Local Salaries · Djibouti
What is a good salary in 🇩🇯 Djibouti (Djibouti)?
The median is about $504/month; top-10% earners clear $1,646/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $826 | $9,912 | 146,798 DJF/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $504 | $6,048 | 89,571 DJF/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $940 | $11,280 | 167,058 DJF/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $1,646 | $19,752 | 292,529 DJF/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $4,318 | $51,816 | 767,399 DJF/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $3,960 (2025) and Gini 41.6 (consumption-based, widened to 48.6). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇹🇻 Tuvalu — median $512/mo
- 🇧🇷 Brazil — median $513/mo
- 🇹🇴 Tonga — median $529/mo
- 🇯🇴 Jordan — median $542/mo
See also: what everyday life costs in Djibouti
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Djibouti?
- The median wage is about $504/month ($6,048/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $940/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $1,646/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Djibouti?
- Roughly $1,646/month ($19,752/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $4,318/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Djibouti?
- A minimum-wage figure for Djibouti is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- How are these Djibouti salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($3,960, 2025) and the Gini index (41.6, consumption-based — widened to 48.6 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.