But I did not got my answer whether my offer is good to accept or not? Can anyone answer my question?

sahgya:

But I did not got my answer whether my offer is good to accept or not? Can anyone answer my question?

It is hard to advice you on that. We don't know the quality of your education, the quality of your experience, the quality of the firm you are going to work for and the added value you will be bringing.

You could be worth more and being shafted, or you could be worth less and being overpaid.

That said $57K without having to pay for accommodation, transport, bills and healthcare means you will never be hard up in Nigeria. You will live a very good life. That is $57K of disposable income.

That pay puts you in the top 1% of earners in the country.

I am a Graduate of Computer Science. I have 11 years of experience. I am an IT professional. I have been offered from CHI Limited Nigeria as IT-Manager.

What is the monthly expenses for internet and mobile in Lagos??

I think it will depend on your usage, the usual practise is to top-up or buy a airtime  on pay as you go

you can check the other sections of this site or check the providers

multilinks, Airtel, Glo, Visaphone

http://www.ng.airtel.com/Personal/Tariffs.aspx

http://www.ng.airtel.com/Personal/Tariffs.aspx

Thats personal anyway but an average nigerian without extended family should be ok with 200k

Emmanuel23:

Thats personal anyway but an average nigerian without extended family should be ok with 200k

Is that for a fresher/ entry level position or general? How many companies pay over 100k nowadays for entry level sef

Dear Country Men

Hope you are doing fine. I am finally getting a chance to get back to my country and work here.
I worked as a software engineer in singapore for 3 years and then did MBA from singapore.

I have an offer from a top Indian IT company, one of the biggest in world and very reputed. I am so thrilled to get such an offer in my country
The position is Manager-Business Development and Marketing in Lagos.

As i have not worked in Nigeria, I dont know what to expect as salary.

Country Men, please guide me so that I can negotiate for a good salary. I will need an accomodation in Lagos so that my wife and kid who are in Singapore can also join me after some time.

Hurry with your advice, I have a final discussion with employers tomorrow.

Happy New Year to all of you!

^^ I think you should contact recruitment agencies in Nigeria, have a chat with them they'll be able to advise you better, getting specific response might take longer on here

Goodluck

http://www.payscale.com/research/NG/Country=Nigeria/Salary

we need a nigerian version of this ^^

Dis Guy:

http://www.payscale.com/research/NG/Country=Nigeria/Salary

we need a nigerian version of this ^^

IT Manager $27,000

You are having a laugh !

frosbel:


IT Manager $27,000

You are having a laugh !

That looks just about right, actually. The much-vaunted MNCs that pay the wages commensurate to the West don't even employ up to 2% of the workforce.
If you look at the India version on Payscale, you'll discover that wages are even lower there than in Nigeria.

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^^why are you not in the business yourself?

@Dre901
Most good companies in Nigeria pay well for fresh starters into what ever industry you find yourself in.

Oil & Gas pays the most, I guess between 2.5m to 4m per year includes benfits

Telecoms will take my second postion between 1.5m to 2m per year depending on the telecomms company.

Banking between 1m to 2m (Oceanic Bank pays the highest of 2m for fresh men)

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Do you consider these as well paid job?

Oil /Gas - N4m which is €24,000/annum Well,not a bad start,
Telecoms -N2 which is €12,000/Annum Freaking Joking with me, that's slavery
Banking - N2 which is €12,000/Annum

Apart from Oil/Gas,is N2 enough to start life in Naija?Just asking because that's what a kitchen Porter or even a security guy makes in europe if not more and it's nothing to write home about.

@Zionmmv

choose one, apples or oranges?

wow!can't blv this thread's been running for 5 years

What about the aviation sector? all we hear is telcoms,banks,Oil and gas.how much does arik air,air nigeria,aero contractors e.tc pay maintenance engineers as entry level pay.

Waiting for a reply

Hello Nairalanders,


I have been reading postings on this forum for a while and I must admit that it has been very informative. My question to you guys is this, with an Undergradute degree in Accountancy in the U.S (Graduated with Honours, a First Class equivalent in Nigeria) and currently pursuing a Masters degree in Accountancy. Once I am done with the Masters degree in Summer 2011, I am contemplating moving back to Nigeria to start a career. Realistically, what should I expect as salary per annum with either the Oil or Telecom companies? Also bear in mind that I have received a job offer from one of the big accounting firms here in the states.

Thanks

Hmmmm, Nobody is saying anything about NGOs' pay. For good and well established ones, the least cadre like drivers/office assistant earn over 100k per month.

I'm sure there are so many other well paying sector that people seem to overlook. Enough of banks, oil& gas bla bla bla,

zionmmv:


Do you consider these as well paid job?

Oil /Gas - N4m which is €24,000/annum Well,not a bad start,
Telecoms -N2 which is €12,000/Annum Freaking Joking with me, that's slavery
Banking - N2 which is €12,000/Annum

Apart from Oil/Gas,is N2 enough to start life in Naija?Just asking because that's what a kitchen Porter or even a security guy makes in europe if not more and it's nothing to write home about.

N2m is a very good salary for freshers (just left undergrad studies) in Nigeria. Standard of living is much lower in Nigeria.

Please see the salary offer splitup and suggest is it a good deal for a 11 year experience in a specialised research field

Basic/annum  9.6M  N  (after tax) 
Bonus 1.5 M   N

Allowances
Housing 2.25M   N
Driver+entertainment 600K  N
Education 375K   N
Travel allowance 2.16M  N
other perk includes Car,Fuel,medical

^^
Is that from a research organization, or the research desk of a multinational? What is the position? That looks like an average manager salary in most sectors, apart from upstream oil and gas.

