Some jobs pay extremely high remunerative packages worldwide. While master’s degrees will give you a slight edge over your competitors, being equipped with a bachelor’s degree in Kenya and hopefully in the correct field should give you high hopes of drawing some of the heftiest salaries in Kenya. The highest-paying jobs in Kenya are in the following sectors: banks, investment funds, telecommunication companies, and manufacturing sector companies.
So sectors have the highest-paying jobs in Kenya?
Finance
They are some of the most important players in many
companies. They literary watch over company funds. This also makes them part of
the top management of all serious companies. Since the field is quite large,
those who rise up to the position of Chief Finance Officer take not less than a
million Kenyan shillings. Internal auditors make almost half a million while
private practitioners could earn in millions.
Medicine
Medicine is a well-paying job with high market value, what
with medical graduates earning right after internships. The absorption rates
are high with graduates having a choice be between government and the private
sector. Many could work regular jobs while running their own private clinics;
so the earning potential in this field is very high.
Piloting
A pilot’s profession is a highly paid one. Though it may
take some time to become to pilot it’s worth the wait; senior captain is known
to earn not less than 1.1 million Kenyan shillings per month. But the cost of
pilot training is expensive and hence prohibitive
Architecture
Architect design cities and homes with some of the best
houses in the country being designed by Kenyan architects. This is a highly in
demand and well paid job with architects earning more than two hundred thousand
per month.
Politics
For those who can argue well, politics is a great career.
Qualifications required are quite low: just a high school completion
certificate and fluency in English and Kiswahili. The perks are amazing with
allowances, interest-free loans like house loans, car grants, and other grants
and great business contacts for a lifetime. But yes, there could be fierce
competition
Actuarial Science
This is a rare and in demand skill in the finance sector.
Some of the Actuarial Science professionals earn even better than their Chief
Executive Officers. An experienced actuarial scientist can earn an upwards of
five million Kenyan shillings.
Law
Want to be your own boss? Become a lawyer. Though it takes
some time to establish yourself on the ground as a good lawyer, it will be
worth the hard work. Established attorneys do make lots of millions of Kenyan
shillings.
Engineering
With the right type of engineering course, these
professionals earn up to Ksh. 550,000 shillings a month.
Media
Media personalities are raking money at a good pace. Once
you become a top journalist, the amount could easily hit a million Kenyan
shillings or more every month.
Lecturer
If you are patient enough to study for a Ph.D., it could bring great returns. Lecturers have flexible jobs: they teach when they have classes and catch up with their private businesses when they do not have classes to teach. They earn above two hundred thousand Kenyan shillings.
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