Salaries in Ghana
GH₵1,732a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- GH₵20,780
- Equals
- $138
Top 10 highest paying
- CEOGH₵57,250
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageGH₵56,100
- Senior government officialsGH₵55,620
- IT project managerGH₵55,150
- Airline pilotGH₵54,820
- Specialist doctorGH₵54,480
- Finance managerGH₵54,010
- Air traffic controllerGH₵53,690
- Insurance agentGH₵53,570
- Operations managerGH₵53,370
Top 10 lowest paying
- Food service workerGH₵9,695
- Gas station salespersonGH₵9,780
- CashierGH₵9,810
- WaiterGH₵10,010
- Subsistence crop farmersGH₵10,080
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersGH₵10,100
- Subsistence livestock farmersGH₵10,200
- HairdresserGH₵10,320
- BeauticianGH₵10,330
- Promotions demonstratorGH₵10,370
By major occupation group
| Armed forces | GH₵4,000 a month |
| Managers | GH₵4,000 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | GH₵3,000 a month |
| Professionals | GH₵2,800 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | GH₵2,080 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | GH₵2,000 a month |
| Clerical support workers | GH₵1,500 a month |
| Elementary occupations | GH₵1,300 a month |
| Service and sales workers | GH₵1,000 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | GH₵936 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantGH₵31,970
- Accounts assistantGH₵18,350
- Accounts clerkGH₵32,070
- ActorGH₵22,380
- ActuaryGH₵34,770
- Agricultural technicianGH₵32,640
- Aid workerGH₵14,530
- Air traffic controllerGH₵53,690
- Air traffic safety technicianGH₵38,240
- Aircraft technicianGH₵30,150
- Airline pilotGH₵54,820
- Animal carerGH₵10,970
- AnnouncerGH₵29,410
- AnthropologistGH₵29,230
- Apiarists and sericulturistsGH₵12,300
- Aquaculture support workerGH₵12,300
- ArchitectGH₵31,040
- Art directorGH₵31,600
- ArtistGH₵29,360
- AstrologerGH₵12,200
- AstrophysicistGH₵38,350
- AthleteGH₵35,290
- Audio-visual technicianGH₵33,360
- Audiology technicianGH₵30,410
- Audit clerkGH₵19,760
- Auto mechanicGH₵23,660
- Avionics mechanicGH₵28,230
- Ballet dancerGH₵26,230
- BartenderGH₵10,480
- BasketmakerGH₵20,230
- BeauticianGH₵10,330
- Benefits officerGH₵35,030
- Bicycle mechanicGH₵22,930
- Bike assemblerGH₵20,740
- Bindery workerGH₵19,880
- BlacksmithGH₵23,980
- BlasterGH₵28,450
- Boiler operatorGH₵31,070
- BricklayerGH₵25,580
- Broadcast engineerGH₵37,050
- BuilderGH₵25,870
- Bus driverGH₵24,270
- ButcherGH₵20,720
- BuyerGH₵34,690
- CabinetmakerGH₵22,370
- Call centre agentGH₵12,320
- Candle factory workerGH₵22,700
- Car assemblerGH₵23,690
- Car cleanerGH₵14,620
- Car electricianGH₵28,550
- Car painterGH₵23,710
- Career coachGH₵29,940
- CaretakerGH₵12,430
- CarpenterGH₵24,570
- Carpet workerGH₵20,580
- CashierGH₵9,810
- CEOGH₵57,250
- Cheese makerGH₵26,450
- ChefGH₵29,530
- Chemical engineerGH₵35,720
- Chemical engineering technicianGH₵39,870
- Chemical operatorGH₵40,800
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsGH₵26,850
- ChemistGH₵32,260
- Chief engineerGH₵42,870
- Childcare centre managerGH₵35,000
- Civil engineerGH₵34,690
- Civils workerGH₵19,740
- CleanerGH₵13,630
- CleanersGH₵15,910
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedGH₵17,270
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedGH₵16,610
- Clinical research assistantGH₵28,490
- Cnc operatorGH₵25,320
- Coffee tasterGH₵22,580
- Commodity traderGH₵40,350
- Community health workerGH₵34,080