Hi Thanks , its an R& manager position in a Food MNC. Do you think the offer is below average?

^^
It's a very good, competitive offer. That must be top of the range in the FMCG sector.

I live in Sydney and have begun outsourcing work on the internet. Recently I gave a contract to a Nigerian guy from Nsukka and want to understand whether I am paying him decent money. I work for a university, so it's important to me and my supervisors that we're treating people fairly, and that they'll want to work with us in future.

I'm paying approximately $2.75usd per hour. At this rate I'd give him as many hours as he wants. Is this a good salary? At 50 hours per week he would make 1.1m Naira per year. I'm confused because most of the salary discussions here have assumed a benefits package including housing etc, but I am only paying the money. How much do you need to make to afford, say, a house for a small family in a safe area, with a computer and a decent internet connection?

The project doesn't require any specific skills like programming etc, just perfect English fluency, good ability to use a search engine, and able to "read between the lines" of Australian news articles. So it's suitable for young people, so long as they're smart.

^^^

Thats peanuts you are paying that dude!

What kind of job are we talking about here?

syllogism:

I live in Sydney and have begun outsourcing work on the internet. Recently I gave a contract to a Nigerian guy from Nsukka and want to understand whether I am paying him decent money. I work for a university, so it's important to me and my supervisors that we're treating people fairly, and that they'll want to work with us in future.

I'm paying approximately $2.75usd per hour. At this rate I'd give him as many hours as he wants. Is this a good salary? At 50 hours per week he would make 1.1m Naira per year. I'm confused because most of the salary discussions here have assumed a benefits package including housing etc, but I am only paying the money. How much do you need to make to afford, say, a house for a small family in a safe area, with a computer and a decent internet connection?

The project doesn't require any specific skills like programming etc, just perfect English fluency, good ability to use a search engine, and able to "read between the lines" of Australian news articles. So it's suitable for young people, so long as they're smart.

This is a different scenario. You're not actually paying a salary here, it's more like contract wages. A contract is always a flat rate.

This is a different scenario. You're not actually paying a salary here, it's more like contract wages. A contract is always a flat rate.

Yeah, I get that. I just want to understand what he's actually being paid. I mean is he skipping meals on that money? Does he have clean clothes? I know he's not rich obviously, but I understand that in most of the world, there's poor and then there's poor and then there's "my life is in danger". I just have no idea what 1.1m Naira per year means. In Sydney the lowest rent you'll find is $250aud per week. So at $2.75aud per hour, you'd have to work 13 hours a day just to make rent and then starve. You literally could not live. But Sydney is one of the most expensive cities in the world. So I don't know.

What kind of job are we talking about here?

It's a bit like data entry work. This is the project description:

We are a university research lab working on improving how news is presented to readers. We are developing a system that identifies references to previous events, and automatically finds an article to link to from the newspaper's archive. However, the system needs to be trained on human linking decisions. This is where you come in.

Your task will be to identify references to events in a sample of articles, and then use a search engine to find the earliest article that reports on that event. For instance, here is a paragraph from the paper we are annotating:

"Mr Dutton walked away from the marginal seat to seek preselection for a safe seat on the Gold Coast after a redistribution by the Australian Electoral Commission rendered his electorate notionally Labor."

There are three events here: Mr. Dutton walking away from his seat, Mr. Dutton seeking preselection for a safe seat on the Gold Coast, and the Australian Electoral Commission's redistribution of his seat. You would use a search engine to find articles from the same newspaper that report on these events.

Most articles we have annotated have between 5 and 10 events in total, so annotating a full article usually involves 5 to 10 separate searches, looking carefully for the best article to link to. You will use an annotation tool that we have built to make the task easier, and follow guidelines we have written on what kinds of events should be linked.

This task requires canny search skills and native quality English language skills. A familiarity with Australian news is also a big plus.

syllogism:

Yeah, I get that. I just want to understand what he's actually being paid. I mean is he skipping meals on that money? Does he have clean clothes? I know he's not rich obviously, but I understand that in most of the world, there's poor and then there's poor and then there's "my life is in danger". I just have no idea what 1.1m Naira per year means. In Sydney the lowest rent you'll find is $250aud per week. So at $2.75aud per hour, you'd have to work 13 hours a day just to make rent and then starve. You literally could not live. But Sydney is one of the most expensive cities in the world. So I don't know.

1.1m naira is something like a little under US$8k a year.
For a part time gig, that's actually not bad. Something like $660 a month, which is more than what full-time engineers earn in India.

syllogism:

I live in Sydney and have begun outsourcing work on the internet. Recently I gave a contract to a Nigerian guy from Nsukka and want to understand whether I am paying him decent money. I work for a university, so it's important to me and my supervisors that we're treating people fairly, and that they'll want to work with us in future.

I'm paying approximately $2.75usd per hour. At this rate I'd give him as many hours as he wants. Is this a good salary? At 50 hours per week he would make 1.1m Naira per year. I'm confused because most of the salary discussions here have assumed a benefits package including housing etc, but I am only paying the money. How much do you need to make to afford, say, a house for a small family in a safe area, with a computer and a decent internet connection?

The project doesn't require any specific skills like programming etc, just perfect English fluency, good ability to use a search engine, and able to "read between the lines" of Australian news articles. So it's suitable for young people, so long as they're smart.

You didn't say what kind of work or what level (entry, junior, manager etc) of work the person is doing.

But I am sure if you are paying someone in Nsukka N1.1m a year to do entry or junior work, that would be a fantastic salary in that location.

No specific experience is necessary to do the work, although it's difficult to do very well. Really it just requires that they can read English very well, have attention to detail, and are intelligent.

Is Nsukka a poor area? I thought since it was near a university it would be less poor.