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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Ethiopia? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Ethiopia ≈ $60/mo; top 10% above $148/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=ET).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/guinea-bissau/) — median $60/mo
- [🇳🇬 Nigeria](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/nigeria/) — median $58/mo
- [🇲🇱 Mali](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/mali/) — median $57/mo
- [🇷🇼 Rwanda](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/rwanda/) — median $64/mo

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

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

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