Local Salaries · Tuvalu
What is a good salary in 🇹🇻 Tuvalu (Funafuti)?
The median is about $512/month; top-10% earners clear $1,560/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $2,179 | $26,148 | 3,382 AUD/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $512 | $6,144 | 795 AUD/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $920 | $11,040 | 1,428 AUD/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $1,560 | $18,720 | 2,421 AUD/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $3,866 | $46,392 | 6,000 AUD/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $9,780 (2025) and Gini 39.1 (consumption-based, widened to 46.1). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇧🇷 Brazil — median $513/mo
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti — median $504/mo
- 🇹🇴 Tonga — median $529/mo
- 🇯🇴 Jordan — median $542/mo
See also: what everyday life costs in Tuvalu
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Tuvalu?
- The median wage is about $512/month ($6,144/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $920/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $1,560/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Tuvalu?
- Roughly $1,560/month ($18,720/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $3,866/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Tuvalu?
- A minimum-wage figure for Tuvalu is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- How are these Tuvalu salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($9,780, 2025) and the Gini index (39.1, consumption-based — widened to 46.1 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.