Salaries in Afghanistan
؋10,210a month
Median monthly salary, 2020.
- Yearly
- ؋122,500
- Equals
- $133
Top 10 highest paying
- CEO؋214,700
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village؋210,400
- Senior government officials؋208,600
- IT project manager؋206,800
- Finance manager؋202,500
- Insurance agent؋200,900
- Operations manager؋200,200
- Social media manager؋199,400
- Head of marketing؋198,100
- Product manager؋196,800
Top 10 lowest paying
- Dance teacher؋48,650
- Performer؋61,160
- Fast food worker؋64,880
- Actor؋65,180
- Tailor؋68,770
- Traditional therapist؋72,410
- Façade cleaner؋73,890
- Preschool teacher؋74,100
- Fabric cutter؋74,410
- Religious professionals؋75,150
By major occupation group
| Managers | ؋15,000 a month |
| Armed forces | ؋14,000 a month |
| Clerical support workers | ؋12,000 a month |
| Service and sales workers | ؋10,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | ؋10,000 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | ؋9,996 a month |
| Professionals | ؋8,155 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | ؋8,000 a month |
| Elementary occupations | ؋8,000 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | ؋7,158 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant؋93,110
- Accounts assistant؋146,800
- Accounts clerk؋106,800
- Actor؋65,180
- Actuary؋101,300
- Agricultural technician؋108,800
- Aid worker؋145,300
- Air traffic controller؋178,900
- Air traffic safety technician؋127,400
- Aircraft technician؋116,000
- Airline pilot؋182,700
- Animal carer؋109,700
- Announcer؋85,640
- Anthropologist؋85,120
- Apiarists and sericulturists؋94,090
- Aquaculture support worker؋94,090
- Architect؋90,390
- Art director؋92,030
- Artist؋85,510
- Astrologer؋122,000
- Astrophysicist؋111,700
- Athlete؋117,600
- Audio-visual technician؋111,100
- Audiology technician؋101,300
- Audit clerk؋158,100
- Auto mechanic؋91,000
- Avionics mechanic؋108,600
- Ballet dancer؋76,390
- Bartender؋104,800
- Basketmaker؋77,820
- Beautician؋103,300
- Benefits officer؋116,700
- Bicycle mechanic؋88,210
- Bike assembler؋103,700
- Bindery worker؋76,450
- Blacksmith؋92,220
- Blaster؋109,400
- Boiler operator؋155,400
- Bricklayer؋98,400
- Broadcast engineer؋107,900
- Builder؋99,500
- Bus driver؋121,400
- Butcher؋79,680
- Buyer؋115,600
- Cabinetmaker؋86,020
- Call centre agent؋123,200
- Candle factory worker؋87,310
- Car assembler؋118,500
- Car cleaner؋89,970
- Car electrician؋109,800
- Car painter؋91,180
- Career coach؋87,190
- Caretaker؋124,300
- Carpenter؋94,510
- Carpet worker؋79,150
- Cashier؋98,100
- CEO؋214,700
- Cheese maker؋101,700
- Chef؋98,400
- Chemical engineer؋104,000
- Chemical engineering technician؋132,800
- Chemical operator؋135,900
- Chemical products plant and machine operators؋134,200
- Chemist؋93,950
- Chief engineer؋142,800
- Childcare centre manager؋131,200
- Civil engineer؋101,000
- Civils worker؋121,500
- Cleaner؋83,890
- Cleaners؋97,910
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified؋138,100
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified؋132,900
- Clinical research assistant؋94,930
- Cnc operator؋97,390
- Coffee taster؋86,830
- Commodity trader؋134,500
- Community health worker؋113,600
- Companion؋116,500
- Concrete finisher؋100,500
- Construction foreman؋139,900
- Construction manager؋158,200
- Construction worker؋105,700
- Cook؋110,300
- Corporate trainer؋88,120
- Correctional officer؋153,800
- Corrugator operator؋118,200
- Courier؋95,250
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified؋77,190
- Crane operators؋141,700
- Crop producer؋86,320
- Crop team leader؋86,540
- Croupier؋125,100
- Cure operator؋114,100
- Customer service clerk؋133,500
- Customs agent؋107,900
- Customs officer؋120,000
- Dance teacher؋48,650
- Data administrator؋99,630
- Data centre operator؋135,800
- Data entry clerk؋130,400
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified؋103,400
- Day care worker؋112,500
- Debt collector؋154,500
- Deep-sea fisherman؋89,200
- Dental hygienist؋100,700
- Dentist؋110,100
- Dietitian؋81,570
- Doctor؋131,700
- Door to door seller؋120,600
- Draughtsperson؋120,500
- Driving instructor؋141,800
- Earthmoving and related plant operators؋132,400
- Economist؋105,600
- Education officer؋87,480
- Electric powerline worker؋121,600
- Electrical assembler؋105,000
- Electrical engineer؋110,300
