Average monthly labour income per employee job, whole economy
Q5,244
2013: Q3,6542024derivado de BanguatWhile INE's ENEI wage tables stay behind the wall, Banco de Guatemala's employment and income matrix (annual national accounts, 105 NAEG activities, 2013–2024) lets average labour income per job be derived: employee income ÷ employee jobs. For 2024 the economy-wide average is Q5,244 a month per employee job (Q3,654 in 2013). Among activities with at least 5,000 employees, the best paid are sugar milling (Q21,837), financial services (Q16,450), pharmaceuticals (Q12,910), public administration (Q12,523), head offices and consultancy (Q12,464), electricity (Q12,435), non-market hospitals (Q11,782) and telecommunications (Q11,489). The lowest are crops: pulses and oilseeds (Q506), cereals (Q573), coffee (Q883), other crops (Q1,314), fruit and nuts (Q1,359), forestry (Q1,381). The largest employers of wage jobs are retail and wholesale trade (598,325 jobs, Q6,534), households as employers (481,473, Q2,012), public administration (224,337, Q12,523) and vegetables (207,297, Q2,256). It is a national-accounts measure of income per job (in-kind income and part-time jobs included), not a survey wage.
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- Best-paid activity (≥5,000 employees): sugar millingQ21,837 a month2024derivado de Banguat
- Financial servicesQ16,450 a month55,513 jobs2024derivado de Banguat
- Trade (largest wage employer)Q6,534 a month598,325 jobs2024derivado de Banguat
- Coffee growingQ883 a month50,893 jobs2024derivado de Banguat
