Salaries in Kenya
KES 6,000a month
Median monthly salary, 2019.
- Yearly
- KES 72,000
- Equals
- $59
Top 10 highest paying
- Military officerKES 488,500
- Specialist doctorKES 479,400
- CEOKES 445,500
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageKES 436,600
- SoldierKES 433,900
- Senior government officialsKES 432,900
- IT project managerKES 429,200
- Finance managerKES 420,300
- Insurance agentKES 416,900
- Operations managerKES 415,400
Top 10 lowest paying
- Subsistence crop farmersKES 6,467
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersKES 6,475
- Subsistence livestock farmersKES 6,540
- Tree doctorKES 6,839
- Poultry sexerKES 6,940
- HorticulturistKES 7,054
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersKES 7,180
- Crop producerKES 7,235
- Crop team leaderKES 7,254
- Mixed farmerKES 7,401
By major occupation group
| Armed forces | KES 37,660 a month |
| Managers | KES 31,130 a month |
| Professionals | KES 24,640 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | KES 20,000 a month |
| Clerical support workers | KES 20,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | KES 10,000 a month |
| Service and sales workers | KES 8,000 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | KES 1,200 a month |
| Elementary occupations | KES 1,000 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | KES 600 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantKES 281,300
- Accounts assistantKES 244,700
- Accounts clerkKES 213,800
- ActorKES 196,900
- ActuaryKES 305,900
- Agricultural technicianKES 217,600
- Aid workerKES 116,200
- Air traffic controllerKES 357,900
- Air traffic safety technicianKES 254,900
- Aircraft technicianKES 17,390
- Airline pilotKES 365,500
- Animal carerKES 87,770
- AnnouncerKES 258,800
- AnthropologistKES 257,200
- Apiarists and sericulturistsKES 7,886
- Aquaculture support workerKES 7,886
- ArchitectKES 273,100
- Art directorKES 278,100
- ArtistKES 258,400
- AstrologerKES 97,560
- AstrophysicistKES 337,500
- AthleteKES 235,300
- Audio-visual technicianKES 222,400
- Audiology technicianKES 202,700
- Audit clerkKES 263,500
- Auto mechanicKES 13,650
- Avionics mechanicKES 16,290
- Ballet dancerKES 230,800
- BartenderKES 83,810
- BasketmakerKES 11,670
- BeauticianKES 82,650
- Benefits officerKES 233,600
- Bicycle mechanicKES 13,230
- Bike assemblerKES 103,700
- Bindery workerKES 11,470
- BlacksmithKES 13,830
- BlasterKES 16,420
- Boiler operatorKES 155,400
- BricklayerKES 14,760
- Broadcast engineerKES 326,000
- BuilderKES 14,920
- Bus driverKES 121,400
- ButcherKES 11,950
- BuyerKES 231,300
- CabinetmakerKES 12,900
- Call centre agentKES 98,580
- Candle factory workerKES 13,100
- Car assemblerKES 118,500
- Car cleanerKES 11,250
- Car electricianKES 16,470
- Car painterKES 13,680
- Career coachKES 263,400
- CaretakerKES 99,430
- CarpenterKES 14,180
- Carpet workerKES 11,870
- CashierKES 78,480
- CEOKES 445,500
- Cheese makerKES 15,260
- ChefKES 196,900
- Chemical engineerKES 314,300
- Chemical engineering technicianKES 265,800
- Chemical operatorKES 272,000
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsKES 134,200
- ChemistKES 283,900
- Chief engineerKES 285,800
- Childcare centre managerKES 272,400
- Civil engineerKES 305,300
- Civils workerKES 15,180
- CleanerKES 10,490
- CleanersKES 12,240
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedKES 230,200
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedKES 221,400
- Clinical research assistantKES 189,900
- Cnc operatorKES 14,610
- Coffee tasterKES 13,020
- Commodity traderKES 269,000
- Community health workerKES 227,200
- CompanionKES 93,170
