Salaries in Uganda
UGX 240,000a month
Median monthly salary, 2021.
- Yearly
- UGX 2,880,000
- Equals
- $67
Top 10 highest paying
- CEOUGX 11,449,900
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageUGX 11,220,600
- Senior government officialsUGX 11,123,900
- IT project managerUGX 11,029,600
- Finance managerUGX 10,802,100
- Insurance agentUGX 10,713,400
- Specialist doctorUGX 10,702,100
- Operations managerUGX 10,674,700
- Social media managerUGX 10,633,500
- Head of marketingUGX 10,563,500
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food workerUGX 878,500
- Shelf stackerUGX 1,132,600
- Kitchen assistantUGX 1,133,600
- CleanerUGX 1,136,000
- HousekeeperUGX 1,150,700
- Subsistence crop farmersUGX 1,167,700
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersUGX 1,169,100
- Garment presserUGX 1,173,300
- Subsistence livestock farmersUGX 1,180,800
- Fiacre driverUGX 1,184,500
By major occupation group
| Managers | UGX 800,000 a month |
| Professionals | UGX 550,000 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | UGX 550,000 a month |
| Armed forces | UGX 500,000 a month |
| Clerical support workers | UGX 450,000 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | UGX 325,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | UGX 308,300 a month |
| Service and sales workers | UGX 216,700 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | UGX 108,300 a month |
| Elementary occupations | UGX 108,300 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantUGX 6,279,900
- Accounts assistantUGX 5,504,900
- Accounts clerkUGX 5,879,200
- ActorUGX 4,396,100
- ActuaryUGX 6,829,300
- Agricultural technicianUGX 5,984,600
- Aid workerUGX 3,148,000
- Air traffic controllerUGX 9,842,400
- Air traffic safety technicianUGX 7,010,100
- Aircraft technicianUGX 4,710,600
- Airline pilotUGX 10,050,100
- Animal carerUGX 2,377,100
- AnnouncerUGX 5,776,200
- AnthropologistUGX 5,740,700
- Apiarists and sericulturistsUGX 1,423,900
- Aquaculture support workerUGX 1,423,900
- ArchitectUGX 6,096,400
- Art directorUGX 6,206,900
- ArtistUGX 5,767,200
- AstrologerUGX 2,642,300
- AstrophysicistUGX 7,532,700
- AthleteUGX 6,469,500
- Audio-visual technicianUGX 6,115,400
- Audiology technicianUGX 5,574,600
- Audit clerkUGX 5,927,900
- Auto mechanicUGX 3,696,800
- Avionics mechanicUGX 4,411,400
- Ballet dancerUGX 5,152,200
- BartenderUGX 2,269,900
- BasketmakerUGX 3,161,300
- BeauticianUGX 2,238,300
- Benefits officerUGX 6,422,900
- Bicycle mechanicUGX 3,583,400
- Bike assemblerUGX 3,197,300
- Bindery workerUGX 3,105,700
- BlacksmithUGX 3,746,300
- BlasterUGX 4,445,900
- Boiler operatorUGX 4,789,500
- BricklayerUGX 3,997,400
- Broadcast engineerUGX 7,278,000
- BuilderUGX 4,042,100
- Bus driverUGX 3,741,000
- ButcherUGX 3,237,100
- BuyerUGX 6,360,200
- CabinetmakerUGX 3,494,800
- Call centre agentUGX 2,669,900
- Candle factory workerUGX 3,547,100
- Car assemblerUGX 3,651,700
- Car cleanerUGX 1,218,400
- Car electricianUGX 4,460,800
- Car painterUGX 3,704,200
- Career coachUGX 5,880,500
- CaretakerUGX 2,692,900
- CarpenterUGX 3,839,400
- Carpet workerUGX 3,215,500
- CashierUGX 2,125,500
