rates continues to distort prices and deter investment'. Dollar figures here are converted by the World Bank (Atlas method, which uses an alternative conversion factor where the official rate is unrepresentative), not at the official rate; treat them as approximate.

Local Salaries · Myanmar

What is a good salary in 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Naypyidaw)?

The median is about $89/month; top-10% earners clear $217/month.

The local wage ladder

Band	Monthly	Annual	Local currency
Survival floorsingle-person essentials	$231	$2,772	319,154 MMK/mo
Statutory minimumILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2020 (USD).	$90	$1,080	124,346 MMK/mo
Median (p50)typical earner	$89	$1,068	122,964 MMK/mo
Comfortable (p75)upper-middle	$142	$1,704	196,190 MMK/mo
Top 10% (p90)high earner	$217	$2,604	299,811 MMK/mo
Top 1% (p99)elite	$448	$5,376	618,965 MMK/mo

Modelled from World Bank GNI $1,320 (2025) and Gini 30.7 (consumption-based, widened to 37.7). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.

Countries with similar median pay

🇸🇩 Sudan — median $89/mo
🇨🇲 Cameroon — median $88/mo
🇸🇾 Syria — median $86/mo
🇹🇱 East Timor — median $85/mo

Frequently asked questions

What is a good salary in Myanmar?: The median wage is about $89/month ($1,068/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $142/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $217/month.
What is a top 10% salary in Myanmar?: Roughly $217/month ($2,604/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $448/month.
What is the minimum wage in Myanmar?: About $90/month. ILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2020 (USD).
How are these Myanmar salary figures calculated?: A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($1,320, 2025) and the Gini index (30.7, consumption-based — widened to 37.7 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.
Are the dollar figures for Myanmar reliable?: Exchange regime: multiple rates. The Central Bank of Myanmar's reference rate has been held at 2,100 kyat per dollar while the online-platform and market rates ran 2,900-3,300 and beyond; the World Bank's June 2025 Myanmar Economic Monitor says 'the existence of multiple exchange rates continues to distort prices and deter investment'. Dollar figures here are converted by the World Bank (Atlas method, which uses an alternative conversion factor where the official rate is unrepresentative), not at the official rate; treat them as approximate.