The salary range of employees working in Kenya is, by default, in the range of 38,098 KES (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 146,646 KES (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).
This is the total monthly salary including bonuses. Salaries can vary significantly within individual job positions. If you are interested in salaries for a specific position, participate in the survey.
Distribution of employees in Kenya into salary brackets in KES.
Average salary and range in Kenya by age in KES.
Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Kenya (KES).
List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Kenya (KES).
1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management
2. IT Director Top Management
3. Call Centre Director Top Management
4. Leasing Director Leasing
5. Sales Director Top Management
6. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics
7. Plant manager Top Management
8. Country Manager/Director Top Management
9. Managing Director Top Management
10. IT Architect Information Technology
11. Lead developer Information Technology
12. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management
13. Head of the Legal Department Management
14. Head of product development Management
15. Finance Manager Management
16. Marketing Director Top Management
17. Department Director Public Administration, Self-governance
18. Technical Director Top Management
19. Logistics Director Top Management
20. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry
List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Kenya (KES)
1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research
2. Porter, Information Staff General labour
3. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
4. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care
5. Cleaner General labour
6. Housekeeper Service Industries
7. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
8. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care
9. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
10. Packer Production
11. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
12. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research
13. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
14. Concierge Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business
15. Caregiver Medicine & Social Care
16. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care
17. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care
18. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research
19. General Labourer General labour
20. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
Total average salary in randomly selected countries.
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Nigeria
Botswana
Egypt
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