The average salary in the Dominican Republic offered in job postings is RD$27,000 gross per month in 2026, according to TalentUp’s analysis of 338 postings published between January and September 2026. At the Banco Central reference rate of about RD$59.3 per US dollar (19–21 September 2026), that is roughly US$455 a month, and half of all posted salaries fall between RD$19,000 and RD$32,000.
Posted pay has risen quickly: the median was RD$20,000 in the same January–September window of 2024 and RD$24,200 in 2025, a period in which the Comité Nacional de Salarios raised the private-sector minimum wage by 20% in two steps. This article breaks the TalentUp figures down by role, level and region, and sets them next to the 2026 minimum wages, the doble sueldo and the TSS and ISR deductions that turn a gross offer into take-home pay.
Key takeaways
- The median posted salary in the Dominican Republic is RD$27,000 a month (Jan–Sep 2026, n = 338), about US$455.
- That is 11.6% more than in 2025 and 35% more than in 2024, in line with the 20% minimum wage increase of 2025–2026.
- Most advertised jobs are operational: drivers, sales, customer service and warehouse roles cluster around RD$20,000–24,000; supervisors and professionals around RD$35,000.
- Since 1 February 2026 the minimum wage ranges from RD$16,993.20 (micro companies) to RD$29,988.00 (large companies).
- On top of 12 monthly salaries, employers must pay the salario de Navidad (one twelfth of the annual ordinary salary) by 20 December.
Average Salary in the Dominican Republic: TalentUp Data
RD$27,000
median posted monthly salary (about US$455)
RD$19,000–32,000
range covering the middle 50% of postings
+11.6%
median increase vs. the same period of 2025
338
postings with a salary, from 127 employers
Source: TalentUp job postings database, Dominican Republic, January–September 2026. Gross monthly salaries in Dominican pesos.
TalentUp collects job postings from job boards and career sites across Latin America. For the Dominican Republic, we extracted the monthly salary in pesos stated in the job description, removed duplicates and postings wrongly geolocated in the country, and computed medians and quartiles. The table shows the distribution for each year, always for the same January–September window:
| Period (Jan–Sep) |
Postings with salary |
P25 |
Median |
P75 |
Median in US$* |
| 2024 |
142 |
RD$16,000 |
RD$20,000 |
RD$25,000 |
~340 |
| 2025 |
201 |
RD$19,000 |
RD$24,200 |
RD$30,000 |
~410 |
| 2026 |
338 |
RD$19,000 |
RD$27,000 |
RD$32,000 |
~455 |
*Converted at RD$59.3 per US$ (Banco Central reference rate, 19–21 September 2026) for all years, so the US$ column shows the peso trend, not historical dollar values.
Two things stand out. First, posted salaries in the Dominican Republic are concentrated in a narrow band: in 2026, about 27% of postings offer less than RD$20,000, around 65% less than RD$30,000, and only about 10% offer RD$50,000 or more. Second, many of the most common offers sit exactly on a legal minimum, such as RD$17,193 or RD$18,421.20 (the small-company minimum before and after February 2026), which shows how strongly the minimum wage anchors pay for entry-level jobs.
Average Monthly Salary by Job in the Dominican Republic
The roles below have at least 30 salary observations in 2025–2026 (January–September of each year, 539 salaries in total). P25 and P75 show where the middle half of offers falls.
