Salary claim in Peru reaches S/3,145 in January: What jobs did they stand out?

In January, the average salary required in Peru was in S/3,145, that is, 3.40% less than the previous month, according to the index report of the labor market of Bumeranleading employment portal in Latin America. This result also shows an increase of 4.37% in interannual terms.

“This reduction takes place in a context of economic stability in the country, evidence Conditions have generated a more predictable environment, which may have led professionals to moderate their salary expectations, ”said Miguel Bechara, commercial director at Bumeran Peru.

What jobs have the highest claims?

Bumeran’s study details that the positions of Management or General Directorate, Automotive Design and Engineering They are those that have the highest salary claims, which vary according to the professional level of the professional. In that sense, those who seek to hold the position of chief or supervisor, aspire to win S/3,336 and Junior positions S/2,041.

In January, the wages required in the Junior, Senior and Chief segments experienced a reduction of 2.09%, 3.65%and 3.52%, respectively. If we observe in detail, the range according to Seniority shows that the general management position or direction is the one that holds a higher required salary (S/8,500), while the lowest is the cash with S/2,000.

In the case of the junior and semi -asanior segment, design is the occupation with a greater salary claim, located in S/6,000. A counterpart, laboratory records the lowest amount with S/1,500. Finally, the automotive engineering position is located as the highest in terms of aspirations in the Junior segment with S/3,500, while Social Work records only one S/1.025.

Bumeran: Posts with greater applications and notices

According to the labor market index that Bumeran elaborates, the job positions that occupied the highest volume of applications were:

• Administration: 8.13%
• Mining/Petroleum/Gas: 4.99%
• Commercial: 4.41%
• Sales: 4.36%
• Customer service: 3.67%
• Human Resources: 3.57%
• Marketing: 3.56%
• Warehouse / deposit / expedition: 3.38%
• Logistics: 3.36%
• Accounting: 3.08%

In the case of positions that record the largest number of work notices, the following stand out:

• Sales: 8.98%
• Commercial: 7.60%
• Administration: 3.86%
• Customer service: 3.69%
• Accounting: 3.59%
• Others: 2.76%
• Mining / Petroleum / Gas: 2.70%
• Warehouse / deposit / expedition: 2.59%
• Maintenance: 2.17%
• Human Resources: 2.17%

Gender gap in salary expectations

The gender salary gap In Peru it remains a challenge in the labor market, reaching 9.86% in January, according to Bumeran’s latest report. Meanwhile, men require remuneration of S/3,260, women aspire to win S/2,968.

“In this context, the average salary required by men decreases 2.82% and the average salary required by women decreases 4.50%, in the last month,” they say from Bumeran.