Job Market, Cost of Living and Compensation

[Kalz]

I am trying to decide if to take up an offer in TnT. What can anyone tell me about the salary and compensation package one should expect for a mid mgmt/ graduate trained/ technical specialist type position in Trinidad? Is compensation different for expats and locals? I am a TnT national but have lived abroad for several years. What are the differences in compensation in different sectors - energy, health, finance, education? Have public sector job compensation caught up with the private sector?

[SSDD]

what field are you looking at? it sometimes depends on the field and as far as i know expats don't get different compensations.(i might be wrong there) and in my particular case, no public has not caught up with private in compensation..

[vaio]

it really depends on the sector that you get into....the different sector pay differently...but as for paying expats different...i don't think that happens....it will be based on qualifications/experience

As for the public sector catching up with the private....No.

[Kalz]

I am looking at a couple of interesting options. One is with an energy multinational, another is with the Univeristy of TnT and another is with a new government agency/authority. I think you're right about ex pat salaries but form a few people i've talked to it seems that expats do get some more perks/incentives than returning locals - such as paid housing, dependants allowances etc.