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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 3.79 PGK = 1 USD
79,503 PGK $20,957 USD		26,555 PGK $7,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 3.79 PGK = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea

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Average salary for Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea is 79,503 PGK per year. The most typical earning is 26,555 PGK. All data are based on 30 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 86,115 PGK. Women receive a salary of 46,661 PGK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 107,739 PGK. The second most paid education level is Some College with salary of 86,115 PGK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 12-16 Years of experience receive salary of 108,877 PGK. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive 100,911 PGK.

Levels / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea (Gross PGK)

Salary Levels (PGK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
11,400 PGK - 18,999 PGK	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
19,000 PGK - 37,899 PGK	8	100% 26.67%
37,900 PGK - 56,899 PGK	4	73.33% 13.33%
56,900 PGK - 75,899 PGK	4	60% 13.33%
75,900 PGK - 94,799 PGK	3	46.67% 10%
94,800 PGK - 113,799 PGK	4	36.67% 13.33%
113,800 PGK - 132,799 PGK	1	23.33% 3.33%
132,800 PGK - 151,699 PGK	3	20% 10%
151,700 PGK - 170,699 PGK	3	10% 10%
170,700 PGK - 189,699 PGK	0	n/a
189,700 PGK - 208,599 PGK	0	n/a
208,700 PGK - 227,599 PGK	0	n/a
227,600 PGK - 246,599 PGK	0	n/a
246,600 PGK - 265,599 PGK	0	n/a
265,600 PGK - 284,499 PGK	0	n/a
284,500 PGK - 303,499 PGK	0	n/a
303,500 PGK - 322,499 PGK	0	n/a
322,500 PGK - 341,399 PGK	0	n/a
341,400 PGK - 360,399 PGK	0	n/a
360,400 PGK - 379,399 PGK	0	n/a
379,400 PGK - 398,299 PGK	0	n/a
398,300 PGK - 417,299 PGK	0	n/a
417,300 PGK - 436,299 PGK	0	n/a
436,300 PGK - 455,199 PGK	0	n/a
455,200 PGK - 474,199 PGK	0	n/a
474,200 PGK - 493,199 PGK	0	n/a
493,200 PGK - 512,099 PGK	0	n/a
512,100 PGK - 531,099 PGK	0	n/a
531,100 PGK - 550,099 PGK	0	n/a
550,100 PGK - 568,999 PGK	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
569,000 PGK - 606,999 PGK	0	n/a
607,000 PGK - 644,899 PGK	0	n/a
644,900 PGK - 682,899 PGK	0	n/a
682,900 PGK - 720,799 PGK	0	n/a
720,800 PGK - 758,699 PGK	0	n/a
758,700 PGK - 796,699 PGK	0	n/a
796,700 PGK - 834,599 PGK	0	n/a
834,600 PGK - 872,499 PGK	0	n/a
872,500 PGK - 910,499 PGK	0	n/a
910,500 PGK - 948,399 PGK	0	n/a
948,400 PGK - 1,327,799 PGK	0	n/a

Gender / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea (Gross PGK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	25	86,115 PGK
2	Women	5	46,661 PGK

Education / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea (Gross PGK)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	1	107,739 PGK
2	Some College	9	86,115 PGK
3	Bachelors Degree	20	75,114 PGK

Experience / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea (Gross PGK)

#		Surveys
1	12-16 Years	4	108,877 PGK
2	8-12 Years	3	100,911 PGK
3	4-8 Years	7	92,565 PGK
4	16-20 Years	3	89,909 PGK
5	20+ Years	3	74,355 PGK
6	1-2 Years	5	56,904 PGK
7	2-4 Years	5	44,006 PGK

Age / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea (Gross PGK)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	1	160,092 PGK
2	41-45	2	100,531 PGK
3	26-30	7	90,288 PGK
4	31-35	8	89,909 PGK
5	51-55	1	84,598 PGK
6	36-40	4	71,699 PGK
7	21-25	7	42,868 PGK

Work Type / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea (Gross PGK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Contract	6	123,672 PGK
2	Permanent	24	68,665 PGK

