Salaries in Nigeria
₦50,000a month
Median monthly salary, 2024.
- Yearly
- ₦600,000
- Equals
- $34
Top 10 highest paying
- Airline pilot₦1,532,300
- Air traffic controller₦1,500,600
- Police detective₦1,323,700
- Process operator₦1,292,500
- Finance adviser₦1,234,900
- Chief engineer₦1,198,200
- Mine supervisor₦1,190,300
- Power plant operator₦1,173,900
- Construction foreman₦1,173,300
- Patent agent₦1,145,700
Top 10 lowest paying
- Dance teacher₦298,300
- Subsistence crop farmers₦323,400
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers₦323,800
- Subsistence livestock farmers₦327,000
- Tree doctor₦342,000
- Poultry sexer₦347,000
- Horticulturist₦352,700
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers₦359,000
- Crop producer₦361,800
- Crop team leader₦362,700
By major occupation group
| Technicians and associate professionals | ₦83,860 a month |
| Managers | ₦74,110 a month |
| Clerical support workers | ₦65,000 a month |
| Professionals | ₦50,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | ₦50,000 a month |
| Elementary occupations | ₦48,020 a month |
| Service and sales workers | ₦43,330 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | ₦43,330 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | ₦30,000 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant₦570,900
- Accounts assistant₦795,100
- Accounts clerk₦896,400
- Actor₦399,600
- Actuary₦620,800
- Agricultural technician₦912,400
- Aid worker₦629,600
- Air traffic controller₦1,500,600
- Air traffic safety technician₦1,068,800
- Aircraft technician₦628,100
- Airline pilot₦1,532,300
- Animal carer₦475,400
- Announcer₦525,100
- Anthropologist₦521,900
- Apiarists and sericulturists₦394,300
- Aquaculture support worker₦394,300
- Architect₦554,200
- Art director₦564,300
- Artist₦524,300
- Astrologer₦528,500
- Astrophysicist₦684,800
- Athlete₦986,400
- Audio-visual technician₦932,400
- Audiology technician₦850,000
- Audit clerk₦856,300
- Auto mechanic₦492,900
- Avionics mechanic₦588,200
- Ballet dancer₦468,400
- Bartender₦454,000
- Basketmaker₦421,500
- Beautician₦447,700
- Benefits officer₦979,300
- Bicycle mechanic₦477,800
- Bike assembler₦518,600
- Bindery worker₦414,100
- Blacksmith₦499,500
- Blaster₦592,800
- Boiler operator₦776,800
- Bricklayer₦533,000
- Broadcast engineer₦661,600
- Builder₦538,900
- Bus driver₦606,800
- Butcher₦431,600
- Buyer₦969,700
- Cabinetmaker₦466,000
- Call centre agent₦534,000
- Candle factory worker₦472,900
- Car assembler₦592,300
- Car cleaner₦540,100
- Car electrician₦594,800
- Car painter₦493,900
- Career coach₦534,600
- Caretaker₦538,600
- Carpenter₦511,900
- Carpet worker₦428,700
- Cashier₦425,100
- CEO₦1,060,700
- Cheese maker₦551,000
- Chef₦825,500
- Chemical engineer₦637,900
- Chemical engineering technician₦1,114,400
- Chemical operator₦1,140,400
- Chemical products plant and machine operators₦671,200
- Chemist₦576,100
- Chief engineer₦1,198,200
- Childcare centre manager₦648,400
- Civil engineer₦619,400
- Civils worker₦729,100
- Cleaner₦503,500
- Cleaners₦587,700
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified₦748,300
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified₦719,700
- Clinical research assistant₦796,400
- Cnc operator₦527,600
- Coffee taster₦470,300
- Commodity trader₦1,128,000
- Community health worker₦952,600
- Companion₦504,600
- Concrete finisher₦544,600
- Construction foreman₦1,173,300
- Construction manager₦781,400
- Construction worker₦634,600
- Cook₦477,900
- Corporate trainer₦540,300
- Correctional officer₦666,700
- Corrugator operator₦590,800
- Courier₦571,700
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified₦418,100
- Crane operators₦708,500
- Crop producer₦361,800
- Crop team leader₦362,700
- Croupier₦677,700
- Cure operator₦570,400
- Customer service clerk₦723,200
- Customs agent₦905,000
- Customs officer₦1,007,000
- Dance teacher₦298,300
- Data administrator₦610,900
- Data centre operator₦1,139,700
- Data entry clerk₦706,500
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified₦633,900
- Day care worker₦487,300
- Debt collector₦837,000
- Deep-sea fisherman₦373,800
- Dental hygienist₦845,000
- Dentist₦675,200
- Dietitian₦500,100
- Doctor₦807,500
- Door to door seller₦522,400
- Draughtsperson₦1,011,000
- Driving instructor₦614,500
- Earthmoving and related plant operators₦661,900
- Economist₦647,500
- Education officer₦536,400
- Electric powerline worker₦658,900
- Electrical assembler₦525,100
