Professionals in Uganda earn based on the course they pursued in University and the amount of professional experience they possess. The highest paid professionals in Uganda include those working as Oil engineers, doctors, civil engineers, lawyers and finance managers.
Survey shows that these are the average monthly salaries of professionals in Uganda
| PROFESSION | SALARY IN USH (MONTHLY) |
| Front Office/Secretary | 600,000 |
| Accountant | 1.2million |
| Statistician | 1.5 million |
| Sales Executive | 780,000 |
| Auditor | 1.8 million |
| Monitoring and Evaluation | 1.6 million |
| Data Entry | 550,000 |
| Human Resource Officer | 1.4 million |
| Finance Manager | 4.5 million |
| Security Officer | 450,000 |
| Lawyer | 3.8 million |
| Doctor | 2.5 million |
| Nurse | 900,000 |
| Electrical Engineer | 2.1 million |
| Civil Engineer | 2.3 million |
| Bank Teller | 1.1 million |
| Software Engineer | 4.8 million |
| Waiter | 470,000 |
| Actuary | 2.5 million |
| Customer Care | 900,000 |
| Hotel Manager | 2 million |
Looking at the data above, you will notice that engineers, lawyers, doctors and finance managers are the highest paid professionals in Kenya while customer care and front office staff are the lowest paid professionals in Uganda. This means that you should plan to pursue engineering and finance related courses and avoid front office and customer service courses.
