Expat Staff Salary Survey 2002

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June 2002

Nationalities of the 78 respondents:

25 American, 9 Australian, 6 British, 3 Canadian, 4 Dutch, 1 French, 2 German, 3 Indian, 2 Indonesian, 2 Japanese, 2 Malaysian, 3 New Zealand, 2 Philippine, 1 Portuguese, 3 Singaporean, 1 South African, 1 Spanish, 2 Swiss and 1 Taiwanese

Total Staff:

119 live-ins
142 live-outs

City of Residence:

1 Bandung, 1 Bogor, 2 Denpasar, 59 Jakarta, 1 Jonggol, 1 Kalibaru, 1 Kuala Kencana, 1 Makassar, 2 Medan, 1 Surabaya, 1 Ubud

Drivers

Salary range from Rp 250,000 to Rp 2 million - 44 respondents
Straight average - Rp 860,000
Throw out high and low - Rp 845,000
12 had never worked for expats - 41 had experience with expats
22 didn't speak a foreign language - and 29 did.

Cooks

Salary Range from Rp 200,000 to 1,400,000/month - 36 respondents
Straight average - Rp 593,000
Throw out high and low - Rp 580,000
14 had never worked for expats - and 31 had experience with expats
20 didn't speak a foreign language and 22 did

Helper

Salary range from Rp 150,000 to Rp 1,000,000 - 49 respondents
Straight average - Rp 495,000
Throw out high and low - Rp 492,000
26 had never worked for expats - and 28 had experience with expats
33 didn't speak a foreign language and 20 did

Nanny

Salary range from Rp 175,000 to Rp 1,400,000 - 18 respondents
Straight average - Rp 521,000
Throw out high and low - Rp 487,500
10 had never worked for expats - and 5 had experience with expats
10 didn't speak a foreign language and 5 did

Day Jaga

Salary range from Rp 250,000 to Rp 1,000,000 - 20 respondents
Straight average - Rp 540,000
Throw out high and low - Rp 530,000
5 had never worked for expats - and 15 had experience with expats
13 didn't speak a foreign language and 6 did

Night Jaga

Salary range from Rp 50,000 to Rp 900,000 - 20 respondents
Straight average - Rp 440,000
Throw out high and low - Rp 437,000
5 had never worked for expats - and 14 had experience with expats
12 didn't speak a foreign language and 6 did

Satpam

Salary range from Rp 500,000 to Rp 1,000,000 - 6 respondents
Straight average - Rp 703,000
Throw out high and low - Rp 644,000
3 had never worked for expats - and 3 had experience with expats
None of them spoke a foreign language

Source of Staff

3 were hired through an agency, 14 through the expat's company, 1 through former employer and 51 were hired through word of mouth.

Fed by family

27 were not fed by the employing family and 32 were.

Days Off in a week

6 respondents said they gave no days off during the regular workweek, 50 gave their staff one day off a week and 3 gave 1 1/2 days off a week and 9 gave 2 days off a week

Annual Leave

5 respondents gave less than a week annual leave; 2 gave 7 days off a year; 17 gave 10 days annual leave; 10 gave 12 days off; 13 gave 14-15 days annual leave; and 11 gave 20-22 days annual leave; and 9 gave 28-40 days annual leave

THR

Of the respondents, 5 stated that they did not give their household staff a 13^th month bonus for the holidays and 65 said they did give a THR bonus.

Medical coverage for staff

Of the respondents, 20 said they did not pay for their household staff members' medical expenses and 46 said they did.

Medical coverage for the family dependents of staff

Of the respondents, 52 said they did not cover medical expenses for the dependents of their staff members. 17 said they did

Overtime for Drivers

Straight average Rp 7,250/hour
If you throw out the high and low - Rp 5,760

Source of data:

Submissions via the online form and 16 survey sheets completed by AWA members.

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