**Annex 4: Jobs Approach—Total net monthly remuneration in a sample of private firms, state-owned enterprises and ministries in Vientiane (2009)**

|**Position type**|**Industry**|**# records**|**# firms**|**Lowest ea**|**rner**|**Highest ea**|**rner**|**Average earn**|**ings**|**Median ear**|**nings**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**Kip**|**USD**|**Kip**|**USD**|**Kip**|**USD**|**Kip**|**USD**|
|**_Privatefirms_**||||||||||||
|Entry level, general|Hotel, trading, garment|4|3|437,750|$52|675,250|$79|537,763|$63|519,025|$61|
|Experienced production staff|Printing, garment|5|2|650,550|$77|888,050|$104|749,740|$88|736,050|$87|
|Housekeeper|Hotel|3|2|600,000|$71|900,000|$106|760,000|$89|780,000|$92|
|Driver|Computer, trading, hotel<br>Piti tdi lti|8|5|600,000|$71|1,536,000|$181|972,156|$114|944,500|$111|
|Clerical|rnng, rang, consung,<br>travel|5|5|580,250|$68|1,580,000|$186|1,063,100|$125|817,750|$96|
|Hotel front desk|Hotel|4|2|610,000|$72|950,000|$112|777,500|$91|775,000|$91|
|Salesperson|Computer, trading, travel<br>Construction arment|11|3|765,500|$90|2,145,000|$252|1,538,614|$181|1,576,500|$185|
|Accountant|, g,<br>hotel, travel|6|4|965,000|$114|2,370,000|$279|1,479,250|$174|1,447,500|$170|
|Chief Accountant|Garment, hotel|2|2|2,000,000|$235|2,752,500|$324|2,376,250|$280|-|-|
|Technician/IT|Computer, consulting|4|2|1,474,500|$173|2,203,500|$259|2,070,625|$244|2,019,000|$238|
|Civil Engineer|Construction|4|2|1,987,500|$234|4,700,000|$553|3,310,000|$389|3,276,250|$385|
|Supervisor<br>|Trading, garment, hotel<br>|6|4|950,000|$112|2,221,000|$261|1,335,342|$157|1,191,750|$140|
|Manager of small business or of unit in<br>large business|Computer, consulting,<br>trading, travel|6|5|2,482,500|$292|4,282,500|$504|3,388,667|$399|3,502,000|$412|
|**_State-owned enterprises_**||||||||||||
|Driver||3|1|1,207,760|$142|1,682,557|$198|1,514,831|$178|1,654,177|$195|
|Secretary||4|2|1,430,000|$168|2,127,614|$250|1,664,084|$196|1,549,361|$182|
|Office worker, small SOE||4|1|651,136|$77|737,136|$87|708,136|$83|722,136|$85|
|Deputy head of section||4|2|1,956,938|$230|3,050,000|$359|2,386,742|$281|2,270,014|$267|
|Head of section||4|2|2,057,124|$242|3,350,000|$394|2,590,796|$305|2,478,030|$292|
|Deputy director of division, small SOE||2|1|925,136|$109|959,136|$113|942,136|$111|-|-|
|Director of Division, Small SOE||3|1|1,021,136|$120|1,054,136|$124|1,033,802|$122|1,026,136|$121|
|Director of Division||3|2|3,827,892|$450|4,850,000|$571|4,439,252|$522|4,639,864|$546|
|**_Civil Service(4 ministries)_**|**Lowest e**|**arner**|||**Highest**|**earner**||**Range**|**in average c**|**ompensation**||
||**Grade &**<br>**step**<br>**Years**<br>**service**|**Kip**|**USD**|**Grade &**<br>**step**|**Years**<br>**service**|**Kip**|**USD**|**K**|**ip**||**USD**|
|Technical staff|<br>3-1<br>1|525,161|$62|<br>5-8|29|1,004,987|$118|609,884|– 749,761|$7|2 – 88|
|Deputy head of division|3-10<br>17|807,599|$95|5-11|40|1,229,674|$145|774,458|– 1,011,528|$9|1 – 119|
|Head of division|3-11<br>32|880,114|$104|5-11|29|1,268,749|$149|922,712|– 1,114,176|$10|9 – 131|
|DDG of department|3-15<br>31|1,294,589|$152|5-11|31|1,560,741|$184|1,346,611|– 1,512,234|$15|8 – 178|
|DG of department|4-8<br>25|1,396,565|$164|5-13|39|1,806,157|$212|1,542,464|– 1,622,655|$18|1 – 191|

# **Notes:**

Total net monthly remuneration includes cash and in-kind salary and allowances (such as gasoline or mobile phone coupons) that are paid on a monthly basis. Bonuses, overtime, shift pay or other variable earnings are not included. For state-owned enterprises, type of industry is omitted to preserve anonymity.

# **Private sector position types:**

“Experienced production staff” includes: production worker, multi-skilled garment worker, line-leader assistant, line leader; “Clerical” includes shipping/delivery clerk, office support, document processor; “Supervisor” includes front office supervisor, production supervisor, restaurant supervisor; and “Manager” includes office manager, branch manager, division manager, etc.

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