LAOS / SALARY

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Gross income

Net (after tax)

16840.72 LAK = 1 USD

625,784,432 LAK

$37,159 USD

Vientiane

621,355,322 LAK

117,885,062 LAK

$7,000 USD

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Average Salary / Laos

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Average salary in Laos is 625,784,432 LAK per year. The most typical earning is 117,885,062 LAK. All data are based on 67 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 724,151,097 LAK. Women receive a salary of 426,070,296 LAK.

The most paid careers are Insurance with average income 1,785,116,657 LAK and Engineers & Technicians with income 884,137,967 LAK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 1,015,495,608 LAK. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 533,850,925 LAK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 1,391,043,735 LAK. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive 858,876,882 LAK.

Levels / Laos (Gross LAK)

Salary Levels (LAK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
50,522,200 LAK - 84,186,799 LAK	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
84,203,600 LAK - 168,390,399 LAK	15	100% 22.39%
168,407,200 LAK - 252,593,999 LAK	9	77.61% 13.43%
252,610,800 LAK - 336,797,599 LAK	5	64.18% 7.46%
336,814,500 LAK - 421,001,199 LAK	6	56.72% 8.96%
421,018,100 LAK - 505,204,899 LAK	5	47.76% 7.46%
505,221,700 LAK - 589,408,499 LAK	3	40.3% 4.48%
589,425,300 LAK - 673,612,099 LAK	2	35.82% 2.99%
673,628,900 LAK - 757,815,699 LAK	3	32.84% 4.48%
757,832,500 LAK - 842,019,299 LAK	4	28.36% 5.97%
842,036,200 LAK - 926,222,899 LAK	2	22.39% 2.99%
926,239,800 LAK - 1,010,426,599 LAK	1	19.4% 1.49%
1,010,443,400 LAK - 1,094,630,199 LAK	2	17.91% 2.99%
1,094,647,000 LAK - 1,178,833,799 LAK	0	n/a
1,178,850,600 LAK - 1,263,037,399 LAK	1	14.93% 1.49%
1,263,054,200 LAK - 1,347,240,999 LAK	2	13.43% 2.99%
1,347,257,900 LAK - 1,431,444,599 LAK	0	n/a
1,431,461,500 LAK - 1,515,648,199 LAK	0	n/a
1,515,665,100 LAK - 1,599,851,899 LAK	0	n/a
1,599,868,700 LAK - 1,684,055,499 LAK	1	10.45% 1.49%
1,684,072,300 LAK - 1,768,259,099 LAK	1	8.96% 1.49%
1,768,275,900 LAK - 1,852,462,699 LAK	1	7.46% 1.49%
1,852,479,600 LAK - 1,936,666,299 LAK	0	n/a
1,936,683,200 LAK - 2,020,869,899 LAK	0	n/a
2,020,886,800 LAK - 2,105,073,599 LAK	2	5.97% 2.99%
2,105,090,400 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	2.99% 1.49%
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	0	n/a
-2147483600 LAK - -2147483601 LAK	1	1.49% 1.49%
-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	45	724,151,097 LAK
2	Women	22	426,070,296 LAK

Education / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	16	1,015,495,608 LAK
2	Bachelors Degree	40	533,850,925 LAK
3	Doctorate Degree	3	520,378,346 LAK
4	Some College	4	392,388,850 LAK
5	High School	4	294,712,655 LAK

Experience / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	7	1,391,043,735 LAK
2	8-12 Years	17	858,876,882 LAK
3	12-16 Years	6	671,944,855 LAK
4	4-8 Years	16	498,485,406 LAK
5	1-2 Years	3	466,488,032 LAK
6	16-20 Years	3	284,608,221 LAK
7	2-4 Years	9	255,978,992 LAK
8	0-1 Year	6	173,459,448 LAK

Age / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	1,695,860,824 LAK
2	41-45	3	1,269,790,528 LAK
3	51-55	4	1,012,127,463 LAK
4	31-35	14	835,299,870 LAK
5	36-40	12	698,890,012 LAK
6	46-50	2	616,370,468 LAK
7	26-30	24	409,229,573 LAK
8	14-20	2	276,187,860 LAK
9	21-25	5	133,041,713 LAK

Work Type / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	19	803,302,496 LAK
2	Permanent	44	579,320,877 LAK
3	Part Time	4	303,133,017 LAK

Cities / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	--Other--	3	1,205,795,780 LAK
2	Vientiane	59	621,422,685 LAK
3	Luang Prabang	5	330,078,174 LAK

Career Groups / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	Insurance	1	1,785,116,657 LAK
2	Engineers & Technicians	4	884,137,967 LAK
3	Management & Business	15	872,349,461 LAK
4	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	4	840,352,087 LAK
5	Finance & Banking	10	739,307,747 LAK
6	IT & Programming	4	549,007,575 LAK
7	Construction & Labor Workers	2	549,007,575 LAK
8	Accounting & Administration	7	479,960,610 LAK
9	Organization & Coordination	3	385,652,560 LAK
10	Human Resources	5	377,232,199 LAK
11	Law	3	362,075,548 LAK
12	Engineers & Technicians III	1	340,182,608 LAK
13	IT & Programming II	1	244,190,486 LAK
14	Salesmen & Saleswomen	1	234,086,052 LAK
15	Education & University	3	222,297,546 LAK
16	Archaeology & History	1	210,509,039 LAK
17	Logistics, Road, Railway	1	151,566,508 LAK
18	Hotels & Tourism	1	127,989,496 LAK

Careers / Laos (Gross LAK)

#		Surveys
1	Engineer	1	-2147483648 LAK
2	Marketing	1	2,096,670,036 LAK
3	Program Manager	1	2,052,884,156 LAK
4	Finance Manager	2	1,796,905,164 LAK
5	Insurance	1	1,785,116,657 LAK
6	Administrative Coordinator	1	1,667,231,595 LAK
7	Contract Manager	1	1,089,594,790 LAK
8	Investment Manager	1	1,028,968,186 LAK
9	Other Management Career	4	961,605,293 LAK
10	Project Manager	2	906,030,907 LAK
11	IT Manager	2	833,615,797 LAK
12	Non-Profit Organization	1	815,091,002 LAK
13	Manager	3	746,044,037 LAK
14	Account Manager	1	703,942,229 LAK
15	Construction Project Manager	1	692,153,722 LAK
16	Banks	2	682,049,289 LAK
17	Director	3	618,054,540 LAK
18	Sales	1	559,112,009 LAK
19	Marketing Manager	1	493,433,189 LAK
20	Human Resource	2	451,331,381 LAK
21	Risk Manager	2	429,438,441 LAK
22	Construction Project Coordinator	1	404,177,356 LAK
23	Lawyer	3	362,075,548 LAK
24	.NET Developer	1	341,866,680 LAK
25	Rubber Engineer Lead	1	340,182,608 LAK
26	Human Resources Manager	3	328,394,102 LAK
27	Office Administrator	1	328,394,102 LAK
28	Electrical Engineer	2	321,657,812 LAK
29	Lecturer	1	293,028,583 LAK
30	Accountant	1	259,347,137 LAK
31	Security Specialist	1	244,190,486 LAK
32	Other Sales Career	1	234,086,052 LAK
33	Financial Adviser	2	218,929,401 LAK
34	Project Coordinator	1	218,929,401 LAK
35	Market Research	1	213,877,184 LAK
36	Archaeologist	1	210,509,039 LAK
37	Community Manager	1	202,088,678 LAK
38	Teacher	2	186,932,027 LAK
39	Software Developer	1	183,563,882 LAK
40	Logistics	1	151,566,508 LAK
41	CPA - Certified Public Accountant	1	141,462,074 LAK
42	Accountant Executive	1	141,462,074 LAK
43	Hotel Manager	1	127,989,496 LAK
44	Coordinator	1	121,253,206 LAK
45	Contract Administrator	1	121,253,206 LAK
46	Other Finance Career	1	114,516,917 LAK
47	Metal Engineer	1	111,148,773 LAK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Csr Manager