- CompanionGH₵11,650
- Concrete finisherGH₵26,140
- Construction foremanGH₵41,980
- Construction managerGH₵42,180
- Construction workerGH₵17,180
- CookGH₵11,030
- Corporate trainerGH₵30,260
- Correctional officerGH₵15,380
- Corrugator operatorGH₵23,630
- CourierGH₵15,480
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedGH₵20,070
- Crane operatorsGH₵28,340
- Crop producerGH₵11,280
- Crop team leaderGH₵11,310
- CroupierGH₵15,640
- Cure operatorGH₵22,820
- Customer service clerkGH₵16,690
- Customs agentGH₵32,380
- Customs officerGH₵36,020
- Dance teacherGH₵16,710
- Data administratorGH₵34,210
- Data centre operatorGH₵40,770
- Data entry clerkGH₵16,300
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedGH₵35,500
- Day care workerGH₵11,250
- Debt collectorGH₵19,320
- Deep-sea fishermanGH₵11,660
- Dental hygienistGH₵30,230
- DentistGH₵37,810
- DietitianGH₵28,010
- DoctorGH₵45,220
- Door to door sellerGH₵12,060
- DraughtspersonGH₵36,170
- Driving instructorGH₵14,180
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsGH₵26,480
- EconomistGH₵36,260
- Education officerGH₵30,040
- Electric powerline workerGH₵31,630
- Electrical assemblerGH₵21,010
- Electrical engineerGH₵37,880
- Electrical technicianGH₵39,320
- ElectricianGH₵26,860
- Electronic engineerGH₵36,720
- Electronics engineering technicianGH₵36,670
- Elementary school teacherGH₵30,170
- EmbalmerGH₵12,890
- EmbroidererGH₵20,650
- Employment agentGH₵35,230
- Energy managerGH₵49,430
- Environment engineerGH₵33,150
- Environmental protection professionalsGH₵30,330
- Esol teacherGH₵25,830
- Event coordinatorGH₵32,320
- Executive assistantGH₵34,200
- Fabric cutterGH₵19,350
- Fabric dyerGH₵21,210
- Façade cleanerGH₵19,210
- Facility managerGH₵49,370
- Factory labourerGH₵16,300
- Farm equipment operatorGH₵23,290
- Farm handGH₵15,720
- Farm handsGH₵14,860
- Fast food workerGH₵10,540
- Fiacre driverGH₵14,210
- File clerkGH₵18,260
- Fill operatorGH₵19,320
- Finance adviserGH₵44,180
- Finance managerGH₵54,010
- Financial analystGH₵35,030
- FinancierGH₵35,090
- Fire alarm technicianGH₵27,400
- FirefighterGH₵17,010
- Fisheries boatmanGH₵11,660
- Fishery production managerGH₵36,520
- Fitness club managerGH₵36,970
- Flight attendantGH₵13,230
- Food and related products machine operatorsGH₵21,510
- Food service workerGH₵9,695
- Food stall holderGH₵10,830
- Forest rangerGH₵11,780
- Forest workerGH₵16,840
- ForesterGH₵39,720
- Forestry advisorGH₵31,970
- Forestry technicianGH₵33,350
- Forklift operatorGH₵22,260
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversGH₵21,520
- Fur animal rearerGH₵12,500
- Garage managerGH₵42,450
- GardenerGH₵15,690
- Garment presserGH₵14,080
- Gas station salespersonGH₵9,780
- General managerGH₵46,420
- GeologistGH₵35,770
- GlassblowerGH₵21,460
- GlassmakerGH₵23,590
- GlazierGH₵23,830
- Gluing operatorGH₵19,620
- GraderGH₵23,320
- GrinderGH₵23,300
- GuideGH₵11,650
- Gym workerGH₵15,000
- HairdresserGH₵10,320
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversGH₵15,260
- Head of marketingGH₵52,820
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedGH₵27,810
- Health records clerkGH₵33,310
- Health screenerGH₵31,200
- Heat treat operatorGH₵24,010
- Hide machine operatorGH₵21,340
- High school teacherGH₵32,040
- HistorianGH₵30,570
- HorticulturistGH₵11,000
- Hotel managerGH₵36,660
- Hotel receptionistGH₵14,970
- House managerGH₵12,300
- Household managerGH₵11,940
- HousekeeperGH₵13,810
- HR managerGH₵49,260
