Kenya Revised Minimum Wages – 2022

A Minimum Wage is defined as the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees. In other definitions, it is the minimum amount of remuneration that an employer is required to pay wage earners for the work performed during a given period, which cannot be reduced by collective agreement or an individual contract.

During the labour day celebrations on 1^st May 2022, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta announced an immediate increase in the Kenya’s minimum wage by 12% to help workers cope with a surge in consumer prices.

As Virtual Human Resources Services Limited, we ensure implementation of the same at all our client premises as an adherence to labour regulations.

Below are the basic minimum consolidated wages which took effect on 1^st May 2022

	Occupation	Per Month KES	Per Day KES
1	Unskilled Employee	7,544.70	316.85
2	Stockman, Herdsman	8,713.00	369.00
	Skilled & Semi-skilled Employees	Per Month KES	Per Day KES
3	House Servant or Cook	8,612.60	327.90
4	Farm Foreman	13,610.50	575.15
5	Farm Clerk	13,610.50	575.15
6	Senior Foreman	8,811.00	374.60
7	Farm Artisan	9,017.60	383.40
8	Tractor Driver	9,562.60	406.17
9	Combined Harvester Driver	10,534.55	447.00
10	Lorry Driver or Car Driver	11,055.35	468.60

General Minimum Wage Rates (Exclusive of Housing Allowance)

		Nairobi, Mombasa & Kisumu Cities	All former municipalities & town councils of Mavoko, Ruiru & Limuru
	Occupation	Monthly KES	Monthly KES
1	General labourer including: § Cleaner § Sweeper § Gardener § Children’s Ayah § House Servant § Day Watchman § Messenger	15,201.65	14,025.40
2	Miner, stonecutter, turn boy, waiter, cook & line cutter	16,417.90	14,566.40
3	Night Watchman	16,959.00	15,722.60
4	Machine attendant, Saw mill sawyer, Machine assistant, Mass production machinist, Bakery worker, Bakery assistant & Tailor assitant	17,299.50	16,033.10
5	Machinist (Made to measure), Vehicles service worker, Laundry operator, Janitor, Junior clear & wheel tractor driver	19,668.30	18,399.70
6	Machine operators, copy typist, Driver (Car and light vans)	20,517.80	18,936.85
7	Pattern designer, Telephone operator, Receptionist, Storekeeper	23,413.50	21,405.50
8	Tailor, Driver (Medium sized vehicle)	25,804.10	23,716.20
9	Dyer, Crawler tractor, Driver, Salesman	28,487.40	26,579.60
10	Saw doctor, Caretaker (Building)	31,525.30	29,437.30
11	Cashier, Driver (Heavy commercial vehicles), Sales man driver	34,302.70	32,280.75
12	Ungraded Artisan	20,517.80	18,936.85
13	Artisan Grade III	25,804.20	23,716.20
14	Artisan Grade II	27,870.15	26,579.60
15	Artisan Grade I	34,302.75	32,280.75

All Other Areas

	Occupation	Monthly KES
1	General labourer including: § Cleaner § Sweeper § Gardener § Children’s Ayah § House Servant § Day Watchman § Messenger	8,109.90
2	Miner, stonecutter, turn boy, waiter, cook & line cutter	9,370.30
3	Night Watchman	9,672.70
4	Machine attendant, Saw mill sawyer, Machine assistant, Mass production machinist, Bakery worker, Bakery assistant & Tailor assitant	12,995.25
5	Machinist (Made to measure), Vehicles service worker, Laundry operator, Janitor, Junior clear & wheel tractor driver	15,043.10
6	Machine operators, copy typist, Driver (Car and light vans)	15,652.30
7	Pattern designer, Telephone operator, Receptionist, Storekeeper	18,251.50
8	Tailor, Driver (Medium sized vehicle)	21,147.00
9	Dyer, Crawler tractor, Driver, Salesman	23,988.70
10	Saw doctor, Caretaker (Building)	27,423.30
11	Cashier, Driver (Heavy commercial vehicles), Sales man driver	30,266.80
12	Ungraded Artisan	15,652.60
13	Artisan Grade III	21,107.00
14	Artisan Grade II	23,988.70
15	Artisan Grade I	30,266.90