Local Salaries · Saint Lucia
What is a good salary in 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia (Castries)?
The median is about $622/month; top-10% earners clear $2,153/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $1,076 | $12,912 | 2,905 XCD/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $622 | $7,464 | 1,679 XCD/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $1,195 | $14,340 | 3,227 XCD/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $2,153 | $25,836 | 5,813 XCD/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $5,930 | $71,160 | 16,011 XCD/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $13,410 (2025) and Gini 43.7 (consumption-based, widened to 50.7). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic — median $610/mo
- 🇩🇿 Algeria — median $609/mo
- 🇬🇦 Gabon — median $636/mo
- 🇮🇶 Iraq — median $591/mo
See also: what everyday life costs in Saint Lucia
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Saint Lucia?
- The median wage is about $622/month ($7,464/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $1,195/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $2,153/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Saint Lucia?
- Roughly $2,153/month ($25,836/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $5,930/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Saint Lucia?
- A minimum-wage figure for Saint Lucia is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- How are these Saint Lucia salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($13,410, 2025) and the Gini index (43.7, consumption-based — widened to 50.7 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.