- HunterGH₵11,760
- Hvac mechanicGH₵27,010
- Industrial engineerGH₵35,780
- Industrial painterGH₵22,730
- Information clerkGH₵17,260
- InsulatorGH₵24,840
- Insurance agentGH₵53,570
- Insurance sellerGH₵37,070
- IT presales technicianGH₵35,060
- IT project managerGH₵55,150
- IT technicianGH₵35,510
- IT trainerGH₵29,370
- JewellerGH₵21,500
- JournalistGH₵29,740
- JudgeGH₵42,340
- Kitchen assistantGH₵13,600
- Laboratory technologistGH₵33,340
- Landscape architectGH₵31,260
- Laser technicianGH₵39,710
- Laundry workerGH₵18,360
- LawyerGH₵39,600
- Legal aideGH₵34,530
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedGH₵34,110
- Legal secretaryGH₵30,070
- LegislatorsGH₵22,590
- LibrarianGH₵29,570
- Library assistantGH₵16,850
- Livestock and dairy producersGH₵11,750
- Livestock farm labourersGH₵15,190
- Loan officerGH₵36,590
- Logistics managerGH₵44,690
- Loss adjusterGH₵38,110
- Machine oilerGH₵28,280
- Mail carrierGH₵18,040
- Management consultantGH₵35,210
- Manufacturing directorGH₵47,720
- Market traderGH₵12,110
- Marketing specialistGH₵31,670
- Mechanical engineerGH₵36,410
- Mechanical engineering technicianGH₵40,500
- Medical assistantGH₵27,530
- Medical herbalistGH₵31,810
- Medical laboratory technicianGH₵33,210
- Medical transcriberGH₵30,230
- Medical writerGH₵28,440
- Metal casterGH₵25,580
- Metal filerGH₵23,460
- Metal furnace operatorGH₵37,590
- Metal molderGH₵23,560
- Metal workerGH₵24,420
- MetallurgistGH₵38,030
- MetalworkerGH₵25,560
- MeteorologistGH₵35,340
- Meter readerGH₵15,940
- MidwifeGH₵32,600
- Midwife assistantGH₵35,260
- Military officerGH₵51,890
- Mine engineerGH₵38,410
- Mine supervisorGH₵42,580
- MinersGH₵29,050
- Mining assistantGH₵19,900
- Mixed farmerGH₵11,540
- Motorcyle courierGH₵21,250
- Museum curatorGH₵28,640
- Museum technicianGH₵30,580
- Music teacherGH₵26,690
- MusicianGH₵26,530
- Network engineerGH₵37,520
- Networks engineerGH₵35,400
- Nursing assistantGH₵12,140
- Nursing associate professionalsGH₵33,030
- Nursing home managerGH₵43,990
- Odd job personsGH₵16,530
- Office clerkGH₵17,990
- Office managerGH₵36,420
- Operations managerGH₵53,370
- OpticianGH₵29,220
- OptometristGH₵31,100
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsGH₵34,180
- Paper makerGH₵24,400
- ParamedicGH₵38,440
- Paramedical practitionersGH₵35,410
- Passport officerGH₵35,630
- Pastry cookGH₵19,790
- Patent agentGH₵40,990
- PawnbrokerGH₵14,700
- Payroll clerkGH₵19,910
- PerformerGH₵21,000
- Personal care attendantGH₵11,840
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedGH₵12,120
- Personnel clerksGH₵19,070
- Pest control technicianGH₵22,170
- Petty officerGH₵42,940
- PharmacistGH₵34,450
- Photo retoucherGH₵20,360
- PhotographerGH₵30,210
- Physical therapistGH₵28,310
- Piano tunerGH₵24,930
- Picker and packerGH₵14,340
- PlastererGH₵23,550
- PlumberGH₵26,340
- Police detectiveGH₵47,360
- Police officerGH₵17,270
- Policy analystGH₵31,540
- PotterGH₵21,980
- Poultry sexerGH₵10,820
- Power plant operatorGH₵42,000
- Prepress technicianGH₵22,710
- Preschool teacherGH₵25,440
- Preschool teaching assistantGH₵11,300
- Primary school managerGH₵48,280
- Print operatorGH₵22,090
- Prison teacherGH₵27,330
- Process operatorGH₵46,240
- Product designerGH₵29,300
- Product managerGH₵52,490
- Production line coordinatorGH₵20,290
- Production supervisorGH₵39,830
- ProfessorGH₵32,740
- Project managerGH₵48,120
- Promotions demonstratorGH₵10,370
- ProofreaderGH₵19,110
- PsychologistGH₵32,490