- CEOUGX 11,449,900
- Cheese makerUGX 4,132,600
- ChefUGX 5,414,500
- Chemical engineerUGX 7,016,700
- Chemical engineering technicianUGX 7,308,800
- Chemical operatorUGX 7,479,400
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsUGX 4,138,600
- ChemistUGX 6,336,800
- Chief engineerUGX 7,858,600
- Childcare centre managerUGX 6,999,300
- Civil engineerUGX 6,813,900
- Civils workerUGX 1,644,800
- CleanerUGX 1,136,000
- CleanersUGX 1,325,800
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedUGX 5,180,300
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedUGX 4,982,600
- Clinical research assistantUGX 5,223,600
- Cnc operatorUGX 3,956,600
- Coffee tasterUGX 3,527,500
- Commodity traderUGX 7,398,100
- Community health workerUGX 6,248,100
- CompanionUGX 2,523,200
- Concrete finisherUGX 4,084,700
- Construction foremanUGX 7,695,500
- Construction managerUGX 8,435,700
- Construction workerUGX 1,431,700
- CookUGX 2,389,700
- Corporate trainerUGX 5,943,500
- Correctional officerUGX 3,333,300
- Corrugator operatorUGX 3,642,900
- CourierUGX 1,289,800
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedUGX 3,135,900
- Crane operatorsUGX 4,368,100
- Crop producerUGX 1,306,400
- Crop team leaderUGX 1,309,700
- CroupierUGX 4,691,500
- Cure operatorUGX 3,517,000
- Customer service clerkUGX 5,006,600
- Customs agentUGX 5,936,000
- Customs officerUGX 6,604,500
- Dance teacherUGX 3,281,400
- Data administratorUGX 6,719,600
- Data centre operatorUGX 7,474,900
- Data entry clerkUGX 4,891,200
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedUGX 6,972,400
- Day care workerUGX 2,436,600
- Debt collectorUGX 5,794,900
- Deep-sea fishermanUGX 1,349,900
- Dental hygienistUGX 5,542,500
- DentistUGX 7,427,300
- DietitianUGX 5,501,500
- DoctorUGX 8,882,600
- Door to door sellerUGX 2,612,100
- DraughtspersonUGX 6,631,100
- Driving instructorUGX 3,072,600
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsUGX 4,080,900
- EconomistUGX 7,122,200
- Education officerUGX 5,900,300
- Electric powerline workerUGX 4,942,000
- Electrical assemblerUGX 3,237,900
- Electrical engineerUGX 7,439,900
- Electrical technicianUGX 7,207,900
- ElectricianUGX 4,197,100
- Electronic engineerUGX 7,212,500
- Electronics engineering technicianUGX 6,722,500
- Elementary school teacherUGX 5,926,800
- EmbalmerUGX 2,793,400
- EmbroidererUGX 3,226,900
- Employment agentUGX 6,459,200
- Energy managerUGX 9,886,800
- Environment engineerUGX 6,512,200
- Environmental protection professionalsUGX 5,957,600
- Esol teacherUGX 5,074,300
- Event coordinatorUGX 5,925,600
- Executive assistantUGX 6,270,000
- Fabric cutterUGX 3,022,900
- Fabric dyerUGX 3,268,600
- Façade cleanerUGX 3,001,600
- Facility managerUGX 9,874,900
- Factory labourerUGX 1,358,300
- Farm equipment operatorUGX 3,590,700
- Farm handUGX 1,309,800
- Farm handsUGX 1,238,500
- Fast food workerUGX 878,500
- Fiacre driverUGX 1,184,500
- File clerkUGX 5,476,700
- Fill operatorUGX 2,977,400
- Finance adviserUGX 8,099,100
- Finance managerUGX 10,802,100
- Financial analystUGX 6,880,600
- FinancierUGX 6,892,800
- Fire alarm technicianUGX 4,281,400
- FirefighterUGX 3,684,700
