Employees in HCM City have highest average salaryEmployees in Ho Chi Minh City earn the highest average monthly salary in the country, according to the latest report of the leading recruitment website VietnamWorks. Job-seekers at a job fairThe average monthly salary of an employee in the country’s largest economic hub is some 10.37 million VND (456 USD), equivalent to 124.44 million VND (5,500 USD) per worker per year. According to the General Statistics Office, the average salary of a Vietnamese labourer in 2017 was just 6.5 million VND (285 USD) per person per month, said the report. Hanoi ranked fifth in the list of localities with a high average monthly salary, with 9.3 million VND (407 USD). The central city of Da Nang was in the second place, with an average monthly salary of 10.25 million VND (452 USD), followed by Binh Duong and Bac Ninh provinces with 10.1 million VND (444 USD) and 9.55 million VND, respectively.