Salaries in Uganda

The salary range of employees working in Uganda is, by default, in the range of 14,338,140 UGX (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 50,145,420 UGX (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 Uganda is

80% of people earn:

14.3M - 50.1M UGX

10% earn less lthan 14.3M UGX

10% earns more than 50.1M UGX

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Salary ranges

Distribution of employees in Uganda into salary brackets in UGX.

Salaries by age group

Average salary and range in Uganda by age in UGX.

<24

Average 22.2M

median 20.6M

10% 12.1M

25% 15.6M

75% 27.0M

90% 34.3M

25-34

Average 29.5M

median 26.1M

10% 13.0M

25% 18.2M

75% 36.9M

90% 49.9M

35-44

Average 34.3M

median 29.9M

10% 13.9M

25% 20.2M

75% 43.3M

90% 59.9M

45-54

Average 32.0M

median 27.6M

10% 12.3M

25% 18.3M

75% 40.7M

90% 57.0M

55+

Average 29.1M

median 25.7M

10% 12.6M

25% 17.8M

75% 36.5M

90% 49.6M

Salaries by gender

Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Uganda (UGX).

Men

30,219,624 UGX

26,692,992 UGX

Women

In general, in Uganda, men earn 13.2% more than women.

The best paid positions in Uganda

List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Uganda (UGX).

1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

1,000,736,640 UGX

2. IT Director Top Management

984,817,440 UGX

3. Call Centre Director Top Management

950,015,520 UGX

4. Leasing Director Leasing

924,857,280 UGX

5. Plant manager Top Management

845,578,080 UGX

6. Country Manager/Director Top Management

842,515,200 UGX

7. Managing Director Top Management

839,849,760 UGX

8. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

817,634,880 UGX

9. IT Architect Information Technology

798,004,800 UGX

10. Lead developer Information Technology

786,919,680 UGX

11. Head of product development Management

766,054,080 UGX

12. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

765,141,120 UGX

13. Sales Director Top Management

740,701,440 UGX

14. Finance Manager Management

727,204,320 UGX

15. Marketing Director Top Management

721,340,640 UGX

16. Technical Director Top Management

716,150,880 UGX

17. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

698,932,800 UGX

18. Publishing House Director Top Management

695,116,800 UGX

19. Air Traffic Controller Transport, Haulage, Logistics

693,498,240 UGX

20. IT Manager Management

690,046,560 UGX

The worst paid positions in Uganda

List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Uganda (UGX)

1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

152,444,160 UGX

2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

162,011,520 UGX

3. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care

165,595,680 UGX

4. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

172,909,440 UGX

5. Porter, Information Staff General labour

174,769,920 UGX

6. Cleaner General labour

179,435,520 UGX

7. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

180,898,560 UGX

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

181,536,480 UGX

9. Housekeeper Service Industries

181,736,640 UGX

10. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

184,400,640 UGX

11. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research

188,303,040 UGX

12. Packer Production

189,470,880 UGX

13. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

190,491,840 UGX

14. Cashier Banking

190,552,320 UGX

15. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

190,637,280 UGX

16. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

191,586,240 UGX

17. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

192,571,200 UGX

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

193,446,720 UGX

19. General Labourer General labour

193,540,320 UGX

20. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

194,293,440 UGX

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

94,080,734 UGX (gross)

The newest profiles in the salary survey

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

Data analyst
Economy, Finance, Accountancy

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

less than a year

Region

Uganda

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

1,385 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

5,000,000 UGX

Anually salary

16,620 USD

Anually salary

60,000,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-06-05 13:12:08

Junior Accountant
Economy, Finance, Accountancy

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

333 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,200,000 UGX

Anually salary

3,996 USD

Anually salary

14,400,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-05-25 15:30:50

Project Assistant
Administration

Age group

45-54

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

831 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

3,000,000 UGX

Anually salary

9,972 USD

Anually salary

36,000,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-05-19 12:10:43

Quality Inspector
Car Industry

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

Follow-up/Higher Professional Education

Basic gross monthly salary

416 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,500,000 UGX

Anually salary

4,992 USD

Anually salary

18,000,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-05-14 11:48:40

HR Generalist
Human Resources

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

305 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,100,000 UGX

Anually salary

3,660 USD

Anually salary

13,200,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-05-14 08:45:03

Software Engineer
Information Technology

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

Secondary with school-leaving examination

Basic gross monthly salary

471 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,700,000 UGX

Anually salary

5,652 USD

Anually salary

20,400,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-05-01 13:16:11

Process Engineer
Production

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

6 to 10 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

942 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

3,400,000 UGX

Anually salary

11,304 USD

Anually salary

40,800,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-04-28 00:09:30

Process Engineer
Production

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

6 to 10 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

2,134 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

7,700,000 UGX

Anually salary

25,608 USD

Anually salary

92,400,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-04-28 00:00:10

Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Engineering

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

499 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,800,000 UGX

Anually salary

5,988 USD

Anually salary

21,600,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-04-11 10:53:52

Picker
Agriculture, Food Industry

Age group

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Uganda

Education:

Primary education

Basic gross monthly salary

194 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

700,000 UGX

Anually salary

2,328 USD

Anually salary

8,400,000 UGX

Posted: 2025-04-09 16:24:33

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Salary ranges

Salaries by age group

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The best paid positions in Uganda

The worst paid positions in Uganda

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The newest profiles in the salary survey

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