- Electrical engineer₦676,400
- Electrical technician₦1,099,000
- Electrician₦559,600
- Electronic engineer₦655,700
- Electronics engineering technician₦1,025,000
- Elementary school teacher₦538,800
- Embalmer₦558,700
- Embroiderer₦430,300
- Employment agent₦984,800
- Energy manager₦915,900
- Environment engineer₦592,000
- Environmental protection professionals₦541,600
- Esol teacher₦461,300
- Event coordinator₦903,500
- Executive assistant₦956,000
- Fabric cutter₦403,000
- Fabric dyer₦530,100
- Façade cleaner₦400,200
- Facility manager₦914,800
- Factory labourer₦602,100
- Farm equipment operator₦582,400
- Farm hand₦580,600
- Farm hands₦549,000
- Fast food worker₦389,400
- Fiacre driver₦525,000
- File clerk₦791,100
- Fill operator₦482,900
- Finance adviser₦1,234,900
- Finance manager₦1,000,700
- Financial analyst₦625,500
- Financier₦626,600
- Fire alarm technician₦570,900
- Firefighter₦736,900
- Fisheries boatman₦373,800
- Fishery production manager₦676,500
- Fitness club manager₦684,900
- Flight attendant₦573,500
- Food and related products machine operators₦537,800
- Food service worker₦420,100
- Food stall holder₦469,300
- Forest ranger₦377,700
- Forest worker₦621,900
- Forester₦735,900
- Forestry advisor₦570,900
- Forestry technician₦932,100
- Forklift operator₦556,400
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers₦448,300
- Fur animal rearer₦400,800
- Garage manager₦786,500
- Gardener₦579,800
- Garment presser₦520,100
- Gas station salesperson₦423,800
- General manager₦860,100
- Geologist₦638,700
- Glassblower₦447,000
- Glassmaker₦589,700
- Glazier₦496,500
- Gluing operator₦490,400
- Grader₦485,900
- Grinder₦485,400
- Guide₦504,800
- Gym worker₦554,100
- Hairdresser₦447,000
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers₦563,800
- Head of marketing₦978,500
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified₦496,500
- Health records clerk₦931,100
- Health screener₦872,100
- Heat treat operator₦600,200
- Hide machine operator₦533,500
- High school teacher₦572,200
- Historian₦545,900
- Horticulturist₦352,700
- Hotel manager₦679,300
- Hotel receptionist₦648,800
- House manager₦533,000
- Household manager₦517,200
- Housekeeper₦510,100
- HR manager₦912,600
- Hunter₦377,200
- Hvac mechanic₦562,700
- Industrial engineer₦638,800
- Industrial painter₦473,600
- Information clerk₦747,800
- Insulator₦517,500
- Insurance agent₦992,400
- Insurance seller₦1,036,100
- IT presales technician₦626,100
- IT project manager₦1,021,700
- IT technician₦992,600
- IT trainer₦524,500
- Jeweller₦447,800
- Journalist₦531,000
- Judge₦756,100
- Kitchen assistant₦502,500
- Laboratory technologist₦932,000
- Landscape architect₦558,200
- Laser technician₦1,110,000
- Laundry worker₦458,900
- Lawyer₦707,200
- Legal aide₦965,300
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified₦609,200
- Legal secretary₦840,400
- Legislators₦418,600
- Librarian₦528,000
- Library assistant₦730,300
- Livestock and dairy producers₦376,700
- Livestock farm labourers₦561,000
- Loan officer₦1,022,800
- Logistics manager₦828,000
- Loss adjuster₦1,065,300
- Machine oiler₦589,200
- Mail carrier₦781,600
- Management consultant₦628,700
- Manufacturing director₦884,200
- Market trader₦524,600
- Marketing specialist₦565,600
- Mechanical engineer₦650,300
- Mechanical engineering technician₦1,132,000
- Medical assistant₦769,500
- Medical herbalist₦889,100
- Medical laboratory technician₦928,400
- Medical transcriber₦845,000
- Medical writer₦507,800
- Metal caster₦639,400
- Metal filer₦586,500
- Metal furnace operator₦1,050,800
- Metal molder₦490,800
- Metal worker₦508,700
- Metallurgist₦1,063,000
- Metalworker₦532,500
- Meteorologist₦631,000
- Meter reader₦588,900
- Midwife₦582,200
- Midwife assistant₦985,600
- Mine engineer₦686,000
- Mine supervisor₦1,190,300
- Miners₦726,400
- Mining assistant₦735,200
- Mixed farmer₦370,100
- Motorcyle courier₦531,300
- Museum curator₦511,500
- Museum technician₦854,800
- Music teacher₦476,700
- Musician₦473,700
- Network engineer₦1,048,800
- Networks engineer₦632,200
- Nursing assistant₦526,300
- Nursing associate professionals₦923,300
- Nursing home manager₦814,900
- Odd job persons₦610,700
- Office clerk₦779,600
- Office manager₦1,018,000
- Operations manager₦988,900
- Optician₦816,900
- Optometrist₦555,400
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals₦955,500
- Paper maker₦610,000
- Paramedic₦1,074,600
- Paramedical practitioners₦632,300
