LAOS / SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

22211.52 LAK = 1 USD

832,821,012 LAK

$37,495 USD

Vientiane

828,067,746 LAK

155,480,653 LAK

$7,000 USD

Including "Vientiane"

Excluding "Vientiane"

Average Salary / Laos

Average salary in Laos is 832,821,012 LAK per year. The most typical earning is 155,480,653 LAK. All data are based on 68 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 961,758,896 LAK. Women receive a salary of 561,951,503 LAK.

The most paid careers are Insurance with average income -2147483648 LAK and Engineers & Technicians with income 1,166,104,897 LAK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 1,337,133,616 LAK. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 704,105,243 LAK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 1,834,671,705 LAK. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive 1,143,893,375 LAK.

Levels / Laos (Gross LAK)

Salary Levels (LAK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
66,634,600 LAK - 111,035,399 LAK	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
111,057,600 LAK - 222,092,999 LAK	15	100% 22.06%
222,115,200 LAK - 333,150,599 LAK	9	77.94% 13.24%
333,172,800 LAK - 444,208,199 LAK	5	64.71% 7.35%
444,230,400 LAK - 555,265,799 LAK	6	57.35% 8.82%
555,288,000 LAK - 666,323,399 LAK	5	48.53% 7.35%
666,345,700 LAK - 777,381,099 LAK	3	41.18% 4.41%
777,403,300 LAK - 888,438,699 LAK	2	36.76% 2.94%
888,460,900 LAK - 999,496,299 LAK	3	33.82% 4.41%
999,518,500 LAK - 1,110,553,899 LAK	4	29.41% 5.88%
1,110,576,100 LAK - 1,221,611,499 LAK	2	23.53% 2.94%
1,221,633,700 LAK - 1,332,669,099 LAK	1	20.59% 1.47%
1,332,691,300 LAK - 1,443,726,699 LAK	3	19.12% 4.41%
1,443,748,900 LAK - 1,554,784,299 LAK	0	n/a
1,554,806,500 LAK - 1,665,841,899 LAK	1	14.71% 1.47%
1,665,864,100 LAK - 1,776,899,499 LAK	2	13.24% 2.94%
1,776,921,700 LAK - 1,887,957,099 LAK	0	n/a
1,887,979,400 LAK - 1,999,014,799 LAK	0	n/a
1,999,037,000 LAK - 2,110,072,399 LAK	0	n/a
2,110,094,600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	1	10.29% 1.47%
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	1	8.82% 1.47%
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	1	7.35% 1.47%
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	2	5.88% 2.94%
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	1	2.94% 1.47%
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	1	1.47% 1.47%
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a

Gender / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	46	961,758,896 LAK
2	Women	22	561,951,503 LAK

Education / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	17	1,337,133,616 LAK
2	Bachelors Degree	40	704,105,243 LAK
3	Doctorate Degree	3	686,336,025 LAK
4	Some College	4	517,528,459 LAK
5	High School	4	388,701,632 LAK

Experience / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	7	1,834,671,705 LAK
2	8-12 Years	18	1,143,893,375 LAK
3	12-16 Years	6	886,239,722 LAK
4	4-8 Years	16	657,461,047 LAK
5	1-2 Years	3	615,259,155 LAK
6	16-20 Years	3	375,374,719 LAK
7	2-4 Years	9	337,615,132 LAK
8	0-1 Year	6	228,778,675 LAK

Age / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	-2147483648 LAK
2	41-45	3	1,674,748,748 LAK
3	51-55	4	1,334,912,464 LAK
4	31-35	14	1,101,691,484 LAK
5	46-50	3	986,191,570 LAK
6	36-40	12	921,778,157 LAK
7	26-30	24	539,739,981 LAK
8	14-20	2	364,268,958 LAK
9	21-25	5	175,471,022 LAK

Work Type / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	19	1,059,489,592 LAK
2	Permanent	44	764,076,352 LAK
3	Part Time	5	586,384,177 LAK

Cities / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	--Other--	3	1,590,344,965 LAK
2	Vientiane	60	828,489,765 LAK
3	Luang Prabang	5	435,345,828 LAK

Career Groups / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	Insurance	1	-2147483648 LAK
2	Engineers & Technicians	4	1,166,104,897 LAK
3	Management & Business	15	1,150,556,832 LAK
4	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	4	1,108,354,941 LAK
5	Finance & Banking	10	975,085,809 LAK
6	IT & Programming	4	724,095,612 LAK
7	Construction & Labor Workers	2	724,095,612 LAK
8	Human Resources	6	635,249,525 LAK
9	Accounting & Administration	7	633,028,373 LAK
10	Organization & Coordination	3	508,643,850 LAK
11	Law	3	477,547,720 LAK
12	Engineers & Technicians III	1	448,672,741 LAK
13	IT & Programming II	1	322,067,067 LAK
14	Salesmen & Saleswomen	1	308,740,153 LAK
15	Education & University	3	293,192,088 LAK
16	Archaeology & History	1	277,644,023 LAK
17	Logistics, Road, Railway	1	199,903,696 LAK
18	Hotels & Tourism	1	168,807,566 LAK