- Concrete finisherKES 15,080
- Construction foremanKES 279,800
- Construction managerKES 328,300
- Construction workerKES 13,220
- CookKES 88,240
- Corporate trainerKES 266,300
- Correctional officerKES 123,100
- Corrugator operatorKES 118,200
- CourierKES 11,910
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedKES 11,580
- Crane operatorsKES 141,700
- Crop producerKES 7,235
- Crop team leaderKES 7,254
- CroupierKES 208,500
- Cure operatorKES 114,100
- Customer service clerkKES 222,500
- Customs agentKES 215,900
- Customs officerKES 240,200
- Dance teacherKES 147,000
- Data administratorKES 301,000
- Data centre operatorKES 271,800
- Data entry clerkKES 217,400
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedKES 312,400
- Day care workerKES 89,970
- Debt collectorKES 257,600
- Deep-sea fishermanKES 7,476
- Dental hygienistKES 201,500
- DentistKES 332,700
- DietitianKES 246,500
- DoctorKES 397,900
- Door to door sellerKES 96,450
- DraughtspersonKES 241,100
- Driving instructorKES 113,500
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsKES 132,400
- EconomistKES 319,100
- Education officerKES 264,300
- Electric powerline workerKES 18,250
- Electrical assemblerKES 105,000
- Electrical engineerKES 333,300
- Electrical technicianKES 262,100
- ElectricianKES 15,500
- Electronic engineerKES 323,100
- Electronics engineering technicianKES 244,500
- Elementary school teacherKES 265,500
- EmbalmerKES 103,100
- EmbroidererKES 11,910
- Employment agentKES 234,900
- Energy managerKES 384,700
- Environment engineerKES 291,700
- Environmental protection professionalsKES 266,900
- Esol teacherKES 227,300
- Event coordinatorKES 215,500
- Executive assistantKES 228,000
- Fabric cutterKES 11,160
- Fabric dyerKES 106,000
- Façade cleanerKES 11,080
- Facility managerKES 384,300
- Factory labourerKES 12,540
- Farm equipment operatorKES 116,500
- Farm handKES 12,090
- Farm handsKES 11,430
- Fast food workerKES 8,109
- Fiacre driverKES 10,930
- File clerkKES 243,400
- Fill operatorKES 96,580
- Finance adviserKES 294,500
- Finance managerKES 420,300
- Financial analystKES 308,200
- FinancierKES 308,800
- Fire alarm technicianKES 15,810
- FirefighterKES 136,000
- Fisheries boatmanKES 7,476
- Fishery production managerKES 284,200
- Fitness club managerKES 287,700
- Flight attendantKES 105,900
- Food and related products machine operatorsKES 107,600
- Food service workerKES 77,560
- Food stall holderKES 86,640
- Forest rangerKES 7,554
- Forest workerKES 12,950
- ForesterKES 309,100
- Forestry advisorKES 281,400
- Forestry technicianKES 222,300
- Forklift operatorKES 111,300
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversKES 12,410
- Fur animal rearerKES 8,016
- Garage managerKES 330,400
- GardenerKES 12,070
- Garment presserKES 10,830
- Gas station salespersonKES 78,240
- General managerKES 361,300
- GeologistKES 314,700
- GlassblowerKES 12,380
- GlassmakerKES 117,900
- GlazierKES 13,750
- Gluing operatorKES 98,080
- GraderKES 13,460
- GrinderKES 13,440
- GuideKES 93,200
- Gym workerKES 11,540
- HairdresserKES 82,520
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversKES 11,740
- Head of marketingKES 411,000
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedKES 244,700
- Health records clerkKES 222,100
- Health screenerKES 208,000
- Heat treat operatorKES 120,000
- Hide machine operatorKES 106,700
- High school teacherKES 282,000
- HistorianKES 269,000
- HorticulturistKES 7,054
- Hotel managerKES 285,300
- Hotel receptionistKES 199,600
- House managerKES 98,410
- Household managerKES 95,490
- HousekeeperKES 10,620
- HR managerKES 383,300
- HunterKES 7,544
- Hvac mechanicKES 15,580