- Electrical technician؋131,000
- Electrician؋103,300
- Electronic engineer؋106,900
- Electronics engineering technician؋122,200
- Elementary school teacher؋87,870
- Embalmer؋128,900
- Embroiderer؋79,430
- Employment agent؋117,400
- Energy manager؋185,400
- Environment engineer؋96,550
- Environmental protection professionals؋88,330
- Esol teacher؋75,230
- Event coordinator؋107,700
- Executive assistant؋114,000
- Fabric cutter؋74,410
- Fabric dyer؋106,000
- Façade cleaner؋73,890
- Facility manager؋185,200
- Factory labourer؋100,300
- Farm equipment operator؋116,500
- Farm hand؋96,730
- Farm hands؋91,460
- Fast food worker؋64,880
- Fiacre driver؋87,470
- File clerk؋146,000
- Fill operator؋96,580
- Finance adviser؋147,200
- Finance manager؋202,500
- Financial analyst؋102,000
- Financier؋102,200
- Fire alarm technician؋105,400
- Firefighter؋170,100
- Fisheries boatman؋89,200
- Fishery production manager؋136,900
- Fitness club manager؋138,600
- Flight attendant؋132,300
- Food and related products machine operators؋107,600
- Food service worker؋96,950
- Food stall holder؋108,300
- Forest ranger؋90,120
- Forest worker؋103,600
- Forester؋148,900
- Forestry advisor؋93,120
- Forestry technician؋111,100
- Forklift operator؋111,300
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers؋82,750
- Fur animal rearer؋95,630
- Garage manager؋159,200
- Gardener؋96,580
- Garment presser؋86,640
- Gas station salesperson؋97,800
- General manager؋174,100
- Geologist؋104,200
- Glassblower؋82,520
- Glassmaker؋117,900
- Glazier؋91,670
- Gluing operator؋98,080
- Grader؋89,700
- Grinder؋89,610
- Guide؋116,500
- Gym worker؋92,320
- Hairdresser؋103,200
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers؋93,930
- Head of marketing؋198,100
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified؋80,980
- Health records clerk؋111,000
- Health screener؋104,000
- Heat treat operator؋120,000
- Hide machine operator؋106,700
- High school teacher؋93,320
- Historian؋89,030
- Horticulturist؋84,160
- Hotel manager؋137,500
- Hotel receptionist؋119,800
- House manager؋123,000
- Household manager؋119,400
- Housekeeper؋84,970
- HR manager؋184,700
- Hunter؋90,010
- Hvac mechanic؋103,900
- Industrial engineer؋104,200
- Industrial painter؋87,430
- Information clerk؋138,000
- Insulator؋95,550
- Insurance agent؋200,900
- Insurance seller؋123,500
- IT presales technician؋102,100
- IT project manager؋206,800
- IT technician؋118,300
- IT trainer؋85,540
- Jeweller؋82,680
- Journalist؋86,600
- Judge؋123,300
- Kitchen assistant؋83,710
- Laboratory technologist؋111,100
- Landscape architect؋91,040
- Laser technician؋132,300
- Laundry worker؋91,780
- Lawyer؋115,300
- Legal aide؋115,100
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified؋99,350
- Legal secretary؋100,200
- Legislators؋84,720
- Librarian؋86,110
- Library assistant؋134,800
- Livestock and dairy producers؋89,890
- Livestock farm labourers؋93,470
- Loan officer؋121,900
- Logistics manager؋167,600
- Loss adjuster؋127,000
- Machine oiler؋108,800
- Mail carrier؋144,300
- Management consultant؋102,500
- Manufacturing director؋179,000
- Market trader؋121,100
- Marketing specialist؋92,240
- Mechanical engineer؋106,100
- Mechanical engineering technician؋134,900
- Medical assistant؋91,720
- Medical herbalist؋106,000
- Medical laboratory technician؋110,700
- Medical transcriber؋100,700
- Medical writer؋82,820
- Metal caster؋127,900
- Metal filer؋117,300
- Metal furnace operator؋125,300
- Metal molder؋90,610
- Metal worker؋93,910
- Metallurgist؋126,700
- Metalworker؋98,310
- Meteorologist؋102,900
- Meter reader؋98,110
- Midwife؋94,950
- Midwife assistant؋117,500
- Military officer؋181,600
- Mine engineer؋111,900
- Mine supervisor؋141,900
- Miners؋145,300
- Mining assistant؋122,500
- Mixed farmer؋88,300
- Motorcyle courier؋106,300
- Museum curator؋83,420
- Museum technician؋101,900
- Music teacher؋77,740
- Musician؋77,260
- Network engineer؋125,000
- Networks engineer؋103,100
- Nursing assistant؋121,400
- Nursing associate professionals؋110,100
- Nursing home manager؋164,900
- Odd job persons؋101,700
- Office clerk؋143,900
- Office manager؋121,300
- Operations manager؋200,200
- Optician؋97,370
- Optometrist؋90,580
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals؋113,900
- Paper maker؋122,000
- Paramedic؋128,100
- Paramedical practitioners؋103,100
- Passport officer؋118,700