Careers / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	Engineer	1	-2147483648 LAK
2	Marketing	1	-2147483648 LAK
3	Program Manager	1	-2147483648 LAK
4	Finance Manager	2	-2147483648 LAK
5	Insurance	1	-2147483648 LAK
6	Administrative Coordinator	1	-2147483648 LAK
7	Contract Manager	1	1,437,085,464 LAK
8	Investment Manager	1	1,357,123,985 LAK
9	Other Human Resource Career	1	1,332,691,311 LAK
10	Other Management Career	4	1,268,277,898 LAK
11	Project Manager	2	1,194,979,876 LAK
12	IT Manager	2	1,099,470,332 LAK
13	Non-Profit Organization	1	1,075,037,658 LAK
14	Manager	3	983,970,418 LAK
15	Account Manager	1	928,441,613 LAK
16	Construction Project Manager	1	912,893,548 LAK
17	Banks	2	899,566,635 LAK
18	Director	3	815,162,852 LAK
19	Sales	1	737,422,525 LAK
20	Marketing Manager	1	650,797,590 LAK
21	Human Resource	2	595,268,785 LAK
22	Risk Manager	2	566,393,807 LAK
23	Construction Project Coordinator	1	533,076,524 LAK
24	Lawyer	3	477,547,720 LAK
25	.NET Developer	1	450,893,893 LAK
26	Rubber Engineer Lead	1	448,672,741 LAK
27	Human Resources Manager	3	433,124,676 LAK
28	Office Administrator	1	433,124,676 LAK
29	Electrical Engineer	2	424,240,067 LAK
30	Lecturer	1	386,480,480 LAK
31	Accountant	1	342,057,436 LAK
32	Security Specialist	1	322,067,067 LAK
33	Other Sales Career	1	308,740,153 LAK
34	Financial Adviser	2	288,749,784 LAK
35	Project Coordinator	1	288,749,784 LAK
36	Market Research	1	282,086,327 LAK
37	Archaeologist	1	277,644,023 LAK
38	Community Manager	1	266,538,262 LAK
39	Teacher	2	246,547,892 LAK
40	Software Developer	1	242,105,588 LAK
41	Logistics	1	199,903,696 LAK
42	CPA - Certified Public Accountant	1	186,576,783 LAK
43	Accountant Executive	1	186,576,783 LAK
44	Hotel Manager	1	168,807,566 LAK
45	Coordinator	1	159,922,957 LAK
46	Contract Administrator	1	159,922,957 LAK
47	Other Finance Career	1	151,038,348 LAK
48	Metal Engineer	1	146,596,044 LAK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

43/43 Independent Consultant (Man)

Posted 21 May 2023

What I do?

"Research on labour market and education development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	1,332,691,300 LAK

42/43 Csr Manager (Man)

Posted 25 November 2021

What I do?

"Look for CSR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	266,538,300 LAK

41/43 Business Consultant (Man)

Posted 05 October 2021

What I do?

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	738,311,000 LAK

40/43 Knowledge Management (Woman)

Posted 24 June 2021

What I do?

"Online platform."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	288,749,800 LAK

39/43 Social Specialist (Man)

Posted 05 March 2021

What I do?

"Resettlement, Social Safeguards."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,756,154,000 LAK

38/43 Social Expert (Man)

Posted 05 March 2021

What I do?

"Social Work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,753,932,800 LAK

37/43 Head Of Credit Assessment (Woman)

Posted 05 January 2021

What I do?

"Implement Credit Assessment Policy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	570,436,300 LAK

36/43 Chief Operating Officer (Man)

Posted 28 October 2020

What I do?

"Bachelor, Management, Business."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	811,808,900 LAK

35/43 Mining Engineer (Man)

Posted 16 September 2020

What I do?

"Mining softwares for pit designs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	449,605,600 LAK

34/43 Chief Finance Officer (Man)

Posted 15 September 2020

What I do?

"Auditing, Tax and Accounting Report."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	599,489,000 LAK

33/43 Risk And Compliance Manager (Man)

Posted 18 June 2020

What I do?

"AML/CFT and Risk Management Framework Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	410,313,400 LAK

32/43 Manager Audit (Woman)

Posted 10 March 2020

What I do?

"I am a chartered accountant. My experience is in Audit and, management and risk consulting. Skills are Audit, internal audit and accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,022,885,000 LAK

31/43 Economist (Man)

Posted 10 March 2020

What I do?

"Conduct research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	1,074,104,800 LAK

30/43 Warehouse And Logistics (Man)

Posted 31 January 2020

What I do?

"Need to compare this idea."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	199,814,900 LAK

29/43 EAL Teacher (Man)

Posted 30 January 2020

What I do?

"I teach children English."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	359,693,400 LAK

28/43 Regional Manager (Man)

Posted 25 October 2019

What I do?

"Manage programs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	-2147483600 LAK

27/43 FinancialManager (Man)

Posted 07 September 2019

What I do?

