Salaries in Zambia
ZK 2,500a month
Median monthly salary, 2024.
- Yearly
- ZK 30,000
- Equals
- $96
Top 10 highest paying
- Military officerZK 181,600
- SoldierZK 161,300
- Specialist doctorZK 155,700
- Petty officerZK 150,300
- DoctorZK 129,200
- Airline pilotZK 129,100
- CEOZK 127,200
- Air traffic controllerZK 126,400
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageZK 124,700
- Senior government officialsZK 123,600
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food workerZK 9,731
- Subsistence crop farmersZK 10,780
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersZK 10,790
- Subsistence livestock farmersZK 10,900
- Tree doctorZK 11,400
- Poultry sexerZK 11,570
- HorticulturistZK 11,760
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersZK 11,970
- Crop producerZK 12,060
- Crop team leaderZK 12,090
By major occupation group
| Armed forces | ZK 14,000 a month |
| Managers | ZK 8,890 a month |
| Professionals | ZK 8,000 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | ZK 7,064 a month |
| Clerical support workers | ZK 4,542 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | ZK 3,149 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | ZK 3,000 a month |
| Service and sales workers | ZK 2,200 a month |
| Elementary occupations | ZK 1,200 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | ZK 1,000 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantZK 91,340
- Accounts assistantZK 55,560
- Accounts clerkZK 75,510
- ActorZK 63,940
- ActuaryZK 99,340
- Agricultural technicianZK 76,870
- Aid workerZK 31,960
- Air traffic controllerZK 126,400
- Air traffic safety technicianZK 90,040
- Aircraft technicianZK 43,480
- Airline pilotZK 129,100
- Animal carerZK 24,140
- AnnouncerZK 84,020
- AnthropologistZK 83,500
- Apiarists and sericulturistsZK 13,140
- Aquaculture support workerZK 13,140
- ArchitectZK 88,670
- Art directorZK 90,280
- ArtistZK 83,890
- AstrologerZK 26,830
- AstrophysicistZK 109,600
- AthleteZK 83,090
- Audio-visual technicianZK 78,550
- Audiology technicianZK 71,600
- Audit clerkZK 59,830
- Auto mechanicZK 34,120
- Avionics mechanicZK 40,720
- Ballet dancerZK 74,940
- BartenderZK 23,050
- BasketmakerZK 29,180
- BeauticianZK 22,730
- Benefits officerZK 82,500
- Bicycle mechanicZK 33,080
- Bike assemblerZK 32,650
- Bindery workerZK 28,670
- BlacksmithZK 34,580
- BlasterZK 41,040
- Boiler operatorZK 48,920
- BricklayerZK 36,900
- Broadcast engineerZK 105,900
- BuilderZK 37,310
- Bus driverZK 38,210
- ButcherZK 29,880
- BuyerZK 81,690
- CabinetmakerZK 32,260
- Call centre agentZK 27,110
- Candle factory workerZK 32,740
- Car assemblerZK 37,300
- Car cleanerZK 13,500
- Car electricianZK 41,180
- Car painterZK 34,190
- Career coachZK 85,530
- CaretakerZK 27,340
- CarpenterZK 35,440
- Carpet workerZK 29,680
- CashierZK 21,580
- CEOZK 127,200
- Cheese makerZK 38,150
- ChefZK 69,540
- Chemical engineerZK 102,100
- Chemical engineering technicianZK 93,870
- Chemical operatorZK 96,060
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsZK 42,270
- ChemistZK 92,170
- Chief engineerZK 100,900
- Childcare centre managerZK 77,780
- Civil engineerZK 99,110
- Civils workerZK 18,220
- CleanerZK 12,580
- CleanersZK 14,690
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedZK 52,280
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedZK 50,290
- Clinical research assistantZK 67,090
- Cnc operatorZK 36,520
- Coffee tasterZK 32,560
- Commodity traderZK 95,020
