Bankers, insurers ranked highest paid employees

Workers follow proceedings during a recent Cotu meeting. file photo | nmg

Employees in the financial services and insurance sectors are still the best paid in the country while those in water supply, sewerage and waste management firms earned the lowest average wages, fresh economic data shows.

The Economic Survey 2017 released Wednesday shows that State-employed workers offering financial and insurance services last year pocketed an average Sh145,233 per month, while their counterparts in the private sector received a monthly pay cheque of Sh139,793.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.