"Manage all aspects of finance, including taxation, transfer pricing, accounts payable, fixed assets accounting etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	-2147483600 LAK

26/43 Mining Engineer (Man)

Posted 05 August 2019

What I do?

"Planning engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	-2147483600 LAK

25/43 Credit Assessment (Woman)

Posted 03 June 2019

What I do?

"Customer Credit Ability Assessment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	791,396,500 LAK

24/43 Engineer (Man)

Posted 23 April 2019

What I do?

"Programming and integrating highly automated frameworks for testing and validating software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	706,615,100 LAK

23/43 Senior Assistant Manager (Man)

Posted 11 March 2019

What I do?

"Risk and Compliance field."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	659,504,500 LAK

22/43 Accountant (Woman)

Posted 10 March 2019

What I do?

"- Accounting for office - Inventory management - Check and clear payment at office."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	341,057,900 LAK

21/43 Hotel Manager (Man)

Posted 05 March 2019

What I do?

"Managing boutique hotel."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Luang Prabang	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	169,585,000 LAK

20/43 Engineer (Man)

Posted 26 February 2019

What I do?

"Assist in design and engineering of electrical works in commercial and industrial buildings."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	141,309,700 LAK

19/43 Financial Adviser Assistant (Woman)

Posted 07 February 2019

What I do?

"- Advise the company they want to increase their capital through listing on the Lao stock exchange and advise partner to joint venture their company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	282,641,600 LAK

18/43 AML Manager (Man)

Posted 23 January 2019

What I do?

"To do with AML."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	720,741,700 LAK

17/43 Manager Claims (Man)

Posted 15 January 2019

What I do?

"Manage daily activities of staff Manage relationships with service providers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	-2147483600 LAK

16/43 Department VP (Man)

Posted 07 December 2018

What I do?

"Direct Department's performance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	1,126,790,500 LAK

15/43 In-house Counsel (Woman)

Posted 22 November 2018

What I do?

"Contracts, corporate, insurance, employment, review of procedures, compliance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	1,105,334,200 LAK

14/43 Executive Ooperation (Man)

Posted 24 October 2018

What I do?

"Daily monitor Nostro account with Bank of Laos and Maybank head office."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	-2147483600 LAK

13/43 Social Development (Man)

Posted 22 October 2018

What I do?

"Assistant operator on data collection, volunteer working for the Funding Support for Voluntary. Experiences through working with different jointly collaborating with organizations, stakeholders and communities, the duties include analytical development issues, project management, technical supports and community participation development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	160,966,900 LAK

12/43 Market Analyst (Woman)

Posted 26 September 2018

What I do?

"Promotions, Campaigns & Discounts evaluations. Contracts and agreements evaluation. Portfolio analysis. Revenue growth management (RGM) and segmentation. Market opportunities detection. Project Management. Profitability analysis by segments or channels. Competitor analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	281,686,500 LAK

11/43 Team Leader (Woman)

Posted 10 September 2018

What I do?

"Training monitoring."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	536,563,700 LAK

10/43 Software Developer (Man)

Posted 01 August 2018

What I do?

"Build mobile app using Xamarin, Ionic to sale insurance back by C# Web APi."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	241,439,200 LAK

9/43 Assistant Project Manager (Woman)

Posted 01 August 2018

What I do?

"Assistance to project manager, supervise contractors, inspect for incompliances."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	912,160,600 LAK

8/43 Assistant Professor (Woman)

Posted 29 July 2018

What I do?

"Education and training."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Luang Prabang	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	385,880,800 LAK

7/43 Chief Operating Officer (Man)

Posted 05 April 2018

What I do?

"Overseeing Overall operations. Making policies and process improvement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	321,933,800 LAK

6/43 IT Manager (Man)

Posted 19 March 2018

What I do?

"IT and Networking."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	934,971,800 LAK

5/43 Financial Controller (Woman)

Posted 30 November 2017

What I do?

"Responsible for all aspects of financial management, including corporate accounting, regulatory and financial reporting, budget and forecast reporting as well as development of internal control policies and procedures. The position include responsibility of financial risk management and managing audit function to deliver financial profitability."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Luang Prabang	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	927,508,700 LAK

4/43 Marketing Manager (Woman)

Posted 17 October 2017

What I do?

"FMCG manager Looking after product, marketing strategy planning, A&P planning and management. Team of 9, looking after brand and trade marketing team, in constant contact with Sales field force, Sales area manager and Sales manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	650,886,400 LAK

3/43 Director (Woman)

Posted 13 September 2017

What I do?

"Please, provide the proper description - otherwise the poll will be considered as a fake and be deleted!."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	505,623,100 LAK

2/43 Secretary (Woman)

Posted 07 September 2017

What I do?

"Personal assistant to managing director to manage document and take a minute of meeting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	151,860,200 LAK

1/43 Teacher (Woman)

Posted 20 July 2017

What I do?

"Primary English Teacher. Teaches English for 20 to 45 hours per week."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	132,869,300 LAK