Local Salaries · Nauru
What is a good salary in 🇳🇷 Nauru (Yaren District)?
The median is about $1,211/month; top-10% earners clear $3,085/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $2,790 | $33,480 | 4,330 AUD/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $1,211 | $14,532 | 1,879 AUD/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $1,981 | $23,772 | 3,075 AUD/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $3,085 | $37,020 | 4,788 AUD/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $6,610 | $79,320 | 10,259 AUD/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $20,690 (2025) and Gini 32.4 (consumption-based, widened to 39.4). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇸🇨 Seychelles — median $1,236/mo
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — median $1,153/mo
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye — median $1,076/mo
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro — median $1,063/mo
See also: what everyday life costs in Nauru
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Nauru?
- The median wage is about $1,211/month ($14,532/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $1,981/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $3,085/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Nauru?
- Roughly $3,085/month ($37,020/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $6,610/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Nauru?
- A minimum-wage figure for Nauru is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- How are these Nauru salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($20,690, 2025) and the Gini index (32.4, consumption-based — widened to 39.4 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.