- Industrial engineerKES 314,800
- Industrial painterKES 13,110
- Information clerkKES 230,100
- InsulatorKES 14,330
- Insurance agentKES 416,900
- Insurance sellerKES 247,100
- IT presales technicianKES 308,500
- IT project managerKES 429,200
- IT technicianKES 236,700
- IT trainerKES 258,400
- JewellerKES 12,400
- JournalistKES 261,700
- JudgeKES 372,600
- Kitchen assistantKES 10,460
- Laboratory technologistKES 222,300
- Landscape architectKES 275,100
- Laser technicianKES 264,700
- Laundry workerKES 91,780
- LawyerKES 348,500
- Legal aideKES 230,200
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedKES 300,200
- Legal secretaryKES 200,400
- LegislatorsKES 175,800
- LibrarianKES 260,200
- Library assistantKES 224,700
- Livestock and dairy producersKES 7,534
- Livestock farm labourersKES 11,680
- Loan officerKES 243,900
- Logistics managerKES 347,800
- Loss adjusterKES 254,100
- Machine oilerKES 16,320
- Mail carrierKES 240,500
- Management consultantKES 309,800
- Manufacturing directorKES 371,400
- Market traderKES 96,840
- Marketing specialistKES 278,700
- Mechanical engineerKES 320,400
- Mechanical engineering technicianKES 270,000
- Medical assistantKES 183,500
- Medical herbalistKES 212,000
- Medical laboratory technicianKES 221,400
- Medical transcriberKES 201,500
- Medical writerKES 250,300
- Metal casterKES 127,900
- Metal filerKES 117,300
- Metal furnace operatorKES 250,600
- Metal molderKES 13,590
- Metal workerKES 14,090
- MetallurgistKES 253,500
- MetalworkerKES 14,750
- MeteorologistKES 311,000
- Meter readerKES 12,260
- MidwifeKES 286,900
- Midwife assistantKES 235,100
- Military officerKES 488,500
- Mine engineerKES 338,000
- Mine supervisorKES 283,900
- MinersKES 145,300
- Mining assistantKES 15,310
- Mixed farmerKES 7,401
- Motorcyle courierKES 106,300
- Museum curatorKES 252,100
- Museum technicianKES 203,900
- Music teacherKES 234,900
- MusicianKES 233,500
- Network engineerKES 250,100
- Networks engineerKES 311,600
- Nursing assistantKES 97,160
- Nursing associate professionalsKES 220,200
- Nursing home managerKES 342,300
- Odd job personsKES 12,720
- Office clerkKES 239,900
- Office managerKES 242,800
- Operations managerKES 415,400
- OpticianKES 194,800
- OptometristKES 273,700
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsKES 227,900
- Paper makerKES 122,000
- ParamedicKES 256,300
- Paramedical practitionersKES 311,600
- Passport officerKES 237,600
- Pastry cookKES 11,420
- Patent agentKES 273,300
- PawnbrokerKES 196,000
- Payroll clerkKES 265,400
- PerformerKES 184,800
- Personal care attendantKES 94,700
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedKES 96,990
- Personnel clerksKES 254,200
- Pest control technicianKES 12,790
- Petty officerKES 404,300
- PharmacistKES 303,200
- Photo retoucherKES 101,800
- PhotographerKES 201,400
- Physical therapistKES 249,100
- Piano tunerKES 14,380
- Picker and packerKES 11,030
- PlastererKES 13,590
- PlumberKES 15,200
- Police detectiveKES 315,700
- Police officerKES 138,200
- Policy analystKES 277,600
- PotterKES 12,680
- Poultry sexerKES 6,940
- Power plant operatorKES 280,000
- Prepress technicianKES 13,100
- Preschool teacherKES 223,900
- Preschool teaching assistantKES 90,390
- Primary school managerKES 375,700
- Print operatorKES 12,740
- Prison teacherKES 240,500
- Process operatorKES 308,300
- Product designerKES 257,800
- Product managerKES 408,500
- Production line coordinatorKES 270,600
- Production supervisorKES 265,600
- ProfessorKES 288,100
- Project managerKES 374,500
- Promotions demonstratorKES 82,990
- ProofreaderKES 254,700
- PsychologistKES 285,900