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Look for CSR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	202,088,700 LAK

Business Consultant

Posted 05 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	559,785,600 LAK

Knowledge Management

Posted 24 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Online platform."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	218,929,400 LAK

Social Specialist

Posted 05 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Resettlement, Social Safeguards."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,331,511,800 LAK

Social Expert

Posted 05 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Social Work."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,329,827,700 LAK

Head Of Credit Assessment

Posted 05 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Implement Credit Assessment Policy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	432,503,500 LAK

Chief Operating Officer

Posted 28 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bachelor, Management, Business."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	615,511,600 LAK

Mining Engineer

Posted 16 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mining softwares for pit designs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	340,889,900 LAK

Chief Finance Officer

Posted 15 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Auditing, Tax and Accounting Report."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	454,531,100 LAK

Risk And Compliance Manager

Posted 18 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"AML/CFT and Risk Management Framework Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	311,098,700 LAK

Manager Audit

Posted 10 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	775,549,000 LAK

Economist

Posted 10 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conduct research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	814,383,700 LAK

Warehouse And Logistics

Posted 31 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Need to compare this idea."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	151,499,100 LAK

Eal Teacher

Posted 30 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"I teach children English."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	272,718,700 LAK

Regional Manager

Posted 25 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage programs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	2,052,311,600 LAK

Financialmanager

Posted 07 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Mining Engineer

Posted 05 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Planning engineer."

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

Credit Assessment

Posted 03 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer Credit Ability Assessment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	600,035,000 LAK

Engineer

Posted 23 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	535,753,900 LAK

Senior Assistant Manager

Posted 11 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Risk and Compliance field."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	500,034,800 LAK

Accountant

Posted 10 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"- 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	258,589,300 LAK

Hotel Manager

Posted 05 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing boutique hotel."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Luang Prabang	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	128,578,900 LAK

Engineer

Posted 26 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	107,140,700 LAK

Financial Adviser Assistant

Posted 07 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"- 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	214,298,200 LAK

Aml Manager

Posted 23 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"To do with AML."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	546,464,600 LAK

Manager Claims

Posted 15 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

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

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	1,785,857,600 LAK

Department Vp

Posted 07 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Direct Department's performance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	854,329,900 LAK

In-house Counsel

Posted 22 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

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

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	838,061,700 LAK

Executive Ooperation

Posted 24 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	1,666,675,900 LAK

Social Development

Posted 22 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	122,044,700 LAK

Market Analyst

Posted 26 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	213,574,100 LAK

Team Leader

Posted 10 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Training monitoring."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	406,821,400 LAK

Software Developer

Posted 01 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	183,058,700 LAK

Assistant Project Manager

Posted 01 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

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

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	691,598,000 LAK

Assistant Professor

Posted 29 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Education and training."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Luang Prabang	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	292,573,900 LAK

Chief Operating Officer

Posted 05 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

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

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	244,089,400 LAK

It Manager

Posted 19 March 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT and Networking."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Vientiane	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	708,893,400 LAK

Financial Controller

Posted 30 November 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	703,234,900 LAK

Marketing Manager

Posted 17 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	493,500,600 LAK

Director

Posted 13 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	383,362,200 LAK

Secretary

Posted 07 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	115,140,000 LAK

Teacher

Posted 20 July 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"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	100,741,200 LAK

ECONOMY / Laos

The economy of Laos depends on trade with China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The country has rich mineral and water resources. Laos exports large quantity of hydro-electrical energy. Tourism is an important industry in Laos as well and it grows rapidly.