- Fisheries boatmanUGX 1,349,900
- Fishery production managerUGX 7,303,300
- Fitness club managerUGX 7,393,600
- Flight attendantUGX 2,867,400
- Food and related products machine operatorsUGX 3,315,900
- Food service workerUGX 2,100,600
- Food stall holderUGX 2,346,400
- Forest rangerUGX 1,363,800
- Forest workerUGX 1,403,000
- ForesterUGX 7,943,600
- Forestry advisorUGX 6,280,400
- Forestry technicianUGX 6,113,500
- Forklift operatorUGX 3,430,500
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversUGX 3,361,900
- Fur animal rearerUGX 1,447,300
- Garage managerUGX 8,490,500
- GardenerUGX 1,307,900
- Garment presserUGX 1,173,300
- Gas station salespersonUGX 2,119,100
- General managerUGX 9,284,600
- GeologistUGX 7,025,400
- GlassblowerUGX 3,352,400
- GlassmakerUGX 3,636,000
- GlazierUGX 3,724,100
- Gluing operatorUGX 3,023,500
- GraderUGX 3,644,200
- GrinderUGX 3,640,500
- GuideUGX 2,524,100
- Gym workerUGX 1,250,100
- HairdresserUGX 2,235,000
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversUGX 1,271,900
- Head of marketingUGX 10,563,500
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedUGX 5,461,800
- Health records clerkUGX 6,106,600
- Health screenerUGX 5,719,800
- Heat treat operatorUGX 3,700,300
- Hide machine operatorUGX 3,289,600
- High school teacherUGX 6,294,300
- HistorianUGX 6,004,600
- HorticulturistUGX 1,273,700
- Hotel managerUGX 7,333,000
- Hotel receptionistUGX 4,491,900
- House managerUGX 2,665,100
- Household managerUGX 2,586,200
- HousekeeperUGX 1,150,700
- HR managerUGX 9,851,600
- HunterUGX 1,362,200
- Hvac mechanicUGX 4,220,100
- Industrial engineerUGX 7,027,200
- Industrial painterUGX 3,551,900
- Information clerkUGX 5,176,900
- InsulatorUGX 3,881,500
- Insurance agentUGX 10,713,400
- Insurance sellerUGX 6,795,700
- IT presales technicianUGX 6,886,900
- IT project managerUGX 11,029,600
- IT technicianUGX 6,510,300
- IT trainerUGX 5,769,100
- JewellerUGX 3,358,800
- JournalistUGX 5,840,900
- JudgeUGX 8,316,700
- Kitchen assistantUGX 1,133,600
- Laboratory technologistUGX 6,112,600
- Landscape architectUGX 6,140,100
- Laser technicianUGX 7,280,300
- Laundry workerUGX 2,829,300
- LawyerUGX 7,779,100
- Legal aideUGX 6,331,400
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedUGX 6,700,700
- Legal secretaryUGX 5,512,300
- LegislatorsUGX 4,518,500
- LibrarianUGX 5,807,800
- Library assistantUGX 5,055,900
- Livestock and dairy producersUGX 1,360,400
- Livestock farm labourersUGX 1,265,700
- Loan officerUGX 6,708,300
- Logistics managerUGX 8,937,900
- Loss adjusterUGX 6,987,200
- Machine oilerUGX 4,419,400
- Mail carrierUGX 5,411,200
- Management consultantUGX 6,915,600
- Manufacturing directorUGX 9,544,700
- Market traderUGX 2,622,800
- Marketing specialistUGX 6,221,100
- Mechanical engineerUGX 7,152,900
- Mechanical engineering technicianUGX 7,424,400
- Medical assistantUGX 5,046,700
- Medical herbalistUGX 5,831,400
- Medical laboratory technicianUGX 6,089,300
- Medical transcriberUGX 5,542,500
- Medical writerUGX 5,586,200
- Metal casterUGX 3,942,200
- Metal filerUGX 3,616,300
- Metal furnace operatorUGX 6,892,000
- Metal molderUGX 3,680,900
