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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Djibouti? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Djibouti ≈ $504/mo; top 10% above $1,646/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=DJ).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇹🇻 Tuvalu](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/tuvalu/) — median $512/mo
- [🇧🇷 Brazil](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/brazil/) — median $513/mo
- [🇹🇴 Tonga](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/tonga/) — median $529/mo
- [🇯🇴 Jordan](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/jordan/) — median $542/mo

See also: [what everyday life costs in Djibouti](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/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.

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

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/djibouti/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/wage-bands.json?country=DJ