CEO/BUSINESS MOGUL


One of the most demanding jobs of our day is
the job of the CEO or a business owner. The CEO
is answerable for the success or failure of any
company. They oversee the company’s
operations, production, marketing and human
resource. Generally, the CEO is the company. As
such they are equally rewarded for the heavy
crown they wear. Median Salary of a CEO is
about N40 million.


PASTOR


There is no way around this. Nigerians appreciate
their religious leaders — especially pastor. In fact
we idolize them and shower them with gifts and
money. A powerful ‘beginner’ in this circle would
take home up to N5 million and ‘established’
names rake in 9 times as much.


PETROLEUM ENGINEER


The place of the Petroleum Engineer in the world
today is prominent because the world has a high
demand for petroleum. These engineers, who
design, test and deploy means of extracting
petroleum are revered and paid well. An average
salary will be N12 million.


AERONAUTIC ENGINEER


Aeronautical engineers are ‘airplane engineers’.
In Nigeria, their main job is the maintenance of
aircrafts technology. Their job is very delicate
because the safety of the nation’s aircrafts,
military or commercial, rests on their shoulders.
The lives and safety of everyday traveler depends
on them so aeronautic engineers get up to N11
million.


SURGEON


Everybody seems to understand why a surgeon
needs to be well paid since a surgeon is
responsible for identifying patients who requires
surgery, perform the operation, and provide
patients with care and treatment after the
surgery. Since people figuratively and literally ‘lay’
their lives at his table, the surgeon is well
compensated and takes about N11 milla too.


PILOT


Choosing who come first between the pilots and
the surgeon was hard. Pilots fly planes. They
convey people from one location to another in the
most delicate means of transportation. They get
paid about N9 million.


TELECOMS ENGINEER


Telecoms engineers make it possible for you to
make calls and browse from your phone. If you
know how mobile networks work you will
understand why the Telecoms engineer is well-
regarded.


INVESTMENT BANKER


Investment bankers manage your ‘happiness and
comfort’ as such we reward them proportionately.
What price is your happiness?


MUSICIAN


A musician’s job is straightforward: they make
music that entertains, informs, shape and
sometimes change our ways of thinking. It is not
uncommon to find people idolize musicians like
they do religious leaders as such, we pay
musicians from N600,000 to N2 million for their
presence at our events


PROGRAMMERS

Programmers are problem solvers. They figure out
how to make computers solve our problems.
Programmers are among the top 5 best paid
professions in developed worlds but in naija they
are probably the least appreciated financially.
They get about N5 million yearly.
NOTE: salary figures are stated on per annum