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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Namibia? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Namibia ≈ $168/mo; top 10% above $950/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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Local Salaries · Namibia

# What is a good salary in 🇳🇦 Namibia (Windhoek)?

The median is about **$168/month**; top-10% earners clear **$950/month**.

## The local wage ladder

| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $774 | $9,288 | 13,846 NAD/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $168 | $2,016 | 3,005 NAD/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $418 | $5,016 | 7,478 NAD/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $950 | $11,400 | 16,995 NAD/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $3,900 | $46,800 | 69,767 NAD/mo |

Modelled from World Bank GNI $4,340 (2025) and Gini 59.1 (consumption-based, widened to 66.1). Check where you stand in the [interactive benchmarker](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=NA).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇳🇵 Nepal](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/nepal/) — median $163/mo
- [🇧🇩 Bangladesh](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/bangladesh/) — median $180/mo
- [🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/kyrgyzstan/) — median $190/mo
- [🇭🇳 Honduras](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/honduras/) — median $192/mo

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

## Frequently asked questions

- **What is a good salary in Namibia?**: The median wage is about $168/month ($2,016/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $418/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $950/month.
- **What is a top 10% salary in Namibia?**: Roughly $950/month ($11,400/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $3,900/month.
- **What is the minimum wage in Namibia?**: A minimum-wage figure for Namibia is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- **How are these Namibia salary figures calculated?**: A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($4,340, 2025) and the Gini index (59.1, consumption-based — widened to 66.1 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=NA.

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