- Community health workerZK 80,250
- CompanionZK 25,620
- Concrete finisherZK 37,700
- Construction foremanZK 98,840
- Construction managerZK 93,740
- Construction workerZK 15,860
- CookZK 24,260
- Corporate trainerZK 86,450
- Correctional officerZK 33,850
- Corrugator operatorZK 37,210
- CourierZK 14,290
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedZK 28,950
- Crane operatorsZK 44,610
- Crop producerZK 12,060
- Crop team leaderZK 12,090
- CroupierZK 47,350
- Cure operatorZK 35,920
- Customer service clerkZK 50,530
- Customs agentZK 76,240
- Customs officerZK 84,830
- Dance teacherZK 47,730
- Data administratorZK 97,740
- Data centre operatorZK 96,010
- Data entry clerkZK 49,360
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedZK 101,400
- Day care workerZK 24,740
- Debt collectorZK 58,490
- Deep-sea fishermanZK 12,460
- Dental hygienistZK 71,190
- DentistZK 108,000
- DietitianZK 80,020
- DoctorZK 129,200
- Door to door sellerZK 26,520
- DraughtspersonZK 85,170
- Driving instructorZK 31,200
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsZK 41,680
- EconomistZK 103,600
- Education officerZK 85,820
- Electric powerline workerZK 45,620
- Electrical assemblerZK 33,070
- Electrical engineerZK 108,200
- Electrical technicianZK 92,580
- ElectricianZK 38,740
- Electronic engineerZK 104,900
- Electronics engineering technicianZK 86,340
- Elementary school teacherZK 86,210
- EmbalmerZK 28,360
- EmbroidererZK 29,790
- Employment agentZK 82,960
- Energy managerZK 109,900
- Environment engineerZK 94,720
- Environmental protection professionalsZK 86,660
- Esol teacherZK 73,810
- Event coordinatorZK 76,110
- Executive assistantZK 80,530
- Fabric cutterZK 27,900
- Fabric dyerZK 33,380
- Façade cleanerZK 27,710
- Facility managerZK 109,700
- Factory labourerZK 15,050
- Farm equipment operatorZK 36,670
- Farm handZK 14,510
- Farm handsZK 13,720
- Fast food workerZK 9,731
- Fiacre driverZK 13,120
- File clerkZK 55,270
- Fill operatorZK 30,410
- Finance adviserZK 104,000
- Finance managerZK 120,000
- Financial analystZK 100,100
- FinancierZK 100,300
- Fire alarm technicianZK 39,520
- FirefighterZK 37,410
- Fisheries boatmanZK 12,460
- Fishery production managerZK 81,160
- Fitness club managerZK 82,160
- Flight attendantZK 29,120
- Food and related products machine operatorsZK 33,870
- Food service workerZK 21,330
- Food stall holderZK 23,820
- Forest rangerZK 12,590
- Forest workerZK 15,540
- ForesterZK 88,280
- Forestry advisorZK 91,350
- Forestry technicianZK 78,520
- Forklift operatorZK 35,040
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversZK 31,030
- Fur animal rearerZK 13,360
- Garage managerZK 94,350
- GardenerZK 14,490
- Garment presserZK 13,000
- Gas station salespersonZK 21,520
- General managerZK 103,200
- GeologistZK 102,200
- GlassblowerZK 30,940
- GlassmakerZK 37,140
- GlazierZK 34,380
- Gluing operatorZK 30,880
- GraderZK 33,640
- GrinderZK 33,600
- GuideZK 25,630
- Gym workerZK 13,850
- HairdresserZK 22,690
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversZK 14,090
- Head of marketingZK 117,400
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedZK 79,440
- Health records clerkZK 78,430
- Health screenerZK 73,460
- Heat treat operatorZK 37,790
- Hide machine operatorZK 33,600
- High school teacherZK 91,550
- HistorianZK 87,340
- HorticulturistZK 11,760
- Hotel managerZK 81,490
- Hotel receptionistZK 45,340
- House managerZK 27,060
- Household managerZK 26,260
- HousekeeperZK 12,750