- Pastry cook؋76,130
- Patent agent؋136,600
- Pawnbroker؋117,600
- Payroll clerk؋159,300
- Performer؋61,160
- Personal care attendant؋118,400
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified؋121,200
- Personnel clerks؋152,500
- Pest control technician؋85,260
- Petty officer؋150,300
- Pharmacist؋100,300
- Photo retoucher؋101,800
- Photographer؋100,700
- Physical therapist؋82,450
- Piano tuner؋95,870
- Picker and packer؋88,250
- Plasterer؋90,570
- Plumber؋101,300
- Police detective؋157,800
- Police officer؋172,700
- Policy analyst؋91,870
- Potter؋84,550
- Poultry sexer؋82,800
- Power plant operator؋139,900
- Prepress technician؋87,330
- Preschool teacher؋74,100
- Preschool teaching assistant؋113,000
- Primary school manager؋181,000
- Print operator؋84,960
- Prison teacher؋79,600
- Process operator؋154,100
- Product designer؋85,330
- Product manager؋196,800
- Production line coordinator؋162,300
- Production supervisor؋132,700
- Professor؋95,350
- Project manager؋180,400
- Promotions demonstrator؋103,700
- Proofreader؋152,800
- Psychologist؋94,630
- Public health inspector؋93,350
- Public relations professionals؋86,350
- Pulp control worker؋107,800
- Quality inspector؋125,300
- Radiologic technologist؋130,100
- Rail conductor؋124,200
- Real estate agent؋119,800
- Receptionist؋119,900
- Registered nurse؋95,840
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified؋112,900
- Religious professionals؋75,150
- Religious worker؋101,100
- Rental sales worker؋119,400
- Restaurant manager؋120,300
- Retail sales associate؋117,500
- Retail store supervisor؋133,400
- Riding instructor؋87,420
- Rig driller؋145,700
- Rigger؋107,800
- Roofer؋76,270
- Runway model؋106,000
- Sales engineer؋99,320
- Sales representative؋125,800
- Sawmill operator؋114,000
- Scribes and related workers؋147,400
- Secretary؋148,000
- Security guard؋128,500
- Senior government officials؋208,600
- Set designer؋102,400
- Sewing machine operator؋92,320
- Sex worker؋106,200
- Shelf stacker؋83,630
- Ship pilot؋134,000
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers؋125,400
- Shoemaker؋77,620
- Shop keeper؋160,100
- Sign installer؋86,610
- Signalman؋146,500
- Slitter operator؋113,200
- Social care worker؋106,300
- Social media manager؋199,400
- Social services manager؋160,100
- Social worker؋84,250
- Software developer؋106,500
- Software programmer؋98,290
- Software tester؋101,600
- Soldier؋161,300
- Sorter؋103,400
- Special needs teacher؋88,790
- Specialist doctor؋158,700
- Speech therapist؋85,040
- Sport coach؋85,110
- Statistician؋131,100
- Steel erector؋101,900
- Stock coordinator؋140,100
- Stone fabricator؋120,400
- Stone planer؋121,300
- Stonemason؋96,250
- Store manager؋150,900
- Street and related service workers؋97,920
- Street sweeper؋101,400
- Street vendor؋97,620
- Subsistence crop farmers؋77,160
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers؋85,660
- Subsistence livestock farmers؋78,020
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers؋77,250
- Survey enumerator؋137,100
- Surveyor؋93,980
- Switchboard operator؋148,000
- Systems administrator؋99,300
- Systems analyst؋107,900
- Tailor؋68,770
- Tanner؋83,390
- Tax officer؋125,400
- Taxi driver؋101,400
- Technical aide؋125,000
- Telecom administrator؋131,300
- Teller؋152,400
- Tent builder؋96,540
- Test engineer؋104,400
- Textile braider؋102,500
- Textile machine operator؋99,630
- Therapy assistant؋87,080
- Tile installer؋90,510
- Tobacco dryer؋85,680
- Trades union official؋188,400
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village؋210,400
- Traditional therapist؋72,410
- Train driver؋167,800
- Translator؋79,790
- Transport clerks؋160,700
- Travel agent؋136,100
- Tree doctor؋81,600
- Truck driver؋123,500
- Typist؋137,300
- Underwater welder؋104,900
- Upholsterer؋80,040
- Urban planner؋95,810
- UX designer؋79,640
- Vet technician؋90,320
- Veterinarian؋97,820
- Vocational teacher؋86,390
- Waiter؋100,100
- Warehouse worker؋103,500
- Waste collector؋103,100
- Watch maker؋94,100
- Water and firewood collectors؋96,540
- Water plant operator؋120,200
- Water-based fisheries worker؋92,660
- Web developer؋98,380
- Web technician؋135,900
- Welder؋95,730
- Wind technician؋109,400
- Winder operator؋100,600
- Window washer؋96,510
- Wood treater؋88,260
- Woodworker؋83,040
- Zoologist؋96,160
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate