From 2016 to 2022, the average annual wage in Chile has decreased from 35,489 to 33,649 U.S. dollars, based on constant values.

Throughout the time displayed, the average monthly income in Chile has consistently increased since the beginning, reaching its highest amount in 2023 at ******* Chilean pesos.

Key information about Chile Household Income per Capita

• Chile Annual Household Income per Capita reached 7,633.224 USD in Dec 2022, compared with the previous value of 7,871.269 USD in Dec 2017.
• Chile Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2012 to Dec 2022, with an averaged value of 7,871.269 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 8,507.414 USD in Dec 2012 and a record low of 7,633.224 USD in Dec 2022.
• In the latest reports, Retail Sales of Chile grew 2.340 % YoY in Apr 2024.

CEIC calculates Annual Household Income per Capita from Monthly Average Household Income per Capita multiplied by 12 and converts it into USD. The National Institute of Statistics provides Average Household Income per Capita in local currency. Central Bank of Chile average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.

Throughout the time period displayed, the average monthly income has generally increased, but there is a notable disparity between males and females. In 2022, males received ***** Chilean pesos, whereas females received ***** Chilean pesos on average, indicating that women earned less monetary compensation compared to their male counterparts.

Minimum Wages in Chile increased to 529000 CLP/Month in 2025 from 500000 CLP/Month in 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Chile Minimum Monthly Wages - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

As of 2022, the bottom 50 percent in Chile, that is, the population whose income lied below the median, earned on average 4,800 U.S. dollars at purchasing power parity (PPP) before income taxes. This is nearly 43 times less than the average income of the top ten percent, that stood at 215,000 USD that year. In relation to percentage distribution of national wealth in Chile, the top ten percent accounted for over 80 percent of the overall national wealth.

In 2023, the average income in Chile was found to be higher for workers in the directors and managers occupation, receiving around 2.3 million Chilean pesos. On the other hand, farmers and agricultural workers were positioned at the lower end of the income spectrum.

Chile CL: Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data was reported at 74.505 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 74.551 % for 2022. Chile CL: Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 73.667 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2023, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 76.137 % in 2006 and a record low of 72.763 % in 1992. Chile CL: Wage And Salary Workers: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chile – Table CL.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as 'paid employment jobs,' where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.;International Labour Organization. “ILO modelled estimates database” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;

As of 2023, in Chile, the average monthly income has been higher in the region of Antofagasta, amounting to ********* Chilean pesos. This was followed by Magallanes and the Metropolitan area regions.

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Chile CL: Law Mandates Equal Remuneration for Females & Males for Work of Equal Value: 1=Yes; 0=No data was reported at 0.000 NA in 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 NA for 2017. Chile CL: Law Mandates Equal Remuneration for Females & Males for Work of Equal Value: 1=Yes; 0=No data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 NA from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2018, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 NA in 2018 and a record low of 0.000 NA in 2018. Chile CL: Law Mandates Equal Remuneration for Females & Males for Work of Equal Value: 1=Yes; 0=No data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chile – Table CL.World Bank.WDI: Governance: Policy and Institutions. Law mandates equal remuneration for females and males for work of equal value is whether there is a law that obligates employers to pay equal remuneration to male and female employees who do work of equal value.“Remuneration” refers to the ordinary, basic or minimum wage or salary and any additional emoluments payable directly or indirectly, whether in cash or in kind, by the employer to the worker and arising out of the worker’s employment. “Work of equal value” refers not only to the same or similar jobs but also to different jobs of the same value.; ; World Bank: Women, Business and the Law.; ;

