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Maldives Salary Report 2026

Computed from 153,728 real postings, 2007–2026, from across the whole Maldivian job market. Sample sizes on every figure.

gov median
13,999
MVR/mo · n = 333
private median
10,000
MVR/mo · n = 23,097
resort median
10,000
MVR/mo · n = 1,509

01 · Wages

Wages step by law, then freeze

Advertised pay jumped with the 2023 minimum-wage era and has been flat since; real wages have fallen with inflation.

2019 MVR 8,499
2020 MVR 8,499
2021 MVR 8,499
2022 MVR 8,499
2023 MVR 10,000
2024 MVR 10,999
2025 MVR 10,999
2026 MVR 10,999
disclosed pay only · compliance ads excluded

02 · Pay

Highest-paying roles

Finance Manager MVR 25,000 n=47
Legal Officer MVR 18,340 n=94
Architect MVR 17,999 n=52
Manager (Other) MVR 17,999 n=530
Doctor MVR 17,999 n=155
Quantity Surveyor MVR 17,999 n=59
Teacher MVR 17,500 n=303
Spa Therapist MVR 15,015 n=53
Senior Management MVR 14,999 n=188
It Staff MVR 13,999 n=202
Boat Captain MVR 13,999 n=495
Supervisor (Other) MVR 13,500 n=271

03 · Demand

Most-hired roles, last 12 months

waiter 1,449 positions
admin staff 1,170 positions
sales staff 1,126 positions
hr staff 854 positions
receptionist/gsa 819 positions
marketing staff 783 positions
accountant/accounts staff 739 positions
technician/engineer (other) 697 positions
butler/host 655 positions
room attendant 627 positions
commis 524 positions
manager (other) 519 positions

04 · Skills

The language premium

Resort ads that name a required language (LLM-extracted, 2024–2026). Chinese and Russian dominate: the highest-ROI skills for the international resort pool.

chinese 1,999 ads
russian 1,357 ads
japanese 369 ads
german 354 ads
thai 326 ads
italian 308 ads
arabic 289 ads
korean 143 ads
source: enriched resort ads · english excluded as baseline

05 · Access

The closing entry-level door

Share of Malé private-sector postings open to candidates with no experience.

2019 5.7%
2020 5.1%
2021 4.6%
2022 4.5%
2023 4.1%
2024 2.6%
2025 2.4%
2026 4.7%

Methodology

Based on 153,728 positions collected from the major Maldivian job platforms (2007–present), refreshed daily. Salary figures use only postings that disclose pay; quota-compliance ads are excluded from all wage statistics; multi-role ads are split into individual positions. Statistics below our sample-size floor are withheld, not estimated. Resort salaries are structurally under-disclosed (~4% of ads); where that limits an answer, we say so.