What Nigerians expect to be paid

Name: Nigeria Salary Expectations Report 2026 — what jobseekers ask for, by role and state
Creator: Aremu
License: https://aremu.ai/terms

Nigerian pay data is mostly guesswork. This is the real thing: 13,175 jobseekers on Aremu telling us, in their own words, the monthly salary they are looking for — broken down by role and by state.

Updated October 2026 · Free to use and quote with a link to this page.

Half of Nigerian jobseekers ask for ₦200,000 a month or more.
Human Resources tops the list at ₦300,000; Cleaning / Janitorial sits lowest at ₦100,000.
A 100% gap separates Lagos from Enugu for the same national labour market.

₦200,000Median expectation / month

₦100,000Lower quartile

₦250,000Upper quartile

13,175Jobseekers in the sample

By role

Median monthly expectation for each role, highest first. The quartiles show the middle half of each group — half of all human resources candidates, for example, ask for somewhere between those two figures. Roles with fewer than 40 candidates are left out.

Role	Lower	Median	Upper	Sample
Human Resources	₦200,000	₦300,000	₦450,000	139
Banking / Teller	₦200,000	₦300,000	₦500,000	64
Business Development	₦200,000	₦300,000	₦500,000	80
Full-Stack Development	₦200,000	₦300,000	₦500,000	44
Consulting / Strategy	₦200,000	₦300,000	₦500,000	63
Project Management	₦200,000	₦255,000	₦450,000	87
Procurement	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦350,000	49
Auditing	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦400,000	59
UI/UX Design	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦400,000	58
Data Analysis	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦350,000	145
Operations Management	₦200,000	₦250,000	₦400,000	114
Electrical Installation	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦400,000	42
Executive / Personal Assistant	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦300,000	300
Engineering (General)	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦350,000	248
Management / Supervision	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦350,000	827
Financial Analysis	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦400,000	68
Legal / Law	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦350,000	44
Software Engineering (General)	₦150,000	₦250,000	₦400,000	69
QA / Software Testing	₦200,000	₦250,000	₦350,000	64
Web Design / WordPress	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦400,000	63
Administration / Office	₦130,000	₦200,000	₦250,000	905
Copywriting	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦300,000	46
Customer Service	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦250,350	1,309
Digital Marketing / SEO	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦300,000	140
Driving (General)	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦250,000	461
Frontend Development	₦100,000	₦200,000	₦300,000	83
IT Support / Helpdesk	₦100,000	₦200,000	₦300,000	97
Journalism / Broadcasting	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦250,000	50
Marketing / Promotion	₦120,000	₦200,000	₦250,000	83
Social Media Management	₦100,000	₦200,000	₦250,000	413
Supply Chain / Logistics	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦320,000	49
Video Editing	₦100,000	₦200,000	₦300,000	144
Warehouse / Inventory	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦300,000	208
Accounting	₦150,000	₦200,000	₦300,000	245
Front Desk / Receptionist	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦200,000	321
Teaching / Tutoring	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦250,000	806
Sales Representative	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦250,000	929
Security / Guard	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦250,000	131
Caregiving	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦200,000	50
Graphic Design	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦250,000	489
General Labour / Factory	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦200,000	65
Tailoring / Sewing	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦200,000	54
Fashion Design	₦80,000	₦150,000	₦200,000	130
Nursing / Midwifery	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦250,000	100
Data Entry	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦250,000	108
Pharmacy	₦80,000	₦150,000	₦200,000	49
Cooking / Chef	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦250,000	311
Content Writing	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦250,000	197
Public Health / Wellness	₦100,000	₦150,000	₦240,000	57
Retail / Shop Attendant	₦80,000	₦150,000	₦200,000	192
Baking / Pastry	₦100,000	₦130,000	₦180,000	66
Hotel / Housekeeping	₦80,000	₦120,000	₦180,000	94
Waiting / Bar	₦80,000	₦100,000	₦150,000	173
Nanny / Childcare	₦80,000	₦100,000	₦150,000	49
House Help / Steward	₦80,000	₦100,000	₦150,000	55
Hairdressing	₦70,000	₦100,000	₦150,000	58
Cleaning / Janitorial	₦80,000	₦100,000	₦150,000	101

By state

Lagos leads at ₦200,000 against ₦100,000 in Enugu — a 100% gap for the same national labour market. States with fewer than 60 candidates are left out.

State	Median	Sample
Lagos	₦200,000	7,584
Abuja	₦200,000	712
Benue	₦200,000	187
Oyo	₦150,000	749
Ogun	₦150,000	746
Rivers	₦150,000	212
Kwara	₦150,000	182
Edo	₦150,000	150
Delta	₦150,000	149
Anambra	₦150,000	97
Ekiti	₦150,000	65
Osun	₦120,000	161
Ondo	₦120,000	121
Akwa Ibom	₦120,000	94
Enugu	₦100,000	78

How to read this

These are expectations, not salaries paid. Every figure is what a candidate says they are looking for. It is a demand-side signal — useful for pricing a role, not a survey of payroll.
Self-reported by 13,175 active jobseekers on Aremu, stated as a monthly figure in naira.
Values outside ₦30,000–₦3,000,000 per month are excluded as data-entry errors (about 2.5% of entries).
Every row needs a minimum sample (40 candidates for a role, 60 for a state) so no figure rests on a handful of people. Medians and quartiles are used rather than averages, so a few outliers cannot drag a row.
Aggregate only — no individual's figure is published or identifiable.
Free to quote and republish with attribution and a link to this page. For the underlying breakdown, contact us.

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