Chile CL: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data was reported at 296.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 296.000 Hour for 2018. Chile CL: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data is updated yearly, averaging 296.000 Hour from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2019, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 316.000 Hour in 2011 and a record low of 291.000 Hour in 2017. Chile CL: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chile – Table CL.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Costa Rica is the country with the highest minimum monthly wage in Latin America. According to the minimum salary established by law as of January 2025, workers in the Central American country enjoy a basic monthly wage of over 726 U.S. dollars, an increase of 2.37 percent compared to the previous year. They also earn over 200 U.S. dollars more than the second place, Uruguay. On the other side of the spectrum is Venezuela, where employees are only guaranteed by law a minimum salary of 130 bolívares or little more than 2.50 dollars per month. Can Latin Americans survive on a minimum wage? Even if most countries in Latin America have instated laws to guarantee citizens a basic income, these minimum standards are often not enough to meet household needs. For instance, it was estimated that almost 25 million people in Mexico lacked basic housing services. Salary levels also vary greatly among Latin American economies. In 2020, the average net monthly salary in Mexico was barely higher than Chile's minimum wage in 2021. What can a minimum wage afford in Latin America? Latin American real wages have generally risen in the past decade. However, consumers in this region still struggle to afford non-basic goods, such as tech products. Recent estimates reveal that, in order to buy an iPhone, Brazilian residents would have to work at least two months to be able to pay for it. A gaming console, on the other hand, could easily cost a Latin American worker several minimum wages.

Chile CL: Mobile Account: Income: Poorest 40%: % Aged 15+ data was reported at 2.733 % in 2014. Chile CL: Mobile Account: Income: Poorest 40%: % Aged 15+ data is updated yearly, averaging 2.733 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2014, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.733 % in 2014 and a record low of 2.733 % in 2014. Chile CL: Mobile Account: Income: Poorest 40%: % Aged 15+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chile – Table CL.World Bank.WDI: Banking Indicators. Mobile account denotes the percentage of respondents who report personally using a mobile phone to pay bills or to send or receive money through a GSM Association (GSMA) Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) service in the past 12 months; or receiving wages, government transfers, or payments for agricultural products through a mobile phone in the past 12 months.; ; Demirguc-Kunt et al., 2015, Global Financial Inclusion Database, World Bank.; Weighted average;

The national gross income per capita in Chile amounted to 15,800 U.S. dollars in 2023. Between 1962 and 2023, the national gross income rose by 15,210 U.S. dollars, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Chile CL: Mobile Account: Income: Richest 60%: % Aged 15+ data was reported at 4.494 % in 2014. Chile CL: Mobile Account: Income: Richest 60%: % Aged 15+ data is updated yearly, averaging 4.494 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2014, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.494 % in 2014 and a record low of 4.494 % in 2014. Chile CL: Mobile Account: Income: Richest 60%: % Aged 15+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Chile – Table CL.World Bank.WDI: Banking Indicators. Mobile account denotes the percentage of respondents who report personally using a mobile phone to pay bills or to send or receive money through a GSM Association (GSMA) Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) service in the past 12 months; or receiving wages, government transfers, or payments for agricultural products through a mobile phone in the past 12 months.; ; Demirguc-Kunt et al., 2015, Global Financial Inclusion Database, World Bank.; Weighted average;

In 2022, the striker was the best-paid soccer position in the two main professional soccer divisions in Chile. That year, a footballer playing on that position in the First Division earned on average *** million Chilean pesos. In the country's second most important soccer league (Primera B), a striker had a salary of *** million Chilean pesos on average.

After peaking in 2020 - amidst the COVID-19 outbreak - the average daily time spent with pay TV per person in Chile decreased to *** minutes (or two hours and ** minutes) in 2023. Male viewers spent slightly more time watching pay TV in Chile than women did in 2022.

A survey conducted among people aged between 18 and 29 in Chile at the end of 2022 found that the respondents spent, on average, 0.7 hours per day watching pay TV. In 2015, the average amounted to nearly three hours. Meanwhile, the time spent watching free/broadcast TV in Chile by this demographic also feel below pone hour in 2022.

In 2018, it was estimated that Congress members in Chile had one of the highest monthly salaries in Latin America. Each member of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies, the National Congress' lower chamber, received a gross monthly income of more than 23,000 U.S. dollars. Mexico came in second among the countries shown in this graph, with an income of over 20,600 dollars per month. The regional average stood at around 10,200 dollars.