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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR |
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Net (after tax)
3.98 PGK = 1 USD |
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131,437 PGK$33,045 USD |
47,730 PGK$12,000 USD |
Average salary in Port Moresby is 131,437 PGK per year. The most typical earning is 47,730 PGK. All data are based on 291 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 148,362 PGK. Women receive a salary of 95,063 PGK.
The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians IV with average income 312,634 PGK and Engineers & Technicians V with income 271,666 PGK.
Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 198,479 PGK. The second most paid education level is High School with salary of 185,353 PGK.
Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 252,573 PGK. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 222,742 PGK.
Salary Levels (PGK) per Year | Surveys | [%] |
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11,900 PGK -
19,899 PGK
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0 |
n/a
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19,900 PGK -
39,799 PGK
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40 |
100%
13.75% |
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY | ||
39,800 PGK -
59,699 PGK
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58 |
86.25%
19.93% |
59,700 PGK -
79,499 PGK
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45 |
66.32%
15.46% |
79,600 PGK -
99,399 PGK
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27 |
50.86%
9.28% |
99,400 PGK -
119,299 PGK
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20 |
41.58%
6.87% |
119,300 PGK -
139,199 PGK
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17 |
34.71%
5.84% |
139,200 PGK -
159,099 PGK
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15 |
28.87%
5.15% |
159,100 PGK -
178,999 PGK
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13 |
23.71%
4.47% |
179,000 PGK -
198,899 PGK
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5 |
19.24%
1.72% |
198,900 PGK -
218,799 PGK
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11 |
17.53%
3.78% |
218,800 PGK -
238,599 PGK
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3 |
13.75%
1.03% |
238,700 PGK -
258,499 PGK
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4 |
12.71%
1.37% |
258,500 PGK -
278,399 PGK
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3 |
11.34%
1.03% |
278,400 PGK -
298,299 PGK
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6 |
10.31%
2.06% |
298,300 PGK -
318,199 PGK
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2 |
8.25%
0.69% |
318,200 PGK -
338,099 PGK
|
1 |
7.56%
0.34% |
338,100 PGK -
357,999 PGK
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2 |
7.22%
0.69% |
358,000 PGK -
377,899 PGK
|
1 |
6.53%
0.34% |
377,900 PGK -
397,799 PGK
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3 |
6.19%
1.03% |
397,800 PGK -
417,599 PGK
|
2 |
5.15%
0.69% |
417,600 PGK -
437,499 PGK
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0 |
n/a
|
437,500 PGK -
457,399 PGK
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3 |
4.47%
1.03% |
457,400 PGK -
477,299 PGK
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2 |
3.44%
0.69% |
477,300 PGK -
497,199 PGK
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0 |
n/a
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497,200 PGK -
517,099 PGK
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0 |
n/a
|
517,100 PGK -
536,999 PGK
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0 |
n/a
|
537,000 PGK -
556,899 PGK
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1 |
2.75%
0.34% |
556,900 PGK -
576,699 PGK
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0 |
n/a
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576,700 PGK -
596,599 PGK
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0 |
n/a
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HIGH SALARIES | ||
596,600 PGK -
636,399 PGK
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1 |
2.41%
0.34% |
636,400 PGK -
676,199 PGK
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0 |
n/a
|
676,200 PGK -
715,999 PGK
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0 |
n/a
|
716,000 PGK -
755,699 PGK
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2 |
2.06%
0.69% |
755,700 PGK -
795,499 PGK
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2 |
1.37%
0.69% |
795,500 PGK -
835,299 PGK
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0 |
n/a
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835,300 PGK -
875,099 PGK
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0 |
n/a
|
875,100 PGK -
914,799 PGK
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0 |
n/a
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914,800 PGK -
954,599 PGK
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2 |
0.69%
0.69% |
954,600 PGK -
994,399 PGK
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0 |
n/a
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994,400 PGK -
1,392,099 PGK
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0 |
n/a
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# | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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1 | Masters Degree | 37 | 198,479 PGK |
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2 | High School | 10 | 185,353 PGK |
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3 | Doctorate Degree | 3 | 149,157 PGK |
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4 | Bachelors Degree | 182 | 128,076 PGK |
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5 | Some College | 59 | 89,494 PGK |
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# | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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1 | 16-20 Years | 19 | 252,573 PGK |
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2 | 20+ Years | 34 | 222,742 PGK |
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3 | 12-16 Years | 28 | 208,423 PGK |
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4 | 8-12 Years | 55 | 118,928 PGK |
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5 | 2-4 Years | 42 | 93,869 PGK |
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6 | 4-8 Years | 76 | 93,472 PGK |