- Passport officer₦996,100
- Pastry cook₦412,400
- Patent agent₦1,145,700
- Pawnbroker₦637,000
- Payroll clerk₦862,700
- Performer₦375,000
- Personal care attendant₦513,000
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified₦525,300
- Personnel clerks₦826,300
- Pest control technician₦461,800
- Pharmacist₦615,200
- Photo retoucher₦509,000
- Photographer₦844,400
- Physical therapist₦505,600
- Piano tuner₦519,300
- Picker and packer₦529,700
- Plasterer₦490,600
- Plumber₦548,800
- Police detective₦1,323,700
- Police officer₦748,600
- Policy analyst₦563,300
- Potter₦458,000
- Poultry sexer₦347,000
- Power plant operator₦1,173,900
- Prepress technician₦473,100
- Preschool teacher₦454,300
- Preschool teaching assistant₦489,600
- Primary school manager₦894,400
- Print operator₦460,200
- Prison teacher₦488,100
- Process operator₦1,292,500
- Product designer₦523,200
- Product manager₦972,400
- Production line coordinator₦879,300
- Production supervisor₦1,113,400
- Professor₦584,700
- Project manager₦891,400
- Promotions demonstrator₦449,500
- Proofreader₦827,900
- Psychologist₦580,200
- Public health inspector₦572,400
- Public relations professionals₦529,500
- Pulp control worker₦904,400
- Quality inspector₦1,051,400
- Radiologic technologist₦1,091,600
- Rail conductor₦538,400
- Real estate agent₦1,005,100
- Receptionist₦649,700
- Registered nurse₦587,700
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified₦947,000
- Religious professionals₦460,800
- Religious worker₦848,400
- Rental sales worker₦517,400
- Restaurant manager₦594,400
- Retail sales associate₦509,100
- Retail store supervisor₦578,200
- Riding instructor₦733,400
- Rig driller₦728,300
- Rigger₦584,000
- Roofer₦413,100
- Runway model₦459,100
- Sales engineer₦609,000
- Sales representative₦1,055,800
- Sawmill operator₦569,900
- Scribes and related workers₦798,300
- Secretary₦801,500
- Security guard₦556,900
- Senior government officials₦1,030,500
- Set designer₦859,300
- Sewing machine operator₦461,600
- Sex worker₦460,200
- Shelf stacker₦502,000
- Ship pilot₦1,124,100
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers₦627,000
- Shoemaker₦420,400
- Shop keeper₦693,600
- Sign installer₦469,100
- Signalman₦732,300
- Slitter operator₦566,000
- Social care worker₦891,700
- Social media manager₦985,000
- Social services manager₦790,900
- Social worker₦516,600
- Software developer₦652,700
- Software programmer₦602,600
- Software tester₦622,900
- Sorter₦620,600
- Special needs teacher₦544,400
- Specialist doctor₦972,900
- Speech therapist₦521,400
- Sport coach₦714,000
- Statistician₦1,099,900
- Steel erector₦552,100
- Stock coordinator₦759,000
- Stone fabricator₦602,000
- Stone planer₦606,500
- Stonemason₦521,300
- Store manager₦745,500
- Street and related service workers₦587,800
- Street sweeper₦608,600
- Street vendor₦586,000
- Subsistence crop farmers₦323,400
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers₦359,000
- Subsistence livestock farmers₦327,000
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers₦323,800
- Survey enumerator₦742,400
- Surveyor₦576,200
- Switchboard operator₦801,900
- Systems administrator₦608,800
- Systems analyst₦661,800
- Tailor₦372,500
- Tanner₦451,700
- Tax officer₦1,052,100
- Taxi driver₦507,200
- Technical aide₦1,048,900
- Telecom administrator₦1,101,200
- Teller₦825,600
- Tent builder₦522,900
- Test engineer₦640,300
- Textile braider₦512,600
- Textile machine operator₦498,100
- Therapy assistant₦730,500
- Tile installer₦490,300
- Tobacco dryer₦464,100
- Trades union official₦930,700
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village₦1,039,400
- Traditional therapist₦444,000
- Train driver₦839,100
- Translator₦489,200
- Transport clerks₦870,500
- Travel agent₦737,000
- Tree doctor₦342,000
- Truck driver₦617,600
- Typist₦743,900
- Underwater welder₦568,500
- Upholsterer₦433,600
- Urban planner₦587,400
- UX designer₦488,300
- Vet technician₦757,800
- Veterinarian₦599,800
- Vocational teacher₦529,700
- Waiter₦433,600
- Warehouse worker₦621,200
- Waste collector₦618,900
- Watch maker₦509,700
- Water and firewood collectors₦579,500
- Water plant operator₦1,008,600
- Water-based fisheries worker₦556,200
- Web developer₦603,200
- Web technician₦1,140,300
- Welder₦518,500
- Wind technician₦918,000
- Winder operator₦502,900
- Window washer₦579,300
- Wood treater₦478,100
- Woodworker₦449,800
- Zoologist₦589,600
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate