GHANA / SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS

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September 2024
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

15.24 GHS = 1 USD

380,102 GHS

$24,948 USD

Accra

399,741 GHS

106,650 GHS

$7,000 USD

Including "Accra"

Excluding "Accra"

Average Salary / Ghana

Average salary in Ghana is 380,102 GHS per year. The most typical earning is 106,650 GHS. All data are based on 704 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 393,083 GHS. Women receive a salary of 324,522 GHS.

The most paid careers are Sports & Recreation with average income 1,956,274 GHS and Automobile with income 1,282,853 GHS.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Bellow H. School with salary of 1,104,594 GHS. The second most paid education level is Doctorate Degree with salary of 614,002 GHS.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 953,760 GHS. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 649,044 GHS.

Levels / Ghana (Gross GHS)

Salary Levels (GHS) per Year	Surveys	[%]
15,200 GHS - 30,499 GHS	0	n/a
30,500 GHS - 45,699 GHS	0	n/a
45,700 GHS - 76,199 GHS	77	100% 10.94%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
76,200 GHS - 152,299 GHS	200	89.06% 28.41%
152,400 GHS - 228,499 GHS	113	60.65% 16.05%
228,500 GHS - 304,699 GHS	77	44.6% 10.94%
304,700 GHS - 380,899 GHS	52	33.66% 7.39%
380,900 GHS - 457,099 GHS	37	26.28% 5.26%
457,100 GHS - 533,199 GHS	19	21.02% 2.7%
533,300 GHS - 609,399 GHS	18	18.32% 2.56%
609,400 GHS - 685,599 GHS	17	15.77% 2.41%
685,600 GHS - 761,799 GHS	8	13.35% 1.14%
761,800 GHS - 837,999 GHS	8	12.22% 1.14%
838,000 GHS - 914,099 GHS	7	11.08% 0.99%
914,100 GHS - 990,299 GHS	11	10.09% 1.56%
990,300 GHS - 1,066,499 GHS	6	8.52% 0.85%
1,066,500 GHS - 1,142,699 GHS	4	7.67% 0.57%
1,142,700 GHS - 1,218,799 GHS	1	7.1% 0.14%
1,218,900 GHS - 1,294,999 GHS	6	6.96% 0.85%
1,295,000 GHS - 1,371,199 GHS	2	6.11% 0.28%
1,371,200 GHS - 1,447,399 GHS	3	5.82% 0.43%
1,447,400 GHS - 1,523,599 GHS	0	n/a
1,523,600 GHS - 1,599,699 GHS	9	5.4% 1.28%
1,599,800 GHS - 1,675,899 GHS	0	n/a
1,675,900 GHS - 1,752,099 GHS	0	n/a
1,752,100 GHS - 1,828,299 GHS	2	4.12% 0.28%
1,828,300 GHS - 1,904,499 GHS	5	3.84% 0.71%
1,904,500 GHS - 1,980,599 GHS	1	3.13% 0.14%
1,980,700 GHS - 2,056,799 GHS	5	2.98% 0.71%
2,056,800 GHS - 2,132,999 GHS	1	2.27% 0.14%
2,133,000 GHS - 2,209,199 GHS	1	2.13% 0.14%
2,209,200 GHS - 2,285,399 GHS	1	1.99% 0.14%
HIGH SALARIES
2,285,400 GHS - 2,437,699 GHS	6	1.85% 0.85%
2,437,700 GHS - 2,590,099 GHS	3	0.99% 0.43%
2,590,100 GHS - 2,742,399 GHS	0	n/a
2,742,400 GHS - 2,894,799 GHS	0	n/a
2,894,800 GHS - 3,047,099 GHS	0	n/a
3,047,200 GHS - 3,199,499 GHS	1	0.57% 0.14%
3,199,500 GHS - 3,351,899 GHS	0	n/a
3,351,900 GHS - 3,504,199 GHS	1	0.43% 0.14%
3,504,200 GHS - 3,656,599 GHS	1	0.28% 0.14%
3,656,600 GHS - 3,808,899 GHS	1	0.14% 0.14%
3,808,900 GHS - 5,332,499 GHS	0	n/a

Gender / Ghana (Gross GHS)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	508	393,083 GHS
2	Women	181	324,522 GHS

Education / Ghana (Gross GHS)

#		Surveys
1	Bellow H. School	6	1,104,594 GHS
2	Doctorate Degree	27	614,002 GHS
3	Masters Degree	251	454,026 GHS
4	Some College	36	342,805 GHS
5	Bachelors Degree	371	310,810 GHS
6	High School	13	223,966 GHS

Experience / Ghana (Gross GHS)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	27	953,760 GHS
2	20+ Years	56	649,044 GHS
3	12-16 Years	71	617,049 GHS
4	8-12 Years	125	412,889 GHS
5	4-8 Years	162	342,805 GHS
6	0-1 Year	50	265,102 GHS
7	2-4 Years	148	210,253 GHS
8	1-2 Years	65	155,405 GHS

Age / Ghana (Gross GHS)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	7	1,256,952 GHS
2	61-65	3	979,660 GHS
3	56-60	12	807,496 GHS
4	66-70	1	780,072 GHS
5	46-50	30	709,987 GHS
6	n/a	15	633,808 GHS
7	41-45	42	621,620 GHS
8	36-40	121	508,875 GHS
9	31-35	171	361,088 GHS
10	26-30	231	222,442 GHS
11	14-20	1	198,065 GHS
12	21-25	70	193,494 GHS

Work Type / Ghana (Gross GHS)

#		Surveys
1	Part Time	12	664,280 GHS
2	Contract	107	514,969 GHS
3	Self Employed	31	440,314 GHS
4	Permanent	554	344,328 GHS

Cities / Ghana (Gross GHS)

#		Surveys
1	Accra	593	399,177 GHS
2	Kumasi	58	315,380 GHS
3	--Other--	53	231,583 GHS

Career Groups / Ghana (Gross GHS)

#		Surveys
1	Sports & Recreation	2	1,956,274 GHS
2	Automobile	1	1,282,853 GHS
3	Engineers & Technicians V	11	813,590 GHS
4	Aviation & Shipping	9	606,384 GHS
5	Management & Business	80	513,445 GHS
6	Engineers & Technicians	45	496,686 GHS
7	Construction & Labor Workers	12	487,545 GHS
8	Media	8	479,927 GHS
9	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	8	475,356 GHS
10	Finance & Banking	46	472,309 GHS
11	Engineers & Technicians III	5	434,219 GHS
12	Health Care & Medical	40	408,319 GHS
13	Hotels & Tourism	6	406,795 GHS
14	Insurance	9	403,748 GHS
15	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	45	400,701 GHS
16	IT & Programming II	23	388,512 GHS
17	Health Care & Medical II	20	379,371 GHS
18	Education & University	35	373,276 GHS
19	Geography & Geodesy	1	348,899 GHS
20	Human Resources	45	339,758 GHS
21	Law	5	313,857 GHS
22	IT & Programming	55	291,003 GHS
23	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	6	268,149 GHS
24	Security & Fireguard	2	257,484 GHS
25	Public Sector	8	248,343 GHS
26	Organization & Coordination	18	246,819 GHS
27	Accounting & Administration	105	242,248 GHS
28	Customer Services	10	219,395 GHS
29	Agriculture & Fishing	8	217,871 GHS
30	Architect Constructions	11	195,018 GHS
31	Logistics, Road, Railway	7	185,876 GHS
32	Engineers & Technicians II	4	172,164 GHS
33	Salesmen & Saleswomen	5	159,975 GHS
34	Properties & Real Estates	5	124,933 GHS
35	Engineers & Technicians IV	2	120,362 GHS
36	Making Design	2	120,362 GHS

Careers / Ghana (Gross GHS)