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7 | 0-1 Year | 16 | 71,595 PGK |
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8 | 1-2 Years | 21 | 62,845 PGK |
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# | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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1 | Self Employed | 3 | 221,549 PGK |
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2 | Contract | 68 | 134,043 PGK |
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3 | Permanent | 215 | 130,861 PGK |
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4 | Part Time | 5 | 60,458 PGK |
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# | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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1 | Director | 4 | 340,079 PGK |
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2 | General Manager | 3 | 320,589 PGK |
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3 | Chartered Accountant | 3 | 293,940 PGK |
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4 | Sales Manager | 4 | 283,996 PGK |
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5 | Finance Manager | 2 | 237,061 PGK |
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6 | Project Manager | 2 | 236,663 PGK |
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7 | Manager | 11 | 230,697 PGK |
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8 | IT Manager | 9 | 198,877 PGK |
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9 | Bank Manager | 2 | 198,479 PGK |
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10 | Human Resources Manager | 12 | 187,739 PGK |
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11 | Hotel Manager | 2 | 178,989 PGK |
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12 | Other Finance Career | 4 | 171,034 PGK |
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13 | Other Management Career | 8 | 165,067 PGK |
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14 | Account Manager | 3 | 159,897 PGK |
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15 | Human Resource | 3 | 153,930 PGK |
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16 | Purchaser | 2 | 151,146 PGK |
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17 | Private Practice Lawyer | 3 | 150,351 PGK |
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18 | Doctor | 2 | 143,589 PGK |
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19 | CPA - Certified Public Accountant | 6 | 138,020 PGK |
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20 | Community Manager | 2 | 130,463 PGK |
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21 | Other Aviation & Shipping Career | 4 | 127,679 PGK |
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22 | Branch Manager | 2 | 127,679 PGK |
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23 | IT Project Manager | 2 | 112,564 PGK |
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24 | Construction Engineer | 2 | 110,575 PGK |
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25 | Audit Manager | 7 | 108,984 PGK |
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26 | Technician | 3 | 108,586 PGK |
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27 | Journalist | 2 | 107,791 PGK |
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28 | Other Public Sector Career | 4 | 97,052 PGK |
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29 | Electrical Engineer | 3 | 91,483 PGK |
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30 | Business Development Manager | 4 | 89,096 PGK |
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31 | Lecturer | 3 | 85,914 PGK |
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32 | Pharmacist | 3 | 85,914 PGK |
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33 | Lawyer | 5 | 83,528 PGK |
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34 | Oil & Gas Technician | 2 | 83,130 PGK |
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35 | Accountant | 6 | 81,937 PGK |
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36 | Engineer | 11 | 80,744 PGK |
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37 | High School Teacher | 2 | 77,959 PGK |
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38 | Software Developer | 4 | 75,971 PGK |
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39 | Business Development Coordinator | 3 | 72,789 PGK |
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40 | Operations Manager | 2 | 72,789 PGK |
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41 | Human Resource Administrator | 3 | 71,197 PGK |
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42 | Other Human Resource Career | 7 | 70,004 PGK |
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43 | Accountant Executive | 2 | 64,436 PGK |
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44 | Retail Store Manager | 2 | 58,072 PGK |
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45 | Web Developer | 2 | 57,674 PGK |
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46 | Network Specialist | 2 | 57,674 PGK |
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47 | Executive Secretary | 2 | 55,287 PGK |
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48 | Preschool Teacher | 2 | 54,094 PGK |
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49 | Other Administration Career | 4 | 51,708 PGK |
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50 | Salesmen or Saleswomen | 2 | 51,708 PGK |
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51 | Human Resource Coordinator | 2 | 46,139 PGK |
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52 | IT Coordinator | 2 | 43,752 PGK |
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53 | Data Coordinator | 2 | 42,559 PGK |
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54 | Logistics Coordinator | 2 | 41,764 PGK |
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55 | Agriculture Technician | 2 | 38,582 PGK |
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56 | Junior Accountant | 2 | 37,388 PGK |
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57 | Office Administrator | 2 | 35,797 PGK |
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58 | Editor | 2 | 24,660 PGK |
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What I do?
