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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Rwanda? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Rwanda ≈ $64/mo; top 10% above $196/mo, minimum none (collective bargaining). Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=RW).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇬🇲 Gambia](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/gambia/) — median $66/mo
- [🇪🇹 Ethiopia](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/ethiopia/) — median $60/mo
- [🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/guinea-bissau/) — median $60/mo
- [🇳🇬 Nigeria](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/nigeria/) — median $58/mo

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

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

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