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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Mauritania? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Mauritania ≈ $213/mo; top 10% above $538/mo, minimum $81/mo. Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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Local Salaries · Mauritania

# What is a good salary in 🇲🇷 Mauritania (Nouakchott)?

The median is about **$213/month**; top-10% earners clear **$538/month**.

## The local wage ladder

| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $599 | $7,188 | 21,857 MRU/mo |
| Statutory minimumILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2022 (USD). | $81 | $972 | 2,956 MRU/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $213 | $2,556 | 7,772 MRU/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $347 | $4,164 | 12,662 MRU/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $538 | $6,456 | 19,631 MRU/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $1,143 | $13,716 | 41,707 MRU/mo |

Modelled from World Bank GNI $2,210 (2025) and Gini 32 (consumption-based, widened to 39). Check where you stand in the [interactive benchmarker](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=MR).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇧🇴 Bolivia](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/bolivia/) — median $199/mo
- [🇮🇳 India](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/india/) — median $199/mo
- [🇻🇳 Vietnam](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/vietnam/) — median $230/mo
- [🇹🇯 Tajikistan](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/tajikistan/) — median $194/mo

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

## Frequently asked questions

- **What is a good salary in Mauritania?**: The median wage is about $213/month ($2,556/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $347/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $538/month.
- **What is a top 10% salary in Mauritania?**: Roughly $538/month ($6,456/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $1,143/month.
- **What is the minimum wage in Mauritania?**: About $81/month. ILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2022 (USD).
- **How are these Mauritania salary figures calculated?**: A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($2,210, 2025) and the Gini index (32, consumption-based — widened to 39 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=MR.

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