Local Salaries · Sudan
What is a good salary in 🇸🇩 Sudan (Khartoum)?
The median is about $89/month; top-10% earners clear $237/month.
The local wage ladder
| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $429 | $5,148 | 234,560 SDG/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $89 | $1,068 | 48,662 SDG/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $149 | $1,788 | 81,467 SDG/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $237 | $2,844 | 129,582 SDG/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $527 | $6,324 | 288,142 SDG/mo |
Modelled from World Bank GNI $900 (2025) and Gini 34.2 (consumption-based, widened to 41.2). Check where you stand in the interactive benchmarker.
Countries with similar median pay
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar — median $89/mo
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon — median $88/mo
- 🇸🇾 Syria — median $86/mo
- 🇹🇱 East Timor — median $85/mo
See also: what everyday life costs in Sudan
Frequently asked questions
- What is a good salary in Sudan?
- The median wage is about $89/month ($1,068/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $149/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $237/month.
- What is a top 10% salary in Sudan?
- Roughly $237/month ($2,844/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $527/month.
- What is the minimum wage in Sudan?
- A minimum-wage figure for Sudan is not available here — No minimum-wage figure available: not published by ILOSTAT for this country and not curated.
- How are these Sudan salary figures calculated?
- A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($900, 2025) and the Gini index (34.2, consumption-based — widened to 41.2 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.
- Are the dollar figures for Sudan reliable?
- Exchange regime: parallel market. War economy. Dollar figures here are converted by the World Bank (Atlas method, which uses an alternative conversion factor where the official rate is unrepresentative), not at the official rate; treat them as approximate.