- Public health inspectorGH₵32,050
- Public relations professionalsGH₵29,650
- Pulp control workerGH₵32,360
- Quality inspectorGH₵37,610
- Radiologic technologistGH₵39,050
- Rail conductorGH₵12,420
- Real estate agentGH₵35,960
- ReceptionistGH₵14,990
- Registered nurseGH₵32,910
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedGH₵33,880
- Religious professionalsGH₵25,810
- Religious workerGH₵30,350
- Rental sales workerGH₵11,940
- Restaurant managerGH₵32,080
- Retail sales associateGH₵11,750
- Retail store supervisorGH₵13,340
- Riding instructorGH₵26,240
- Rig drillerGH₵29,130
- RiggerGH₵28,030
- RooferGH₵19,830
- Runway modelGH₵10,600
- Sales engineerGH₵34,100
- Sales representativeGH₵37,770
- Sawmill operatorGH₵22,790
- Scribes and related workersGH₵18,420
- SecretaryGH₵18,500
- Security guardGH₵12,850
- Senior government officialsGH₵55,620
- Set designerGH₵30,740
- Sewing machine operatorGH₵18,460
- Sex workerGH₵10,620
- Shelf stackerGH₵13,590
- Ship pilotGH₵40,220
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersGH₵25,080
- ShoemakerGH₵20,180
- Shop keeperGH₵16,010
- Sign installerGH₵22,520
- SignalmanGH₵29,290
- Slitter operatorGH₵22,640
- Social care workerGH₵31,900
- Social media managerGH₵53,170
- Social services managerGH₵42,690
- Social workerGH₵28,930
- Software developerGH₵36,550
- Software programmerGH₵33,750
- Software testerGH₵34,880
- SoldierGH₵46,090
- SorterGH₵16,800
- Special needs teacherGH₵30,490
- Specialist doctorGH₵54,480
- Speech therapistGH₵29,200
- Sport coachGH₵25,550
- StatisticianGH₵39,350
- Steel erectorGH₵26,500
- Stock coordinatorGH₵17,520
- Stone fabricatorGH₵24,080
- Stone planerGH₵24,260
- StonemasonGH₵25,020
- Store managerGH₵40,240
- Street and related service workersGH₵15,910
- Street sweeperGH₵16,480
- Street vendorGH₵15,860
- Subsistence crop farmersGH₵10,080
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersGH₵11,200
- Subsistence livestock farmersGH₵10,200
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersGH₵10,100
- Survey enumeratorGH₵17,130
- SurveyorGH₵32,270
- Switchboard operatorGH₵18,500
- Systems administratorGH₵34,090
- Systems analystGH₵37,060
- TailorGH₵17,880
- TannerGH₵21,680
- Tax officerGH₵37,640
- Taxi driverGH₵20,290
- Technical aideGH₵37,520
- Telecom administratorGH₵39,400
- TellerGH₵19,050
- Tent builderGH₵25,100
- Test engineerGH₵35,860
- Textile braiderGH₵20,500
- Textile machine operatorGH₵19,930
- Therapy assistantGH₵26,130
- Tile installerGH₵23,530
- Tobacco dryerGH₵22,280
- Trades union officialGH₵50,240
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageGH₵56,100
- Traditional therapistGH₵24,860
- Train driverGH₵33,560
- TranslatorGH₵27,400
- Transport clerksGH₵20,090
- Travel agentGH₵17,010
- Tree doctorGH₵10,660
- Truck driverGH₵24,710
- TypistGH₵17,170
- Underwater welderGH₵27,290
- UpholstererGH₵20,810
- Urban plannerGH₵32,900
- UX designerGH₵27,340
- Vet technicianGH₵27,110
- VeterinarianGH₵33,590
- Vocational teacherGH₵29,660
- WaiterGH₵10,010
- Warehouse workerGH₵16,820
- Waste collectorGH₵16,760
- Watch makerGH₵24,470
- Water and firewood collectorsGH₵15,690
- Water plant operatorGH₵36,080
- Water-based fisheries workerGH₵15,060
- Web developerGH₵33,780
- Web technicianGH₵40,790
- WelderGH₵24,890
- Wind technicianGH₵32,840
- Winder operatorGH₵20,110
- Window washerGH₵15,680
- Wood treaterGH₵22,950
- WoodworkerGH₵21,590
- ZoologistGH₵33,020
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate