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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Nauru? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Nauru ≈ $1,211/mo; top 10% above $3,085/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=NR).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇸🇨 Seychelles](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/seychelles/) — median $1,236/mo
- [🇧🇬 Bulgaria](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/bulgaria/) — median $1,153/mo
- [🇹🇷 Türkiye](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/turkiye/) — median $1,076/mo
- [🇲🇪 Montenegro](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/montenegro/) — median $1,063/mo

See also: [what everyday life costs in Nauru](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/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.

Log-normal model from World Bank data — estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data. Agents: GET /api/wage-bands.json?country=NR.

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