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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Tonga? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Tonga ≈ $529/mo; top 10% above $1,176/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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Local Salaries · Tonga

# What is a good salary in 🇹🇴 Tonga (Nuku'alofa)?

The median is about **$529/month**; top-10% earners clear **$1,176/month**.

## The local wage ladder

| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $1,823 | $21,876 | 4,395 TOP/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $529 | $6,348 | 1,275 TOP/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $805 | $9,660 | 1,941 TOP/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $1,176 | $14,112 | 2,835 TOP/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $2,258 | $27,096 | 5,444 TOP/mo |

Modelled from World Bank GNI $6,840 (2025) and Gini 27.1 (consumption-based, widened to 34.1). Check where you stand in the [interactive benchmarker](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=TO).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇯🇴 Jordan](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/jordan/) — median $542/mo
- [🇲🇭 Marshall Islands](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/marshall-islands/) — median $542/mo
- [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/brazil/) — median $513/mo
- [🇬🇪 Georgia](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/georgia/) — median $546/mo

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

## Frequently asked questions

- **What is a good salary in Tonga?**: The median wage is about $529/month ($6,348/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $805/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $1,176/month.
- **What is a top 10% salary in Tonga?**: Roughly $1,176/month ($14,112/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $2,258/month.
- **What is the minimum wage in Tonga?**: A minimum-wage figure for Tonga is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- **How are these Tonga salary figures calculated?**: A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($6,840, 2025) and the Gini index (27.1, consumption-based — widened to 34.1 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=TO.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/tonga/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/wage-bands.json?country=TO