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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Tuvalu? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Tuvalu ≈ $512/mo; top 10% above $1,560/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=TV).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/brazil/) — median $513/mo
- [🇩🇯 Djibouti](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/djibouti/) — median $504/mo
- [🇹🇴 Tonga](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/tonga/) — median $529/mo
- [🇯🇴 Jordan](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/jordan/) — median $542/mo

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

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

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