Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report and 2024 Update for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2024 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wages for Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. The update for 2024 takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in November 2021 (Voorend, Alvarado, Anker & Anker, 2021).
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Original Report
2021 Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Abstract
This report estimates a living wage for Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, and in particular the areas around Free Trade Zones using the Anker Methodology. This living wage is estimated based on an analysis of primary data on food prices, housing costs, health care costs and education costs in Santo Domingo collected in November 2021 together with an analysis of secondary survey data on household expenditures, labor market conditions, and family size for the Dominican Republic. The gross living wage (aka living wage) for Greater Santo Domingo is Dominican Republic pesos (RD$) 33,275 (US$ 589) per month for November 2021. The living wage updated by inflation to mid-2022 is RD$ 35,177, with RD$ 2,079 in social security contributions.
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Previous Updates
2023 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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