Local Salaries · Ethiopia
What is a good salary in 🇪🇹 Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)?
The median is about $60/month; top-10% earners clear $148/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $646 | $7,752 | 53,360 ETB/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $60 | $720 | 4,956 ETB/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $96 | $1,152 | 7,930 ETB/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $148 | $1,776 | 12,225 ETB/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $308 | $3,696 | 25,441 ETB/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $1,110 (2025) and Gini 31.1 (consumption-based, widened to 38.1). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau — median $60/mo
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria — median $58/mo
- 🇲🇱 Mali — median $57/mo
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda — median $64/mo
See also: what everyday life costs in Ethiopia
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Ethiopia?
- The median wage is about $60/month ($720/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $96/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $148/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Ethiopia?
- Roughly $148/month ($1,776/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $308/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Ethiopia?
- A minimum-wage figure for Ethiopia is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- How are these Ethiopia salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($1,110, 2025) and the Gini index (31.1, consumption-based — widened to 38.1 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.