Cities / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea (Gross PGK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Port Moresby	21	85,736 PGK
2	--Other--	9	65,250 PGK

Careers / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea (Gross PGK)

#		Surveys
1	Mechanical Technician Lead	1	160,092 PGK
2	Engineering Manager	1	110,774 PGK
3	Timber Technician	1	102,049 PGK
4	Technician	5	87,633 PGK
5	Electrical Engineer	3	87,253 PGK
6	Mechanical Technician	1	84,598 PGK
7	Engineer	14	75,873 PGK
8	Mechanical Engineer	2	48,938 PGK
9	Electrician	2	35,280 PGK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Laboratory Technician

Posted 16 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sample registry, sample analysis, repotting, QA/QC monitoring."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	32,100 PGK

Civil Engineer

Posted 26 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management & Supervison."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	36,300 PGK

Maintenance Supervisor

Posted 19 May 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Planning Maintenance Shutdown."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	33,100 PGK

Project Engineer (junior)

Posted 05 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Computer Aided Design/Drawings, Hydraulic Design (Piping System), Pump Selection, Scoping of Works, Cost Estimates, Project Engineering, Project Co-ordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	64,500 PGK

Project Coordinator

Posted 03 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	23,400 PGK

Project Manager

Posted 15 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Overseas the overall operation of the company and employers in the operation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	110,700 PGK

Civil Works Manager

Posted 22 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage all civil works."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	90,300 PGK

Hvac Supervisor

Posted 24 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"13 years in HVAC Field."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	135,500 PGK

Hvac Supervisor

Posted 21 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"13 YEARS IN HVAC AND MAINTENANCE FIELD."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	135,500 PGK

Instrument Technician

Posted 20 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintenance of instruments."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	94,900 PGK

Graduate Electrical Engineer

Posted 22 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"•	Assist Electrical Engineers on any electrical works, such as generator control and protection, High Voltage switching, Main Switch Board Air Circuit Breaker Replacement and HV CB VT replacement. 
•	Participate in breakdown activities in accordance to maintenance standards. 
•	Contribute to recommending solution to maintenances issues, such as changes to equipment which may improve production and decrease unnecessary breakdown."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	22,600 PGK

Power Engineer

Posted 12 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work as Power Engineer for Huawei Projects in PNG."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	29,400 PGK

Civil Engineer

Posted 11 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Scoping and documentations, project management, civil works supervision, design and drawing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	45,200 PGK

Mining Engineer

Posted 06 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working at Mining Operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	169,400 PGK

Reliability

Posted 03 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing to Identify Defects on Critical Fixed Plant Equipment and design solutions to be recommended for elimination of defects found."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	58,700 PGK

Civil Engineer

Posted 26 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Construction engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	146,800 PGK

Electrician

Posted 06 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electrical maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	45,200 PGK

Tradesman Electrician

Posted 17 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"3-4 years experiences as Tradesman."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	25,300 PGK

Fleet Management Systems Engineer

Posted 26 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing of Mining Fleet Systems in terms of Managing the Mining Modular system in terms of system administration and Database administrator/analysts of the data."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	93,800 PGK

Forest Surveyor

Posted 19 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Knowledge of timber cruise methods and timber appraisal. 
Knowledge of forestland use and forest recreational facilities. 
Knowledge of forest pathology and entomology. 
Knowledge of forest products' utilization. 
Ability to perform technical forestry studies and to prepare technical reports and articles. 
Ability to oversee forest management activities in an area. 
Ability to evaluate the results of forest resource techniques. 
Ability to maintain records, prepare reports, and conduct correspondence related to the work. 
Must willing to work in PNG."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	102,200 PGK

Mechanical Lead

Posted 18 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervise a team 0f 10."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	159,900 PGK

Rf Optimization Engineer

Posted 10 November 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"I am a masters graduate in RF optimization engineering. My main resposibilty has an engineer is to optimize RF in telecommunication areas."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Port Moresby	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	107,700 PGK

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79,503 PGK

26,555 PGK

Average Salary / Engineers & Technicians / Papua New Guinea

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