Salaries in Uganda

The salary range of employees working in Uganda is, by default, in the range of 3,480 EUR (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 12,180 EUR (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:

3,480 - 12,180 EUR

10% earn less lthan 3,480 EUR

10% earns more than 12,180 EUR

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Salary ranges

Distribution of employees in Uganda into salary brackets in EUR.

Salaries by age group

Average salary and range in Uganda by age in EUR.

<24

Average 5,400

median 5,004

10% 2,952

25% 3,804

75% 6,552

90% 8,328

25-34

Average 7,152

median 6,348

10% 3,144

25% 4,428

75% 8,964

90% 12,120

35-44

Average 8,316

median 7,260

10% 3,372

25% 4,908

75% 10,524

90% 14,544

45-54

Average 7,776

median 6,696

10% 2,976

25% 4,440

75% 9,876

90% 13,848

55+

Average 7,068

median 6,240

10% 3,048

25% 4,332

75% 8,868

90% 12,060

Salaries by gender

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

Men

7,344 EUR

6,480 EUR

Women

In general, in Uganda, men earn 13.3% more than women.

The best paid positions in Uganda

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

1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

4,121,268,656,630 EUR

2. IT Director Top Management

4,055,709,650,018 EUR

3. Call Centre Director Top Management

3,912,387,165,007 EUR

4. Leasing Director Leasing

3,808,779,620,501 EUR

5. Plant manager Top Management

3,482,289,244,289 EUR

6. Country Manager/Director Top Management

3,469,675,584,672 EUR

7. Managing Director Top Management

3,458,698,676,374 EUR

8. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

3,367,212,580,037 EUR

9. IT Architect Information Technology

3,286,371,297,528 EUR

10. Lead developer Information Technology

3,240,720,168,365 EUR

11. Head of product development Management

3,154,790,724,149 EUR

12. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

3,151,030,940,323 EUR

13. Sales Director Top Management

3,050,382,594,758 EUR

14. Finance Manager Management

2,994,798,282,775 EUR

15. Marketing Director Top Management

2,970,650,270,570 EUR

16. Technical Director Top Management

2,949,277,619,297 EUR

17. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

2,878,369,519,608 EUR

18. Publishing House Director Top Management

2,862,654,334,848 EUR

19. Air Traffic Controller Transport, Haulage, Logistics

2,855,988,724,406 EUR

20. IT Manager Management

2,841,773,895,022 EUR

The worst paid positions in Uganda

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

1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

627,800,875,258 EUR

2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

667,201,512,067 EUR

3. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care

681,961,925,225 EUR

4. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

712,081,707,638 EUR

5. Porter, Information Staff General labour

719,743,601,491 EUR

6. Cleaner General labour

738,957,638,707 EUR

7. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

744,982,781,242 EUR

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

747,609,885,713 EUR

9. Housekeeper Service Industries

748,434,191,630 EUR

10. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

759,405,169,670 EUR

11. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research

775,476,169,934 EUR

12. Packer Production

780,285,609,497 EUR

13. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

784,490,162,702 EUR

14. Cashier Banking

784,739,233,555 EUR

15. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

785,089,118,801 EUR

16. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

788,997,159,086 EUR

17. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

793,053,455,832 EUR

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

796,659,052,939 EUR

19. General Labourer General labour

797,044,519,735 EUR

20. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

800,146,044,878 EUR

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

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

332 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,200,000 UGX

Anually salary

3,984 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

2,133 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

7,700,000 UGX

Anually salary

25,596 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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