A person working as a Chef in Nigeria
typically earns around 158,000 NGN per
month. Salaries range from 77,200 NGN
(lowest) to 246,000 NGN (highest).
This is the average monthly salary including
housing, transport, and other benefits. Chef
salaries vary drastically based on
experience, skills, gender, or location.
Below you will find a detailed breakdown
based on many different criteria.The median, the maximum, the
minimum, and the range
Salary Range
Chef salaries in Nigeria range from
77,200 NGN per month (minimum
salary) to 246,000 NGN per month
(maximum salary).
Median Salary
The median salary is 161,000 NGN per
month, which means that half (50%) of
people working as Chef(s) are earning
less than 161,000 NGN while the other
half are earning more than 161,000
NGN. The median represents the middle
salary value. Generally speaking, you
would want to be on the right side of
the graph with the group earning more
than the median salary.
Percentiles
Closely related to the median are two
values: the 25th and the 75th
percentiles. Reading from the salary
distribution diagram, 25% of Chef(s) are
earning less than 107,000 NGN while
75% of them are earning more than
107,000 NGN. Also from the diagram,
75% of Chef(s) are earning less than
207,000 NGN while 25% are earning
more than 207,000 NGN.
What is the difference between the
median and the average salary?
Both are indicators. If your salary is
higher than both of the average and
the median then you are doing very
well. If your salary is lower than
both, then many people are earning
more than you and there is plenty of
room for improvement. If your wage
is between the average and the
median, then things can be a bit
complicated. We wrote a guide to
explain all about the different
scenarios.
The experience level is the most important
factor in determining the salary. Naturally
the more years of experience the higher
your wage. We broke down Chef salaries by
experience level and this is what we found.
A Chef with less than two years of
experience makes approximately 91,600
NGN per month.
While someone with an experience level
between two and five years is expected to
earn 118,000 NGN per month, 29% more
than someone with less than two year's
experience.
Moving forward, an experience level
between five and ten years lands a salary
of 162,000 NGN per month, 38% more than
someone with two to five years of
experience.
“ On average, a
person's salary
doubles their
starting salary by
the time they
cross the 10
years*
experience mark.
”
* Based on the average
change in salary over time.
Salary variations differ from
person to person.
Additionally, Chef(s) whose expertise span
anywhere between ten and fifteen years get
a salary equivalent to 201,000 NGN per
month, 24% more than someone with five
to ten years of experience.
If the experience level is between fifteen
and twenty years, then the expected wage
is 216,000 NGN per month, 7% more than
someone with ten to fifteen years of
experience.
Lastly, employees with more than twenty
years of professional experience get a
salary of 230,000 NGN per month, 7% more
than people with fifteen to twenty years of
experience..