- HR managerZK 109,500
- HunterZK 12,570
- Hvac mechanicZK 38,950
- Industrial engineerZK 102,200
- Industrial painterZK 32,790
- Information clerkZK 52,250
- InsulatorZK 35,830
- Insurance agentZK 119,100
- Insurance sellerZK 87,280
- IT presales technicianZK 100,200
- IT project managerZK 122,600
- IT technicianZK 83,620
- IT trainerZK 83,910
- JewellerZK 31,000
- JournalistZK 84,960
- JudgeZK 121,000
- Kitchen assistantZK 12,560
- Laboratory technologistZK 78,510
- Landscape architectZK 89,310
- Laser technicianZK 93,510
- Laundry workerZK 28,900
- LawyerZK 113,200
- Legal aideZK 81,320
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedZK 97,460
- Legal secretaryZK 70,800
- LegislatorsZK 50,210
- LibrarianZK 84,480
- Library assistantZK 51,030
- Livestock and dairy producersZK 12,560
- Livestock farm labourersZK 14,020
- Loan officerZK 86,160
- Logistics managerZK 99,320
- Loss adjusterZK 89,740
- Machine oilerZK 40,790
- Mail carrierZK 54,610
- Management consultantZK 100,600
- Manufacturing directorZK 106,100
- Market traderZK 26,630
- Marketing specialistZK 90,490
- Mechanical engineerZK 104,000
- Mechanical engineering technicianZK 95,360
- Medical assistantZK 64,820
- Medical herbalistZK 74,900
- Medical laboratory technicianZK 78,210
- Medical transcriberZK 71,190
- Medical writerZK 81,250
- Metal casterZK 40,260
- Metal filerZK 36,930
- Metal furnace operatorZK 88,520
- Metal molderZK 33,980
- Metal workerZK 35,220
- MetallurgistZK 89,550
- MetalworkerZK 36,870
- MeteorologistZK 101,000
- Meter readerZK 14,720
- MidwifeZK 93,150
- Midwife assistantZK 83,020
- Military officerZK 181,600
- Mine engineerZK 109,800
- Mine supervisorZK 100,300
- MinersZK 45,740
- Mining assistantZK 18,370
- Mixed farmerZK 12,340
- Motorcyle courierZK 33,460
- Museum curatorZK 81,840
- Museum technicianZK 72,010
- Music teacherZK 76,270
- MusicianZK 75,800
- Network engineerZK 88,350
- Networks engineerZK 101,200
- Nursing assistantZK 26,720
- Nursing associate professionalsZK 77,780
- Nursing home managerZK 97,760
- Odd job personsZK 15,260
- Office clerkZK 54,470
- Office managerZK 85,760
- Operations managerZK 118,600
- OpticianZK 68,820
- OptometristZK 88,860
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsZK 80,490
- Paper makerZK 38,410
- ParamedicZK 90,530
- Paramedical practitionersZK 101,200
- Passport officerZK 83,910
- Pastry cookZK 28,550
- Patent agentZK 96,520
- PawnbrokerZK 44,510
- Payroll clerkZK 60,280
- PerformerZK 60,000
- Personal care attendantZK 26,040
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedZK 26,670
- Personnel clerksZK 57,730
- Pest control technicianZK 31,970
- Petty officerZK 150,300
- PharmacistZK 98,430
- Photo retoucherZK 32,050
- PhotographerZK 71,130
- Physical therapistZK 80,890
- Piano tunerZK 35,950
- Picker and packerZK 13,240
- PlastererZK 33,960
- PlumberZK 37,990
- Police detectiveZK 111,500
- Police officerZK 38,000
- Policy analystZK 90,130
- PotterZK 31,710
- Poultry sexerZK 11,570
- Power plant operatorZK 98,890
- Prepress technicianZK 32,750
- Preschool teacherZK 72,690
- Preschool teaching assistantZK 24,860
- Primary school managerZK 107,300
- Print operatorZK 31,860
- Prison teacherZK 78,090
- Process operatorZK 108,900
- Product designerZK 83,710
- Product managerZK 116,700
- Production line coordinatorZK 61,440
- Production supervisorZK 93,800
- ProfessorZK 93,540
- Project managerZK 106,900
- Promotions demonstratorZK 22,820
- ProofreaderZK 57,850
- PsychologistZK 92,840
