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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 155.02 JMD = 1 USD
3,069,783 JMD $19,803 USD		1,085,112 JMD $7,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 155.02 JMD = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica

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Average salary for Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica is 3,069,783 JMD per year. The most typical earning is 1,085,112 JMD. All data are based on 36 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 3,131,324 JMD. Women receive a salary of 2,340,742 JMD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with High School with salary of 4,541,971 JMD. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 3,565,369 JMD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 12-16 Years of experience receive salary of 4,371,453 JMD. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 3,828,897 JMD.

Levels / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica (Gross JMD)

Salary Levels (JMD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
155,000 JMD - 309,899 JMD	0	n/a
310,000 JMD - 464,899 JMD	0	n/a
465,000 JMD - 774,899 JMD	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
775,100 JMD - 1,549,999 JMD	10	100% 27.78%
1,550,200 JMD - 2,325,099 JMD	7	72.22% 19.44%
2,325,200 JMD - 3,100,199 JMD	6	52.78% 16.67%
3,100,300 JMD - 3,875,199 JMD	4	36.11% 11.11%
3,875,400 JMD - 4,650,299 JMD	4	25% 11.11%
4,650,500 JMD - 5,425,399 JMD	0	n/a
5,425,600 JMD - 6,200,499 JMD	1	13.89% 2.78%
6,200,600 JMD - 6,975,599 JMD	0	n/a
6,975,700 JMD - 7,750,599 JMD	3	11.11% 8.33%
7,750,800 JMD - 8,525,699 JMD	0	n/a
8,525,900 JMD - 9,300,799 JMD	1	2.78% 2.78%
9,301,000 JMD - 10,075,899 JMD	0	n/a
10,076,000 JMD - 10,850,999 JMD	0	n/a
10,851,100 JMD - 11,626,099 JMD	0	n/a
11,626,200 JMD - 12,401,099 JMD	0	n/a
12,401,300 JMD - 13,176,199 JMD	0	n/a
13,176,400 JMD - 13,951,299 JMD	0	n/a
13,951,400 JMD - 14,726,399 JMD	0	n/a
14,726,500 JMD - 15,501,499 JMD	0	n/a
15,501,600 JMD - 16,276,499 JMD	0	n/a
16,276,700 JMD - 17,051,599 JMD	0	n/a
17,051,800 JMD - 17,826,699 JMD	0	n/a
17,826,800 JMD - 18,601,799 JMD	0	n/a
18,601,900 JMD - 19,376,899 JMD	0	n/a
19,377,000 JMD - 20,151,899 JMD	0	n/a
20,152,100 JMD - 20,926,999 JMD	0	n/a
20,927,200 JMD - 21,702,099 JMD	0	n/a
21,702,300 JMD - 22,477,199 JMD	0	n/a
22,477,300 JMD - 23,252,299 JMD	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
23,252,400 JMD - 24,802,399 JMD	0	n/a
24,802,600 JMD - 26,352,599 JMD	0	n/a
26,352,700 JMD - 27,902,699 JMD	0	n/a
27,902,900 JMD - 29,452,899 JMD	0	n/a
29,453,100 JMD - 31,003,099 JMD	0	n/a
31,003,200 JMD - 32,553,199 JMD	0	n/a
32,553,400 JMD - 34,103,399 JMD	0	n/a
34,103,500 JMD - 35,653,499 JMD	0	n/a
35,653,700 JMD - 37,203,699 JMD	0	n/a
37,203,900 JMD - 38,753,899 JMD	0	n/a
38,754,000 JMD - 54,255,599 JMD	0	n/a

Gender / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica (Gross JMD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	33	3,131,324 JMD
2	Women	3	2,340,742 JMD

Education / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica (Gross JMD)

#		Surveys
1	High School	1	4,541,971 JMD
2	Bachelors Degree	18	3,565,369 JMD
3	Some College	15	2,480,257 JMD
4	Masters Degree	2	2,340,742 JMD

Experience / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica (Gross JMD)

#		Surveys
1	12-16 Years	5	4,371,453 JMD
2	16-20 Years	2	3,828,897 JMD
3	20+ Years	3	3,751,389 JMD
4	4-8 Years	7	2,991,810 JMD
5	1-2 Years	7	2,883,299 JMD
6	2-4 Years	3	2,573,266 JMD
7	8-12 Years	3	2,340,742 JMD
8	0-1 Year	6	2,294,237 JMD