- Metal workerUGX 3,815,200
- MetallurgistUGX 6,972,000
- MetalworkerUGX 3,993,900
- MeteorologistUGX 6,941,400
- Meter readerUGX 1,328,500
- MidwifeUGX 6,404,100
- Midwife assistantUGX 6,464,100
- Military officerUGX 6,485,800
- Mine engineerUGX 7,545,500
- Mine supervisorUGX 7,806,900
- MinersUGX 4,478,500
- Mining assistantUGX 1,658,600
- Mixed farmerUGX 1,336,300
- Motorcyle courierUGX 3,275,900
- Museum curatorUGX 5,626,600
- Museum technicianUGX 5,606,800
- Music teacherUGX 5,243,300
- MusicianUGX 5,211,200
- Network engineerUGX 6,878,700
- Networks engineerUGX 6,954,500
- Nursing assistantUGX 2,631,400
- Nursing associate professionalsUGX 6,055,800
- Nursing home managerUGX 8,797,200
- Odd job personsUGX 1,377,700
- Office clerkUGX 5,397,200
- Office managerUGX 6,677,100
- Operations managerUGX 10,674,700
- OpticianUGX 5,357,900
- OptometristUGX 6,109,400
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsUGX 6,267,100
- Paper makerUGX 3,760,900
- ParamedicUGX 7,048,200
- Paramedical practitionersUGX 6,955,700
- Passport officerUGX 6,533,000
- Pastry cookUGX 3,092,900
- Patent agentUGX 7,514,500
- PawnbrokerUGX 4,409,700
- Payroll clerkUGX 5,972,500
- PerformerUGX 4,124,900
- Personal care attendantUGX 2,564,900
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedUGX 2,626,700
- Personnel clerksUGX 5,720,400
- Pest control technicianUGX 3,463,700
- Petty officerUGX 5,367,600
- PharmacistUGX 6,767,200
- Photo retoucherUGX 3,138,200
- PhotographerUGX 5,538,200
- Physical therapistUGX 5,561,200
- Piano tunerUGX 3,894,900
- Picker and packerUGX 1,195,100
- PlastererUGX 3,679,300
- PlumberUGX 4,116,100
- Police detectiveUGX 8,681,900
- Police officerUGX 3,742,900
- Policy analystUGX 6,196,300
- PotterUGX 3,434,800
- Poultry sexerUGX 1,253,000
- Power plant operatorUGX 7,699,100
- Prepress technicianUGX 3,547,900
- Preschool teacherUGX 4,997,700
- Preschool teaching assistantUGX 2,448,100
- Primary school managerUGX 9,655,500
- Print operatorUGX 3,451,700
- Prison teacherUGX 5,368,600
- Process operatorUGX 8,476,900
- Product designerUGX 5,755,200
- Product managerUGX 10,497,300
- Production line coordinatorUGX 6,087,400
- Production supervisorUGX 7,302,700
- ProfessorUGX 6,431,200
- Project managerUGX 9,623,200
- Promotions demonstratorUGX 2,247,700
- ProofreaderUGX 5,731,700
- PsychologistUGX 6,382,500
- Public health inspectorUGX 6,296,200
- Public relations professionalsUGX 5,824,100
- Pulp control workerUGX 5,932,100
- Quality inspectorUGX 6,896,000
- Radiologic technologistUGX 7,159,900
- Rail conductorUGX 2,691,900
- Real estate agentUGX 6,592,100
- ReceptionistUGX 4,497,800
- Registered nurseUGX 6,464,200
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedUGX 6,211,200
- Religious professionalsUGX 5,068,800
- Religious workerUGX 5,564,500
- Rental sales workerUGX 2,587,100
- Restaurant managerUGX 6,416,500
- Retail sales associateUGX 2,545,700
- Retail store supervisorUGX 2,891,000
- Riding instructorUGX 4,810,300
- Rig drillerUGX 4,490,400
- RiggerUGX 4,380,100
- RooferUGX 3,098,400
- Runway modelUGX 2,295,600
- Sales engineerUGX 6,699,000
- Sales representativeUGX 6,924,600
