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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Burkina Faso? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Burkina Faso ≈ $47/mo; top 10% above $137/mo, minimum $74/mo. Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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Local Salaries · Burkina Faso

# What is a good salary in 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)?

The median is about **$47/month**; top-10% earners clear **$137/month**.

## The local wage ladder

| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $678 | $8,136 | 394,547 XOF/mo |
| Statutory minimumILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2024 (USD). | $74 | $888 | 43,063 XOF/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $47 | $564 | 27,351 XOF/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $82 | $984 | 47,718 XOF/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $137 | $1,644 | 79,724 XOF/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $326 | $3,912 | 189,709 XOF/mo |

Modelled from World Bank GNI $980 (2025) and Gini 37.4 (consumption-based, widened to 44.4). Check where you stand in the [interactive benchmarker](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=BF).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇹🇿 Tanzania](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/tanzania/) — median $47/mo
- [🇿🇲 Zambia](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/zambia/) — median $49/mo
- [🇺🇬 Uganda](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/uganda/) — median $42/mo
- [🇹🇩 Chad](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/chad/) — median $53/mo

See also: [what everyday life costs in Burkina Faso](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/burkina-faso/)

## Frequently asked questions

- **What is a good salary in Burkina Faso?**: The median wage is about $47/month ($564/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $82/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $137/month.
- **What is a top 10% salary in Burkina Faso?**: Roughly $137/month ($1,644/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $326/month.
- **What is the minimum wage in Burkina Faso?**: About $74/month. ILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2024 (USD).
- **How are these Burkina Faso salary figures calculated?**: A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($980, 2025) and the Gini index (37.4, consumption-based — widened to 44.4 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.

Log-normal model from World Bank data — estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data. Agents: GET /api/wage-bands.json?country=BF.

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