- Public health inspectorKES 282,100
- Public relations professionalsKES 260,900
- Pulp control workerKES 215,700
- Quality inspectorKES 250,800
- Radiologic technologistKES 260,400
- Rail conductorKES 99,390
- Real estate agentKES 239,700
- ReceptionistKES 199,900
- Registered nurseKES 289,600
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedKES 225,900
- Religious professionalsKES 227,100
- Religious workerKES 202,300
- Rental sales workerKES 95,520
- Restaurant managerKES 249,700
- Retail sales associateKES 94,000
- Retail store supervisorKES 106,700
- Riding instructorKES 174,900
- Rig drillerKES 145,700
- RiggerKES 16,170
- RooferKES 11,440
- Runway modelKES 84,760
- Sales engineerKES 300,100
- Sales representativeKES 251,800
- Sawmill operatorKES 114,000
- Scribes and related workersKES 245,600
- SecretaryKES 246,600
- Security guardKES 102,800
- Senior government officialsKES 432,900
- Set designerKES 204,900
- Sewing machine operatorKES 92,320
- Sex workerKES 84,950
- Shelf stackerKES 10,450
- Ship pilotKES 268,100
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersKES 125,400
- ShoemakerKES 11,640
- Shop keeperKES 128,100
- Sign installerKES 12,990
- SignalmanKES 146,500
- Slitter operatorKES 113,200
- Social care workerKES 212,700
- Social media managerKES 413,800
- Social services managerKES 332,200
- Social workerKES 254,600
- Software developerKES 321,600
- Software programmerKES 297,000
- Software testerKES 307,000
- SoldierKES 433,900
- SorterKES 12,920
- Special needs teacherKES 268,300
- Specialist doctorKES 479,400
- Speech therapistKES 257,000
- Sport coachKES 170,300
- StatisticianKES 262,300
- Steel erectorKES 15,290
- Stock coordinatorKES 233,500
- Stone fabricatorKES 120,400
- Stone planerKES 121,300
- StonemasonKES 14,440
- Store managerKES 313,100
- Street and related service workersKES 12,240
- Street sweeperKES 12,670
- Street vendorKES 12,200
- Subsistence crop farmersKES 6,467
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersKES 7,180
- Subsistence livestock farmersKES 6,540
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersKES 6,475
- Survey enumeratorKES 228,400
- SurveyorKES 284,000
- Switchboard operatorKES 246,700
- Systems administratorKES 300,000
- Systems analystKES 326,100
- TailorKES 10,320
- TannerKES 12,510
- Tax officerKES 250,900
- Taxi driverKES 101,400
- Technical aideKES 250,200
- Telecom administratorKES 262,600
- TellerKES 254,000
- Tent builderKES 14,480
- Test engineerKES 315,500
- Textile braiderKES 102,500
- Textile machine operatorKES 99,630
- Therapy assistantKES 174,200
- Tile installerKES 13,580
- Tobacco dryerKES 12,850
- Trades union officialKES 391,000
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageKES 436,600
- Traditional therapistKES 218,800
- Train driverKES 167,800
- TranslatorKES 241,100
- Transport clerksKES 267,800
- Travel agentKES 226,800
- Tree doctorKES 6,839
- Truck driverKES 123,500
- TypistKES 228,900
- Underwater welderKES 15,740
- UpholstererKES 12,010
- Urban plannerKES 289,500
- UX designerKES 240,600
- Vet technicianKES 180,700
- VeterinarianKES 295,600
- Vocational teacherKES 261,000
- WaiterKES 80,040
- Warehouse workerKES 12,940
- Waste collectorKES 12,890
- Watch makerKES 14,110
- Water and firewood collectorsKES 12,070
- Water plant operatorKES 240,500
- Water-based fisheries workerKES 11,580
- Web developerKES 297,200
- Web technicianKES 272,000
- WelderKES 14,360
- Wind technicianKES 218,900
- Winder operatorKES 100,600
- Window washerKES 12,060
- Wood treaterKES 13,240
- WoodworkerKES 12,460
- ZoologistKES 290,600
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate