HEALTH CARE & MEDICAL / SALARY
KENYA

SALARY SURVEYS

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157.53 KES = 1 USD

5,981,740 KES

$37,972 USD

Nairobi

6,351,779 KES

1,102,712 KES

$7,000 USD

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Average Salary / Health Care & Medical / Kenya

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Average salary for Health Care & Medical / Kenya is 5,981,740 KES per year. The most typical earning is 1,102,712 KES. All data are based on 29 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 4,521,119 KES. Women receive a salary of 7,340,912 KES.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 23,613,793 KES. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 7,608,713 KES.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 45,668,036 KES. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 9,404,559 KES.

Levels / Health Care & Medical / Kenya (Gross KES)

Salary Levels (KES) per Year	Surveys	[%]
157,500 KES - 314,899 KES	0	n/a
315,100 KES - 472,399 KES	0	n/a
472,600 KES - 787,499 KES	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
787,700 KES - 1,575,099 KES	9	100% 31.03%
1,575,300 KES - 2,362,799 KES	2	68.97% 6.9%
2,363,000 KES - 3,150,399 KES	2	62.07% 6.9%
3,150,600 KES - 3,938,099 KES	4	55.17% 13.79%
3,938,300 KES - 4,725,799 KES	1	41.38% 3.45%
4,725,900 KES - 5,513,399 KES	3	37.93% 10.34%
5,513,600 KES - 6,301,099 KES	3	27.59% 10.34%
6,301,200 KES - 7,088,699 KES	0	n/a
7,088,900 KES - 7,876,399 KES	0	n/a
7,876,500 KES - 8,663,999 KES	0	n/a
8,664,200 KES - 9,451,699 KES	1	17.24% 3.45%
9,451,800 KES - 10,239,299 KES	1	13.79% 3.45%
10,239,500 KES - 11,026,999 KES	0	n/a
11,027,100 KES - 11,814,599 KES	0	n/a
11,814,800 KES - 12,602,299 KES	0	n/a
12,602,400 KES - 13,389,899 KES	0	n/a
13,390,100 KES - 14,177,599 KES	0	n/a
14,177,700 KES - 14,965,199 KES	0	n/a
14,965,400 KES - 15,752,899 KES	0	n/a
15,753,000 KES - 16,540,499 KES	1	10.34% 3.45%
16,540,700 KES - 17,328,199 KES	0	n/a
17,328,300 KES - 18,115,799 KES	0	n/a
18,116,000 KES - 18,903,499 KES	1	6.9% 3.45%
18,903,600 KES - 19,691,099 KES	0	n/a
19,691,300 KES - 20,478,799 KES	0	n/a
20,478,900 KES - 21,266,399 KES	0	n/a
21,266,600 KES - 22,054,099 KES	0	n/a
22,054,200 KES - 22,841,699 KES	0	n/a
22,841,900 KES - 23,629,399 KES	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
23,629,500 KES - 25,204,699 KES	0	n/a
25,204,800 KES - 26,779,999 KES	0	n/a
26,780,200 KES - 28,355,299 KES	0	n/a
28,355,500 KES - 29,930,599 KES	0	n/a
29,930,800 KES - 31,505,899 KES	0	n/a
31,506,100 KES - 33,081,199 KES	0	n/a
33,081,400 KES - 34,656,499 KES	0	n/a
34,656,700 KES - 36,231,799 KES	0	n/a
36,232,000 KES - 37,807,099 KES	0	n/a
37,807,300 KES - 39,382,399 KES	0	n/a
39,382,600 KES - 55,135,599 KES	1	3.45% 3.45%

Gender / Health Care & Medical / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	15	7,340,912 KES
2	Men	14	4,521,119 KES

Education / Health Care & Medical / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	2	23,613,793 KES
2	Masters Degree	9	7,608,713 KES
3	Bachelors Degree	14	3,749,221 KES
4	Some College	4	1,339,007 KES

