1,298 vacancies are open right now on WORC, the Cayman Islands government portal every employer must advertise on before a work permit can be granted. This page is what those postings say about the work Jamaicans most often come to Cayman to do: what is open today, what it pays, and how the hiring actually happens.
10 postings open · KYD$36k–60k · median KYD$58k
163 postings open · KYD$26k–37k · median KYD$33k
108 postings open · KYD$20k–28k · median KYD$23k
82 postings open · KYD$20k–28k · median KYD$20k
92 postings open · KYD$28k–37k · median KYD$33k
72 postings open · KYD$20k–23k · median KYD$20k
11 postings open · KYD$20k–26k · median KYD$23k
27 postings open · KYD$20k–33k · median KYD$23k
You can read every posting here and approach the employer directly. What you cannot do is apply through WORC itself: the portal's application step is for Caymanians and permanent residents who hold the right to work. For everyone else, hiring runs through the employer — an agency, their own careers page, or a direct approach with a CV.
Anyone who is not Caymanian, and who does not hold permanent residency with the right to work, needs a work permit. The employer applies for it, not you — which is why whether an employer is willing to sponsor one is the thing worth establishing early in any conversation.
Because a work permit will not be granted unless the role was advertised locally first, so that Caymanians and permanent residents get the chance to apply. That is what makes this list unusually complete. It also means a posting can appear after an employer has already found someone — the advertisement is a required step, not always the start of a search — so WORC is best read as the market's noticeboard rather than its front door.
The figures on this page come from the postings themselves, in Cayman Islands dollars (KYD), which is pegged to the US dollar. Where a range is shown it is the middle half of the postings that state pay — not the highest and lowest, which are real but describe nobody. Postings that state no figure are not counted.
No. The listings are free to read and will stay that way. Nobody at Schooner will ever ask you to pay for a job, for a permit, or for a place on a list — and you should be careful with anyone who does.
On eCayTrade, the local classifieds board where a good deal of Cayman hiring starts, 210 of the open adverts state who they will accept applications from: 169 say all candidates, and 41 are limited to Caymanians, status holders or permanent residents. Most will take anyone — and the ones that will not say so up front.
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