- Public health inspectorZK 91,580
- Public relations professionalsZK 84,710
- Pulp control workerZK 76,190
- Quality inspectorZK 88,570
- Radiologic technologistZK 91,960
- Rail conductorZK 27,330
- Real estate agentZK 84,670
- ReceptionistZK 45,390
- Registered nurseZK 94,020
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedZK 79,780
- Religious professionalsZK 73,730
- Religious workerZK 71,470
- Rental sales workerZK 26,270
- Restaurant managerZK 71,300
- Retail sales associateZK 25,850
- Retail store supervisorZK 29,360
- Riding instructorZK 61,780
- Rig drillerZK 45,860
- RiggerZK 40,430
- RooferZK 28,600
- Runway modelZK 23,310
- Sales engineerZK 97,440
- Sales representativeZK 88,940
- Sawmill operatorZK 35,890
- Scribes and related workersZK 55,780
- SecretaryZK 56,000
- Security guardZK 28,270
- Senior government officialsZK 123,600
- Set designerZK 72,390
- Sewing machine operatorZK 29,070
- Sex workerZK 23,360
- Shelf stackerZK 12,550
- Ship pilotZK 94,700
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersZK 39,480
- ShoemakerZK 29,110
- Shop keeperZK 35,210
- Sign installerZK 32,480
- SignalmanZK 46,120
- Slitter operatorZK 35,640
- Social care workerZK 75,120
- Social media managerZK 118,200
- Social services managerZK 94,880
- Social workerZK 82,660
- Software developerZK 104,400
- Software programmerZK 96,420
- Software testerZK 99,670
- SoldierZK 161,300
- SorterZK 15,510
- Special needs teacherZK 87,110
- Specialist doctorZK 155,700
- Speech therapistZK 83,430
- Sport coachZK 60,150
- StatisticianZK 92,660
- Steel erectorZK 38,220
- Stock coordinatorZK 53,030
- Stone fabricatorZK 37,910
- Stone planerZK 38,190
- StonemasonZK 36,090
- Store managerZK 89,430
- Street and related service workersZK 14,690
- Street sweeperZK 15,210
- Street vendorZK 14,640
- Subsistence crop farmersZK 10,780
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersZK 11,970
- Subsistence livestock farmersZK 10,900
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersZK 10,790
- Survey enumeratorZK 51,880
- SurveyorZK 92,200
- Switchboard operatorZK 56,030
- Systems administratorZK 97,410
- Systems analystZK 105,900
- TailorZK 25,790
- TannerZK 31,270
- Tax officerZK 88,630
- Taxi driverZK 31,940
- Technical aideZK 88,360
- Telecom administratorZK 92,770
- TellerZK 57,680
- Tent builderZK 36,200
- Test engineerZK 102,400
- Textile braiderZK 32,280
- Textile machine operatorZK 31,370
- Therapy assistantZK 61,540
- Tile installerZK 33,940
- Tobacco dryerZK 32,130
- Trades union officialZK 111,600
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageZK 124,700
- Traditional therapistZK 71,030
- Train driverZK 52,840
- TranslatorZK 78,280
- Transport clerksZK 60,820
- Travel agentZK 51,500
- Tree doctorZK 11,400
- Truck driverZK 38,890
- TypistZK 51,980
- Underwater welderZK 39,360
- UpholstererZK 30,020
- Urban plannerZK 93,990
- UX designerZK 78,130
- Vet technicianZK 63,830
- VeterinarianZK 95,970
- Vocational teacherZK 84,760
- WaiterZK 22,010
- Warehouse workerZK 15,520
- Waste collectorZK 15,470
- Watch makerZK 35,290
- Water and firewood collectorsZK 14,480
- Water plant operatorZK 84,960
- Water-based fisheries workerZK 13,900
- Web developerZK 96,510
- Web technicianZK 96,060
- WelderZK 35,900
- Wind technicianZK 77,330
- Winder operatorZK 31,670
- Window washerZK 14,480
- Wood treaterZK 33,100
- WoodworkerZK 31,140
- ZoologistZK 94,340
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate