Local Salaries · Rwanda
What is a good salary in 🇷🇼 Rwanda (Kigali)?
The median is about $64/month; top-10% earners clear $196/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $512 | $6,144 | 731,381 RWF/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $64 | $768 | 91,423 RWF/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $115 | $1,380 | 164,275 RWF/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $196 | $2,352 | 279,982 RWF/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $488 | $5,856 | 697,097 RWF/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $1,150 (2025) and Gini 39.4 (consumption-based, widened to 46.4). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇬🇲 Gambia — median $66/mo
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia — median $60/mo
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau — median $60/mo
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria — median $58/mo
See also: what everyday life costs in Rwanda
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Rwanda?
- The median wage is about $64/month ($768/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $115/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $196/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Rwanda?
- Roughly $196/month ($2,352/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $488/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Rwanda?
- A minimum-wage figure for Rwanda is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- How are these Rwanda salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($1,150, 2025) and the Gini index (39.4, consumption-based — widened to 46.4 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.