| Role group |
Postings |
P25 |
Median |
P75 |
Median in US$ |
| Administrative assistant / receptionist |
30 |
RD$22,900 |
RD$32,500 |
RD$45,000 |
~550 |
| Accounting, billing and collections |
35 |
RD$20,800 |
RD$28,000 |
RD$30,500 |
~470 |
| Warehouse (assistant, clerk, forklift) |
38 |
RD$18,500 |
RD$24,200 |
RD$27,200 |
~410 |
| Driver, courier and delivery |
51 |
RD$18,000 |
RD$24,000 |
RD$27,200 |
~400 |
| Sales representative / sales advisor |
86 |
RD$16,000 |
RD$20,500 |
RD$30,000 |
~350 |
| Customer service / call center |
32 |
RD$20,000 |
RD$20,000 |
RD$28,500 |
~340 |
| Cleaning, housekeeping and domestic work |
30 |
RD$17,800 |
RD$20,000 |
RD$25,800 |
~340 |
Sales and customer service roles show the lowest base pay but the widest spread: many of these postings add commissions, incentives or fuel allowances that are not included in the figures. For roles with fewer observations, the medians below are indicative only:
| Role group (small sample) |
Postings |
Median monthly salary |
| Manager / director |
12 |
~RD$43,000 |
| Supervisor / coordinator |
18 |
~RD$34,700 |
| Marketing and design |
12 |
~RD$32,200 |
| Technician / maintenance |
26 |
~RD$30,000 |
| Health (pharmacy, nursing, psychology) |
13 |
~RD$28,000 |
| Cashier |
13 |
~RD$24,200 |
| Cook / kitchen staff |
17 |
~RD$20,000 |
IT, engineering and other professional roles appear too rarely with a published peso salary to report reliably. Many of them are advertised by multinational or remote employers that do not publish pay, or pay in US dollars, so for these roles posted data is not a good guide and a role-specific salary benchmark is the safer reference.
Salary by Job Level
Grouping job titles by level gives a clearer picture of the pay ladder than individual roles. In the 2025–2026 data, moving from an operational or assistant role to a specialist or supervisory role adds about RD$10,000 a month at the median:
| Job level (from the job title) |
Postings |
P25 |
Median |
P75 |
| Assistant, auxiliary, helper, intern |
127 |
RD$18,000 |
RD$24,200 |
RD$29,000 |
| Other operational and frontline roles |
301 |
RD$18,000 |
RD$24,000 |
RD$29,200 |
| Specialist, analyst, professional |
44 |
RD$27,000 |
RD$35,000 |
RD$45,000 |
| Supervisor, coordinator, team lead |
43 |
RD$25,000 |
RD$34,500 |
RD$50,000 |
| Manager, director, head* |
24 |
RD$34,400 |
RD$43,000 |
RD$76,200 |
*Fewer than 30 observations: indicative only. Senior management pay is rarely published in job ads.
The very small gap between assistant and other frontline roles reflects how close most of these offers are to the minimum wage. The real step-up starts at professional and supervisory level, where the upper quartile reaches RD$45,000–50,000.
Average Salary by City and Region
Most postings with a published salary are in Greater Santo Domingo. Where location data allows, the 2025–2026 medians are:
| Region |
Postings |
P25 |
Median |
P75 |
| Greater Santo Domingo (incl. Santo Domingo Este, Oeste, Norte, Boca Chica) |
247 |
RD$18,500 |
RD$25,000 |
RD$30,000 |
| Santiago (Santiago de los Caballeros and surroundings) |
30 |
RD$25,600 |
RD$30,000 |
RD$42,200 |
| East (La Romana, Higüey, San Pedro de Macorís, Punta Cana) |
36 |
RD$19,500 |
RD$27,700 |
RD$30,000 |
| Other provinces |
32 |
RD$16,000 |
RD$26,200 |
RD$36,200 |
Regional differences in posted pay are smaller than the job mix would suggest: the higher Santiago median reflects a sample with more administrative and technical roles, and the East includes tourism, free-zone and agro-industrial employers. Punta Cana and Bávaro on their own have too few postings with a published salary to report separately. In tourism, base pay is also only part of the package: many hotel and restaurant postings in our data add the service charge (“10% de ley”) and tips on top of the salary.
