Why ICT sector workers got top rate payrise in 2016

Nine per cent wage growth puts ICT workers among the few whose actual purchasing power rose when the increase is adjusted for inflation that averaged 6.3 per cent last year. PHOTOS | NMG

ICT sector workers were the biggest winners in last year’s annual pay rise that jumped by an average of Sh72,000 per employee, according to newly released official data.

The Economic Survey 2017 report, which was released last week, shows that private sector workers in the information and communication segment saw their annual pay rise to an average of Sh874,105 in 2016, up from Sh802,169 the previous year – representing a nine per cent growth.

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