"Supervising Operation of Drilling Fluid at the rig site,."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 8-12 Years | Advanced | 84,900 PGK |
What I do?
"Civil Engineering Design Draftsperson."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 2-4 Years | Advanced | 157,300 PGK |
What I do?
"Managing the Corporate Affairs and Business Operation Affairs."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 16-20 Years | Advanced | 43,700 PGK |
What I do?
"Office Management, Land & Compensation, Conflict Resolution."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | High School | 4-8 Years | Intermediate | 62,900 PGK |
What I do?
"Economic manager."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Masters Degree | 4-8 Years | Advanced | 52,400 PGK |
What I do?
"Specialized in x-ray, ultrasound, mri, mammography, ct."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 0-1 Year | Expert | 35,400 PGK |
What I do?
"BORDER CONTROL AND TRADE FACILITATION."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 4-8 Years | Advanced | 75,100 PGK |
What I do?
"Social and Environment Governances, Liaison, Certification Auditing, Training and Competency Assessments."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Masters Degree | 16-20 Years | Expert | 135,400 PGK |
What I do?
"Disaster management."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Masters Degree | 4-8 Years | Advanced | 79,600 PGK |
What I do?
"Supervisor."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 8-12 Years | Advanced | 88,000 PGK |
What I do?
"Running an NGO with over 20 staff."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 16-20 Years | Advanced | 341,500 PGK |
What I do?
"AML-CTF, Regulatory risk management."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 1-2 Years | Advanced | 67,300 PGK |
What I do?
"Collecting payments."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 4-8 Years | Advanced | 83,700 PGK |
What I do?
"Accounting/Finance."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 1-2 Years | Intermediate | 30,300 PGK |
What I do?
"Fuel Operations'."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 4-8 Years | Advanced | 129,000 PGK |
What I do?
"HR Shared Services."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 2-4 Years | Advanced | 47,000 PGK |
What I do?
"Web development."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 0-1 Year | Intermediate | 50,300 PGK |
What I do?
"Project Management & Supervison."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 2-4 Years | Intermediate | 38,100 PGK |
What I do?
"ATS, MET, Airports, Security, Flying."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 4-8 Years | Expert | 167,900 PGK |
What I do?
"GL reconciliation."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 4-8 Years | Intermediate | 89,600 PGK |
What I do?
"Administration Taxation General Accounting."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 4-8 Years | Advanced | 117,500 PGK |
What I do?
"Demand Management S&OP, Business excellent People Development Strategic Planning Statistical Forecasting Inventory Management."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Masters Degree | 4-8 Years | Expert | 175,200 PGK |
What I do?
"Travel bookings, accommodation booking, pre-employment checks."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 8-12 Years | Advanced | 53,800 PGK |
What I do?
"External audit."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 2-4 Years | Advanced | 203,300 PGK |
What I do?
"Accounting Basics, Tax Administration, Microsoft Proficient Organizing Trainings Liaising with external parties."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 1-2 Years | Intermediate | 40,800 PGK |
What I do?
"Knowledge in software development."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 0-1 Year | n/a | 67,600 PGK |
What I do?
