Salaries in Burundi

The salary range of employees working in Burundi is, by default, in the range of 8,857,500 BIF (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 27,910,356 BIF (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).

This is the total annual 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.

Gross salary in Burundi is

80% of people earn:

8.9M - 27.9M BIF

10% earn less lthan 8.9M BIF

10% earns more than 27.9M BIF

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Salary ranges

Distribution of employees in Burundi into salary brackets in BIF.

Salaries by age group

Average salary and range in Burundi by age in BIF.

<24

Average 12.7M

median 11.8M

10% 7.0M

25% 9.0M

75% 15.5M

90% 19.7M

25-34

Average 16.9M

median 15.1M

10% 7.7M

25% 10.7M

75% 21.0M

90% 28.2M

35-44

Average 18.9M

median 16.7M

10% 8.0M

25% 11.4M

75% 23.9M

90% 32.7M

45-54

Average 17.9M

median 15.5M

10% 7.0M

25% 10.4M

75% 22.7M

90% 31.6M

55+

Average 16.9M

median 14.9M

10% 7.3M

25% 10.3M

75% 21.2M

90% 28.8M

Salaries by gender

Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Burundi (BIF).

Men

18,372,024 BIF

15,333,312 BIF

Women

In general, in Burundi, men earn 19.8% more than women.

The best paid positions in Burundi

List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Burundi (BIF).

1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

609,315,840 BIF

2. IT Director Top Management

565,709,760 BIF

3. Call Centre Director Top Management

545,719,680 BIF

4. Leasing Director Leasing

531,267,840 BIF

5. Plant manager Top Management

485,726,400 BIF

6. Country Manager/Director Top Management

482,290,560 BIF

7. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

469,674,720 BIF

8. IT Architect Information Technology

466,951,680 BIF

9. Lead developer Information Technology

452,031,840 BIF

10. Managing Director Top Management

451,676,160 BIF

11. Head of product development Management

440,045,280 BIF

12. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

439,521,120 BIF

13. Sales Director Top Management

425,482,560 BIF

14. Technical Director Top Management

411,379,200 BIF

15. IT Manager Management

407,502,720 BIF

16. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

401,489,280 BIF

17. Marketing Director Top Management

399,833,280 BIF

18. Publishing House Director Top Management

399,297,600 BIF

19. Air Traffic Controller Transport, Haulage, Logistics

398,367,360 BIF

20. IC Design Engineer Information Technology

394,920,000 BIF

The worst paid positions in Burundi

List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Burundi (BIF)

1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

87,569,136 BIF

2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

97,187,184 BIF

3. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

99,324,576 BIF

4. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care

100,099,872 BIF

5. Porter, Information Staff General labour

100,393,344 BIF

6. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

103,913,568 BIF

7. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care

104,279,904 BIF

8. Housekeeper Service Industries

104,395,536 BIF

9. Cleaner General labour

105,233,760 BIF

10. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

105,925,248 BIF

11. Packer Production

107,304,624 BIF

12. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research

108,167,472 BIF

13. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

109,424,736 BIF

14. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

109,508,544 BIF

15. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

110,053,296 BIF

16. General Labourer General labour

110,451,456 BIF

17. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

110,619,072 BIF

18. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

111,122,064 BIF

19. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

111,608,352 BIF

20. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy

111,813,552 BIF

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

Latvia

70,919,261 BIF (net)

Czech Republic

93,214,840 BIF (gross)

The newest profiles in the salary survey

List of the latest respondents whose data are used in further salary survey calculations.

Warehouse Manager
Management

Age group

45-54

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

Burundi

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

1,605 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

4,800,000 BIF

Anually salary

19,260 USD

Anually salary

57,600,000 BIF

Posted: 2025-07-15 16:53:41

Car Driver
Transport, Haulage, Logistics

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

less than a year

Region

Burundi

Education:

Secondary with school-leaving examination

Basic gross monthly salary

301 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

900,000 BIF

Anually salary

3,612 USD

Anually salary

10,800,000 BIF

Posted: 2025-01-09 16:56:33

Finance Manager
Management

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

less than a year

Region

Burundi

Education:

Secondary with school-leaving examination

Basic gross monthly salary

187 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

560,000 BIF

Anually salary

2,244 USD

Anually salary

6,720,000 BIF

Posted: 2024-09-05 16:14:12

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Salary ranges

Salaries by age group

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The best paid positions in Burundi

The worst paid positions in Burundi

Salaries in selected countries

The newest profiles in the salary survey

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