Minimum Wage in the Dominican Republic in 2026
Minimum wages are set by the Comité Nacional de Salarios of the Ministry of Labour, by sector and company size. In February 2025 it approved a 20% increase for the non-sectorized private sector (Resolution CNS-01-2025), applied in two steps: the first on 1 April 2025 and the second on 1 February 2026.
| Company size (non-sectorized private sector) |
Definition |
From 1 Apr 2025 |
From 1 Feb 2026 |
In US$ (2026) |
| Large |
151+ workers or sales > RD$202 million |
RD$27,988.80 |
RD$29,988.00 |
~510 |
| Medium |
51–150 workers or sales RD$54–202 million |
RD$25,656.96 |
RD$27,489.60 |
~460 |
| Small |
11–50 workers or sales RD$8–54 million |
RD$17,193.32 |
RD$18,421.20 |
~310 |
| Micro |
Up to 10 workers or sales up to RD$8 million |
RD$15,860.32 |
RD$16,993.20 |
~290 |
When headcount and sales point to different categories, the higher one applies. Other sectors have their own resolutions; from 1 June 2026, for example, the minimum is RD$20,875.00 in free zones (CNS-03-2025), RD$21,840.00 in hotels and casinos with more than 150 workers and RD$21,000.00 in larger restaurants (CNS-04-2025).
Comparing these figures with the TalentUp data is revealing: the 2026 median posted salary (RD$27,000) is below the minimum for medium and large companies. Much of the advertised demand comes from small businesses, households and agencies hiring for operational roles, where the legal floor is RD$16,993–18,421. In July 2026 the director of the Comité Nacional de Salarios said that the next increase for the private sector would take effect in February 2027; no amount had been announced at the time of writing.
Payroll Basics: Doble Sueldo, TSS and ISR
A monthly salary in the Dominican Republic is almost always quoted gross. Three rules turn it into an annual cost for the employer and take-home pay for the employee.
Salario de Navidad (doble sueldo)
Under Articles 219–222 of the Labour Code, every employer must pay a Christmas salary equal to one twelfth of the ordinary salary earned in the calendar year, proportional for those who joined during the year. It must be paid by 20 December, excludes overtime and profit-sharing, cannot exceed five minimum wages and is exempt from income tax. In practice, a full-year employee receives a 13th monthly salary, which is why Dominicans call it the doble sueldo (double pay in December). When comparing posted salaries with annual figures from other countries, multiply the monthly salary by 13, not 12: the 2026 median of RD$27,000 is about RD$351,000 a year.
TSS social security contributions
Contributions to the Dominican Social Security System (Law 87-01) are collected by the Tesorería de la Seguridad Social (TSS):
| Contribution |
Employee |
Employer |
Monthly salary cap (from 1 Feb 2026) |
| Family health insurance (SFS) |
3.04% |
7.09% |
RD$232,230.00 |
| Pensions (SVDS / AFP) |
2.87% |
7.10% |
RD$464,460.00 |
| Occupational risk insurance (SRL) |
— |
Employer only, rate by risk level |
RD$92,892.00 |
Employees therefore contribute 5.91% of their salary, while the employer pays 14.19% for health and pensions plus occupational risk insurance and the INFOTEP training levy. The caps are multiples of the national contribution reference wage, set at RD$23,223.00 from February 2026.
ISR income tax brackets
Salaried workers pay income tax (ISR) through monthly withholding, after deducting their TSS contributions. The annual scale published by the DGII (the exempt amount has been RD$416,220 since 2017) is:
| Annual taxable income |
Tax |
| Up to RD$416,220.00 |
Exempt |
| RD$416,220.01 – RD$624,329.00 |
15% of the excess over RD$416,220.01 |
| RD$624,329.01 – RD$867,123.00 |
RD$31,216.00 + 20% of the excess over RD$624,329.01 |
| Over RD$867,123.01 |
RD$79,776.00 + 25% of the excess over RD$867,123.01 |
The exempt threshold equals about RD$34,685 a month, so the typical posted salary pays no income tax at all. As an illustration of our own calculation: an employee earning RD$27,000 gross takes home about RD$25,400 after TSS, while one earning RD$60,000 gross pays about RD$3,550 in TSS and RD$3,490 in ISR, taking home roughly RD$53,000.
Posted salaries are a useful reality check, but they describe what employers advertise, not what everyone earns. To set pay for a team in the Dominican Republic:
- Start from the legal floor that applies to your company size and sector, and remember that roles at the minimum will move again when the next resolution takes effect.
- Benchmark each role against current data for the same job content and level, especially for professional, IT and management roles that rarely publish pay. TalentUp’s salary search and methodology explain how our benchmarks are built.
- Budget on 13 salaries plus employer contributions, not on 12 monthly salaries.
- Balance market rates with internal fairness, as explained in our guide to market salaries vs. internal equity, and decide how variable pay fits in with our articles on bonus timing and bonus structures.
- Consider publishing the range: fewer than 1 in 10 Dominican job ads include a salary, so a clear range stands out. Our guide to transparent salary job postings covers how to do it well, and how much pay information to share helps you choose the right level of openness.
For company-wide benchmarks across Latin America, see TalentUp’s plans and pricing.
Sources
- TalentUp. Job postings database, Dominican Republic, January–September 2024, 2025 and 2026: 681 posted monthly salaries from 177 employers (see methodology above).
- Comité Nacional de Salarios, Ministerio de Trabajo. Resolución CNS-01-2025, salario mínimo del sector privado no sectorizado (26 February 2025), as published by Hahn Ceara, Boletín 1136-2025. https://hahnceara.do/wp-content/uploads/Salario-Minimo-Trabajadores-Sector-Privado-No-Sectorizado-Resolucion-01-2025-CNS.pdf
- Presidencia de la República Dominicana. Gobierno anuncia aumento salarial de 20% al sector privado no sectorizado (26 February 2025). https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias/gobierno-anuncia-aumento-salarial-de-20-al-sector-privado-no-sectorizado
- EY. República Dominicana: salario mínimo 2026 (Resolutions CNS-01-2025, CNS-03-2025 and CNS-04-2025). https://www.ey.com/es_ce/technical/tax/tax-alerts/republica-dominicana-salario-minimo-2026
- Proceso. Comité Nacional de Salarios anuncia alza salarial para empleados privados en febrero del 2027 (8 July 2026). https://proceso.com.do/2026/07/08/comite-nacional-de-salarios-anuncia-alza-salarial-para-empleados-privados-en-febrero-del-2027-el-sector-publico-tambien-sera-beneficado/
- Código de Trabajo de la República Dominicana, Articles 219–222 (salario de Navidad). https://calculadoralaboral.com/codigo-de-trabajo/salario-de-navidad/
- DGII. El salario de Navidad y su exención fiscal. https://dgii.gov.do/legislacion/editorialJuridico/Paginas/salario-navidad-y-exencion-fiscal.aspx
- DGII. Guía del Contribuyente No. 11: Retenciones del Impuesto Sobre la Renta (ISR). https://dgii.gov.do/publicacionesOficiales/bibliotecaVirtual/contribuyentes/retencionesRetribucionesComplementarias/Documents/2-Guia-11-Retenciones del Impuesto Sobre la Renta.pdf
- TSS. TSS informa nuevos topes de cotización del Régimen Contributivo del SDSS (effective 1 February 2026). https://tss.gob.do/tss-informa-nuevos-topes-de-cotizacion-del-regimen-contributivo-del-sdss/
- TSS. Payroll transparency report showing SFS (3.04% / 7.09%) and SVDS (2.87% / 7.10%) contribution rates. https://www.tss.gob.do/transparencia/assets/nomina_perproba022025.pdf
- Ley No. 87-01 que crea el Sistema Dominicano de Seguridad Social. https://dgii.gov.do/legislacion/leyesTributarias/Documents/Leyes de Instituciones y Fondos de Terceros/87-01.pdf
- Banco Central de la República Dominicana reference exchange rate, 19–21 September 2026 (RD$59.2635 buy / RD$59.3245 sell), as reported by Cibao Noticias. https://www.cibaonoticias.com/tasas-de-cambio-dolar-banco-central-republica-dominicana/