#		Surveys
1	Engineering Manager	5	1,541,861 GHS
2	Pilot	3	1,261,522 GHS
3	Construction Manager	3	1,241,716 GHS
4	General Manager	9	967,472 GHS
5	CEO	7	926,335 GHS
6	Finance Manager	6	833,397 GHS
7	Other Engineer Career	10	798,355 GHS
8	Manufacturing	4	777,025 GHS
9	Other Insurance Career	3	764,836 GHS
10	Doctor Specialist	5	713,034 GHS
11	Healthcare Management	9	693,228 GHS
12	Sales	4	688,657 GHS
13	Sales Manager	11	644,473 GHS
14	Mechanical Engineer	5	591,148 GHS
15	Office Manager	4	569,818 GHS
16	IT Project Manager	6	557,629 GHS
17	Hotel Manager	4	525,634 GHS
18	Account Manager	10	434,219 GHS
19	IT Manager	13	425,078 GHS
20	Training Manager	3	422,031 GHS
21	Bank Manager	9	412,889 GHS
22	Human Resources Manager	32	405,271 GHS
23	Chartered Accountant	27	396,130 GHS
24	Director	8	394,606 GHS
25	Program Manager	3	382,418 GHS
26	Engineer	20	380,894 GHS
27	Business Development Manager	11	356,517 GHS
28	Software Engineer	4	341,281 GHS
29	Project Manager	7	322,998 GHS
30	Oil & Gas Engineer	3	321,475 GHS
31	Marketing	4	307,762 GHS
32	Customer Service Manager	4	284,909 GHS
33	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	6	280,338 GHS
34	Manager	14	277,291 GHS
35	Marketing Manager	8	263,579 GHS
36	Other Agriculture Career	6	262,055 GHS
37	Software Developer	16	259,008 GHS
38	Doctor	14	246,819 GHS
39	Teacher	5	234,631 GHS
40	Lecturer	9	230,060 GHS
41	Other Education Career	4	220,918 GHS
42	Other Public Sector Career	6	214,824 GHS
43	Other Finance Career	8	207,206 GHS
44	Architect	7	202,635 GHS
45	Audit Manager	6	198,065 GHS
46	Accountant	16	196,541 GHS
47	Other Human Resource Career	3	191,970 GHS
48	Financial Analyst	3	191,970 GHS
49	Other IT Career	5	188,923 GHS
50	Human Resource Administrator	4	179,782 GHS
51	Non-Profit Organization	7	172,164 GHS
52	Senior Accountant	6	169,117 GHS
53	Electrical Engineer	8	158,452 GHS
54	Human Resource	3	153,881 GHS
55	Administrator	5	149,310 GHS
56	Administrative Assistant	11	143,216 GHS
57	Other Medical Career	5	124,933 GHS
58	Web Developer	5	106,650 GHS

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

50/50 Director (Man)

Posted 22 May 2024

What I do?

"Business development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	169,100 GHS

49/50 Branch Manager (Man)

Posted 18 April 2024

What I do?

"Branch management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kumasi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	95,200 GHS

48/50 Senior Financial Accountant (Man)

Posted 16 November 2023

What I do?

"Financial Report Preparation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	104,600 GHS

47/50 Head Of Corporate Services (Man)

Posted 21 August 2023

What I do?

"Human Resources, Finance, Procurement, Estates, It, Projects, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	609,400 GHS

46/50 Senior Medical Officer (Man)

Posted 12 September 2022

What I do?

"SEE PATIENTS AT WARD AND OPD."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kumasi	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	200,500 GHS

45/50 Management Analyst (Man)

Posted 30 August 2022

What I do?

"Policy formulation and implementation. Quality Assurance Vendor Management Recruitment and Pay related matters Administration and filing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	380,800 GHS

44/50 Investment Analyst (Woman)

Posted 20 July 2022

What I do?

"Conducting analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	141,800 GHS

43/50 Architect (Woman)

Posted 17 June 2022

What I do?

"DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	92,000 GHS

42/50 Employability Advisor (Woman)

Posted 09 June 2022

What I do?

"Research, and partnerships management, student advising."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	914,100 GHS

41/50 Database Admin (Man)

Posted 08 June 2022

What I do?

"Works on student database."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kumasi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	255,500 GHS

40/50 Grants & Finance Officer (Man)

Posted 14 April 2022

What I do?

"Accounting and Auditing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	185,300 GHS

39/50 Production Performance Engineer (Man)

Posted 09 April 2022

What I do?

"Keeping Production instances alive and performing well."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	203,300 GHS

38/50 Hr Manager (Man)

Posted 07 April 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	167,900 GHS

37/50 Manager (Man)

Posted 21 March 2022

What I do?

"Manager of credit risk activities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kumasi	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	140,000 GHS

36/50 First Officer (Man)

Posted 17 March 2022

What I do?

"Pilot on a jet."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kumasi	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	699,800 GHS

35/50 Manager (Man)

Posted 10 March 2022

What I do?

"IT PROJECTS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	531,800 GHS

34/50 Cluster Head (Man)

Posted 21 February 2022

What I do?

"Supervision of waterhealth centers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kumasi	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	103,300 GHS

33/50 Engineer (Man)

Posted 20 February 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	245,900 GHS

32/50 Finance Manager (Man)

Posted 17 February 2022

What I do?