Experience / Health Care & Medical / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	1	45,668,036 KES
2	12-16 Years	3	9,404,559 KES
3	20+ Years	5	7,025,851 KES
4	4-8 Years	6	3,812,233 KES
5	8-12 Years	6	3,812,233 KES
6	1-2 Years	2	3,308,136 KES
7	0-1 Year	2	3,213,618 KES
8	2-4 Years	4	1,417,772 KES

Age / Health Care & Medical / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	2	25,945,241 KES
2	41-45	3	12,271,611 KES
3	36-40	8	4,836,180 KES
4	21-25	1	3,764,974 KES
5	31-35	9	3,197,865 KES
6	26-30	5	2,410,213 KES
7	51-55	1	1,559,550 KES

Work Type / Health Care & Medical / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	4	6,506,001 KES
2	Permanent	23	6,238,200 KES
3	Self Employed	2	1,969,128 KES

Cities / Health Care & Medical / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	--Other--	4	7,136,122 KES
2	Nairobi	21	6,348,471 KES
3	Mombasa	4	2,882,804 KES

Careers / Health Care & Medical / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	Healthcare Management	4	13,689,383 KES
2	Doctor Specialist	6	8,821,697 KES
3	Doctor	9	4,127,294 KES
4	Registered Nurse	6	3,875,245 KES
5	Nurse	1	1,622,562 KES
6	Surgeon	1	1,559,550 KES
7	Staff Nurse	1	1,149,971 KES
8	Clinical Coordinator	1	1,071,206 KES

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Project Coordinator

Posted 22 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordination of clinical research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	1,066,000 KES

Intern

Posted 21 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"NONE DOCTOR TO DOCTOR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	3,762,100 KES

Medical Officer

Posted 30 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery. ACLS and BLS certified."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	2,664,900 KES

General Nurse

Posted 10 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Registered nurse plays roles of offering standard services and you are expected to be prepared for working long hours. You may also have to work holidays, weekend and night shifts. Mostly you spend time walking, standing, lifting and bending. Registered nurse duties vary as per area of their expertise. Their key role in promoting the wellness by performing many services. Nurses mainly focuses on caring for and educating the patients and their family about recovery and ways of prevention of diseases. Nurses assess patient, health problems and needs, develop and execute nursing care plans, and uplold medical records."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	984,200 KES

Chief Executive Officer

Posted 24 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"General management of office."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	45,661,100 KES

Radiologist

Posted 17 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reporting images."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	9,447,100 KES

Registered Nurse

Posted 11 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Nursing care of patients with medical conditions, psychotherapy to patients, midwife, immunization of infants, home care nursing of the aged and palliative care."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Mombasa	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	1,574,500 KES

Trauma Nurse

Posted 15 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Outpatient accident and emergency nursing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Mombasa	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	1,624,800 KES

Laboratory Manager

Posted 09 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervise 16 staff of different lab cadres
Budget development and justification
Achieve budgetary targets
Work and duty allocation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	4,156,600 KES

Pharmacist

Posted 18 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management , dispensing and clinical practice, rational drug use."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Mombasa	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	2,834,100 KES

Head Icu

Posted 25 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Daily rounds of icu, ensuring proper medical care to all icu patients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	18,894,200 KES

Specialist In Infectious Diseases

Posted 21 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Patient care and academia."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	3,400,900 KES

Registered Nurse

Posted 17 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Patient care, patient advocacy, teaching, admission and discharge, IV, IM, Oral medication administration, minimum data entry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	16,389,000 KES

Health Information Officer

Posted 18 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Health information Officer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	1,091,200 KES

Nurse Educator

Posted 25 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teach students, set up practical exams, overlook training sessions, quality asssurance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	1,403,000 KES

Consultant Surgeon

Posted 06 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consultant surgeon."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Doctorate Degree	20+ Years	n/a	1,558,900 KES

Medical Superintendent

Posted 14 March 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management and oversight of clinical services."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	5,456,200 KES