"Windows Servers VMware Data Center Virtualization Data Center Active Directory vCenter Server vSphere VMware Horizon Security Endpoint ESXi Hypervisor."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 1-2 Years | n/a | 57,500 PGK |
What I do?
"ICT Consultant, Manager & Trainer. Master of IT (Enterprise Systems), Bachelor of Computer Science, Cert. IV Project Management."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Masters Degree | 16-20 Years | n/a | 76,600 PGK |
What I do?
"Manage business MBA."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Masters Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | 163,200 PGK |
What I do?
"Bachelors degree in Computer Science."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 0-1 Year | n/a | 67,600 PGK |
What I do?
"Bachelors degree in Computer Science."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 0-1 Year | n/a | 93,200 PGK |
What I do?
"Business Development, Bid & Proposal Writing in response to RFQ, ITT, RFT, sales for 20 years."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 20+ Years | n/a | 167,300 PGK |
What I do?
"Graduate Computer Science, Interning with Puma Energy as an IT."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 0-1 Year | n/a | 75,800 PGK |
What I do?
"Stockbroking Economics degree."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 12-16 Years | n/a | 187,800 PGK |
What I do?
"Marketing, Human Resources and administration."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 16-20 Years | n/a | 139,900 PGK |
What I do?
"IT SUPPORT, SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR, APPLICATION DEVELOPER, DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | 69,300 PGK |
What I do?
"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 | 67,600 PGK |
What I do?
"Management of information collection, analysis, storage and dissemination."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 8-12 Years | n/a | 73,500 PGK |
What I do?
"COMPTIA A+ CISCO."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 8-12 Years | n/a | 77,000 PGK |
What I do?
"Customer service, leading, managing."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | 64,100 PGK |
What I do?
"Diploma in Business."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 4-8 Years | n/a | 52,500 PGK |
What I do?
"IT support tasks for the APAC region - managing incidents & requests. Carrying out local & remote support. Working on projects as required."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | High School | 4-8 Years | n/a | 28,000 PGK |
What I do?
"We help Air traffic Controllers and Flight information service officers in providing aviation related information and data for the provision of safe air traffic services."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 0-1 Year | n/a | 61,300 PGK |
What I do?
"I work in the Blood transfusion services laboratory in the Port Moresby General Hospital and I am skilled with complex methods and skills to do crossmatch and antibody screening and also do transfusion transmittable infections screening in different test methods ranging from the simplest rapid test kits to the complex immunochemiluminacent methods of the advanced technology in the science world today and can be able to work without supervision and am good at problem solving. . . . do complex machine maintenance, calibration and controls and run tests in sequences and can be able to manage time and do multi-tasking. . . . can be able to work longer or extra hours even in the 24hr shift covers alone from 8am to 4pm and be able to work on weekend and public holidays as long as I am paid for it."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 4-8 Years | n/a | 44,300 PGK |
What I do?
"Certified public accountant, MYOB/SAP."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | 221,200 PGK |
What I do?
"Human Resources Advisory, Policy and Regulatory, Process Improvement, Training Design & Delivery, Business Development, Admin and Customer Relations, HRIS and online application usage."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 8-12 Years | n/a | 105,000 PGK |
What I do?
"Project Management, Construction Management Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Tender Negotiation, Contracts Administration and Management, Quantity Survey, Estimating, CAD, Safety Supervisor."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 8-12 Years | n/a | 95,600 PGK |
What I do?
"Run the day to day operations of the business."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Bachelors Degree | 4-8 Years | n/a | 105,000 PGK |
What I do?
"Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Accounts. Diploma in Accounting."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 20+ Years | n/a | 29,700 PGK |
What I do?
"OVERSEE ALL PAPERS ARE DONE ACCURATELY. TAX FORMS FILLED AND NUMBERS ARE CORRECT- CORRECT DATA IS INPUT. ALL OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE WORK IS DONE EFFICIENTLY FOR AUDITORS."
City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
Port Moresby | Some College | 8-12 Years | n/a | 169,800 PGK |