"Financial Reporting and Interpretation, MS Office Excel Expert, Data Analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	137,400 GHS

31/50 Head Retail Marketing (Man)

Posted 14 January 2022

What I do?

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	315,800 GHS

30/50 Computer Scientist (Man)

Posted 09 January 2022

What I do?

"Programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	84,200 GHS

29/50 Business Development Manager (Woman)

Posted 05 January 2022

What I do?

"Developing business opportunities matching business research and analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	194,700 GHS

28/50 Software Engineer (Woman)

Posted 04 January 2022

What I do?

"Java, Scala, Python, Testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	151,600 GHS

27/50 Production Manager (Man)

Posted 26 November 2021

What I do?

"Scheduling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	2,559,600 GHS

26/50 Project Manager (Man)

Posted 24 November 2021

What I do?

"Coordination of project activities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	465,800 GHS

25/50 Enterprise & Business Reporting Lead (Man)

Posted 17 November 2021

What I do?

"Customer Success Business Development Performance Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	394,700 GHS

24/50 Senior Counsel (Woman)

Posted 17 November 2021

What I do?

"Corporate advice to boards, contract review, due diligence."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	246,300 GHS

23/50 It Consultant (Man)

Posted 08 November 2021

What I do?

"Advisory services Project Management Business Development Implementation support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	315,800 GHS

22/50 Director (Man)

Posted 04 November 2021

What I do?

"Finance & Banking."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	2,351,600 GHS

21/50 Country Rep (Woman)

Posted 02 November 2021

What I do?

"Managing country programmes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	189,500 GHS

20/50 Developer (Man)

Posted 23 September 2021

What I do?

"Developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	152,400 GHS

19/50 Programs Manager (Woman)

Posted 17 September 2021

What I do?

"Managing multiple projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	134,300 GHS

18/50 Internal Audit (Man)

Posted 16 September 2021

What I do?

"Supervisor."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	237,700 GHS

17/50 Product Manager (Man)

Posted 13 September 2021

What I do?

"Product management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	394,700 GHS

16/50 Project Officer (Woman)

Posted 30 August 2021

What I do?

"Advocacy, research, facilitation, mobilisation and coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	116,800 GHS

15/50 Lecturer (Man)

Posted 25 August 2021

What I do?

"Teaching and research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	304,700 GHS

14/50 Hr Manager (Woman)

Posted 18 August 2021

What I do?

"Evaluations, Policies."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	126,300 GHS

13/50 Snr. Associate, Investment & Research (Man)

Posted 17 August 2021

What I do?

"Investment Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	185,900 GHS

12/50 Country Director (Woman)

Posted 16 August 2021

What I do?

"Growth Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	1,980,700 GHS

11/50 Software Engineer (Man)

Posted 15 August 2021

What I do?

"Web app development, Database management, UI-UX design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	110,500 GHS

10/50 Data Management (Man)

Posted 01 July 2021

What I do?

"Data entry officer, technical support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	85,500 GHS

9/50 Academic Affairs Coordinator (Woman)

Posted 25 June 2021

What I do?

"Administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	792,300 GHS

8/50 Surveyor (Man)

Posted 10 June 2021

What I do?

"LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	78,900 GHS

7/50 Technical Advisor (Man)

Posted 04 June 2021

What I do?

"Project Management Monitoring."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	221,000 GHS

6/50 Accounts Officer (Woman)

Posted 26 May 2021

What I do?

"Responsible for accounting cost/revenue remitted to branch office accurately accounted for."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	73,200 GHS

5/50 Electrical Engineer (Man)

Posted 25 March 2021

What I do?

"Design circuits."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	188,500 GHS

4/50 Medical Lab Technician (Man)

Posted 23 March 2021

What I do?

"General laboratory duties. Diploma."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	91,200 GHS

3/50 IT Audit Manager (Man)

Posted 20 March 2021

What I do?

"Auditing IT Testing controls MBA Cisa ceh."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	204,200 GHS

2/50 Audit Assistant Manager (Woman)

Posted 18 March 2021

What I do?

"Audit financial statements of companies."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	350,800 GHS

1/50 Regional Finance Ofiicer (Man)

Posted 18 March 2021

What I do?

"Manages regional office finance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Accra	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	470,300 GHS