Age / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica (Gross JMD)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	2	6,433,167 JMD
2	46-50	2	4,665,983 JMD
3	36-40	2	4,169,932 JMD
4	31-35	5	3,828,897 JMD
5	41-45	3	2,976,308 JMD
6	26-30	12	2,542,263 JMD
7	21-25	10	2,123,720 JMD

Work Type / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica (Gross JMD)

#		Surveys
1	Part Time	1	7,471,775 JMD
2	Self Employed	1	3,115,823 JMD
3	Contract	10	2,991,810 JMD
4	Permanent	24	2,914,302 JMD

Cities / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica (Gross JMD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	--Other--	10	3,425,855 JMD
2	Kingston	26	2,929,803 JMD

Careers / Engineers & Technicians / Jamaica (Gross JMD)

#		Surveys
1	Engineering Manager	1	8,804,913 JMD
2	Timber Engineer Lead	1	7,440,771 JMD
3	Mechanical Engineer	5	4,200,935 JMD
4	Engineer	7	3,472,360 JMD
5	Technical Manager	3	3,348,347 JMD
6	Electrical Engineer	4	2,852,295 JMD
7	Technician	5	2,232,231 JMD
8	Mechanical Technician	4	1,999,707 JMD
9	Electrical Technician	2	1,891,196 JMD
10	Research Engineer	1	1,472,652 JMD
11	AutoCAD	2	1,085,112 JMD
12	Electrician	1	883,591 JMD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Electrical Engineer

Posted 13 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electrical consultancy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	2,221,800 JMD

Specialist Informatic

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Senior."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	7,440,800 JMD

Financial Customer Service Engineer

Posted 15 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"ATM repairs, hardware and software maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	1,926,800 JMD

Electrician

Posted 06 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"EXCELENT."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	12-16 Years	Expert	877,100 JMD

Civil Engineer

Posted 28 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design civil structures."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	2,749,200 JMD

Engineering Technician

Posted 25 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electrical Certificate,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	2,449,300 JMD

Software Engineer

Posted 14 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design, Build, Code and deploy software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	3,117,200 JMD

Maintenance Technician

Posted 28 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintenance technician."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	1,335,900 JMD

Technical Support Specialist

Posted 24 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bsc. Chemical and Process Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	2,338,000 JMD

Mechanical Engineer

Posted 26 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mechanical engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	4,436,600 JMD

Field Tech

Posted 06 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Service point of sales equipment in field."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	4,546,500 JMD

Supervisor

Posted 12 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Over see the day to day running of the production floor. Entering data into the machines and ensuring they are fully functional."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	1,140,000 JMD

Civil Engineer

Posted 26 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Review drawings, execute the jobs accordingly."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	3,409,900 JMD

Technician Engineer

Posted 12 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technician Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	3,682,700 JMD

Electro Mechanical Engineer

Posted 29 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project engineer, design and project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	3,523,500 JMD

Maintenance Technician

Posted 18 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintenance technician in a power plant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	2,273,200 JMD

Research Scientist

Posted 14 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing and executing experiments."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	1,477,600 JMD

Laboratory Quality Manager

Posted 09 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing laboratory division within a company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	2,045,900 JMD

Power Plant Operator

Posted 01 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Monitor and operate steam-gas turbine combine cycle power plant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Some College	0-1 Year	n/a	3,978,200 JMD

Electrician

Posted 22 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Home electrical installation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	1,245,400 JMD

Technical Manager

Posted 21 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage the operation of a Service department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	5,604,800 JMD

Mechanical Maintenance

Posted 24 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintenance of mining equipment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	1,893,100 JMD

Industrial Engineering Technician

Posted 15 May 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintaining instrumentation and control systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Some College	1-2 Years	n/a	1,469,600 JMD

Estimator

Posted 16 March 2018

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	1,245,400 JMD

Design Engineer

Posted 07 February 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage MEP engineering projects. Draft plans and details using AutoCAD and AutoDesk Revit MEP such as power distribution, electrical layouts, and fire protection design. Conduct Energy audits. Provide bill of materials costing for projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	2,304,200 JMD

Applications Engineer

Posted 12 January 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Provide Engineering services for the Utility company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kingston	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	7,473,000 JMD

Senior Maintenance Engineer

Posted 06 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintain plant equipment
Design of mechanical equipment and components
Equipment spec and installation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	4,589,400 JMD