Local Salaries · Guinea-Bissau
What is a good salary in 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau (Bissau)?
The median is about $60/month; top-10% earners clear $156/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $653 | $7,836 | 379,999 XOF/mo |
| Statutory minimumILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2024 (USD). | $31 | $372 | 18,040 XOF/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $60 | $720 | 34,916 XOF/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $99 | $1,188 | 57,611 XOF/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $156 | $1,872 | 90,781 XOF/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $342 | $4,104 | 199,019 XOF/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $1,090 (2025) and Gini 33.4 (consumption-based, widened to 40.4). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia — median $60/mo
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria — median $58/mo
- 🇲🇱 Mali — median $57/mo
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda — median $64/mo
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Guinea-Bissau?
- The median wage is about $60/month ($720/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $99/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $156/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Guinea-Bissau?
- Roughly $156/month ($1,872/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $342/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Guinea-Bissau?
- About $31/month. ILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2024 (USD).
- How are these Guinea-Bissau salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($1,090, 2025) and the Gini index (33.4, consumption-based — widened to 40.4 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.