- Sawmill operatorUGX 3,513,600
- Scribes and related workersUGX 5,526,400
- SecretaryUGX 5,549,000
- Security guardUGX 2,784,500
- Senior government officialsUGX 11,123,900
- Set designerUGX 5,636,100
- Sewing machine operatorUGX 2,846,200
- Sex workerUGX 2,300,800
- Shelf stackerUGX 1,132,600
- Ship pilotUGX 7,373,100
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersUGX 3,866,000
- ShoemakerUGX 3,153,200
- Shop keeperUGX 3,468,100
- Sign installerUGX 3,518,500
- SignalmanUGX 4,515,400
- Slitter operatorUGX 3,489,600
- Social care workerUGX 5,848,400
- Social media managerUGX 10,633,500
- Social services managerUGX 8,537,700
- Social workerUGX 5,682,600
- Software developerUGX 7,179,700
- Software programmerUGX 6,629,000
- Software testerUGX 6,852,200
- SoldierUGX 5,760,600
- SorterUGX 1,400,000
- Special needs teacherUGX 5,988,700
- Specialist doctorUGX 10,702,100
- Speech therapistUGX 5,735,900
- Sport coachUGX 4,683,300
- StatisticianUGX 7,214,200
- Steel erectorUGX 4,140,600
- Stock coordinatorUGX 5,254,500
- Stone fabricatorUGX 3,711,400
- Stone planerUGX 3,739,600
- StonemasonUGX 3,910,100
- Store managerUGX 8,047,300
- Street and related service workersUGX 1,326,000
- Street sweeperUGX 1,372,900
- Street vendorUGX 1,322,000
- Subsistence crop farmersUGX 1,167,700
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersUGX 1,296,400
- Subsistence livestock farmersUGX 1,180,800
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersUGX 1,169,100
- Survey enumeratorUGX 5,140,000
- SurveyorUGX 6,338,700
- Switchboard operatorUGX 5,551,400
- Systems administratorUGX 6,697,100
- Systems analystUGX 7,279,900
- TailorUGX 2,793,700
- TannerUGX 3,387,600
- Tax officerUGX 6,900,800
- Taxi driverUGX 3,127,000
- Technical aideUGX 6,879,500
- Telecom administratorUGX 7,222,800
- TellerUGX 5,715,400
- Tent builderUGX 3,922,000
- Test engineerUGX 7,043,000
- Textile braiderUGX 3,160,400
- Textile machine operatorUGX 3,071,400
- Therapy assistantUGX 4,791,400
- Tile installerUGX 3,677,000
- Tobacco dryerUGX 3,480,800
- Trades union officialUGX 10,047,000
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageUGX 11,220,600
- Traditional therapistUGX 4,883,600
- Train driverUGX 5,173,400
- TranslatorUGX 5,381,700
- Transport clerksUGX 6,026,600
- Travel agentUGX 5,102,500
- Tree doctorUGX 1,234,900
- Truck driverUGX 3,808,200
- TypistUGX 5,149,900
- Underwater welderUGX 4,263,500
- UpholstererUGX 3,251,800
- Urban plannerUGX 6,461,900
- UX designerUGX 5,371,200
- Vet technicianUGX 4,970,000
- VeterinarianUGX 6,597,900
- Vocational teacherUGX 5,827,000
- WaiterUGX 2,167,800
- Warehouse workerUGX 1,401,300
- Waste collectorUGX 1,396,300
- Watch makerUGX 3,822,800
- Water and firewood collectorsUGX 1,307,300
- Water plant operatorUGX 6,614,900
- Water-based fisheries workerUGX 1,254,800
- Web developerUGX 6,635,200
- Web technicianUGX 7,478,700
- WelderUGX 3,889,000
- Wind technicianUGX 6,021,000
- Winder operatorUGX 3,100,500
- Window washerUGX 1,306,900
- Wood treaterUGX 3,585,400
- WoodworkerUGX 3,373,400
- ZoologistUGX 6,485,800
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate