Nurses are healthy practitioners in Kenya who earn salary and allowances based on job groups upon meeting specific qualifications and requirements to register in one of the groups at this level.
Their allowances are attractive and also vary based on the job group.
Here is a display of the salary of a nurse in Kenya per month falling in the following category
| Nurse Designation | Nurse Job Group | monthly Salary scale (Ksh.) |
| A Nursing Officer (intern) | J | 46,580 – 65,430 |
| A Senior Nursing Officer | L | 50,640 – 69,790 |
| A Chief Nursing Officer | M | 54,067 – 76,580 |
| APrincipal Nursing Officer | N | 62,247 – 84,877 |
| An Assistant Director, Nursing Services | P | 96,909 – 129,868 |
| A Senior Assistant Director, Nursing Services | Q | 112,185 – 129,868 |
| A Deputy Director, Nursing Services | R | 129,050 – 136,825 |
| A Director, Nursing Services | S | 136,915 – 144,220 |
Specific Allowances for the nursing profession in Kenya
In addition to the salary for a diploma nurse in Kenya or a degree holder, these officers also receive allowances.
Their allowances also are paid according to the job group and the are categorized into extraneous, the non-practising, health risk allowance , call and commuter allowance.
Here is a list if allowances :
| Nurse Job Group | Extraneous
Allowances |
House allowance | Non-practising
Allowances |
Health risk Allowance | Call allowance | Commuter allowance |
| G | 20,000 | 3,500 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 15,000 |
| H | 20,000 | 3,500 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 15,000 |
| J | 20,000 | 3,500 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 15,000 |
| K | 25,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 16,500 |
| L | 25,000 | 4,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 16,500 |
| M | 25,000 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 16,500 |
| N | 30,000 | 6,000 | 14,000 | 5,000 | 7,000 | 18,000 |
| P | 30,000 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 5,000 | 7,000 | 20,000 |
| Q | 35,000 | 10,000 | 18,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 23,500 |
| R | 35,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 12,000 | 23,500 |
| S | 35,000 | 15,000 | 20,000 | 5,000 | 12,000 | 25,000 |
Note that in addition to the listed allowances above, the nurses are entitled to a uniform allowance of Ksh.50,000 per year.
Undated Photo of a Nurse Attending to a Patient at Kenyatta National Hospital.COURTESY
Nurses administrators also enjoy an additional responsibility allowance of 10% of their basic monthly earnings.
Requirements to join Nursing
Inorder to join Nursing course, one must be able to score a minimum entry grade for nurses is C+ in KCSE or its equivalent with a C+ in each cluster subject which include English, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or physics.
The field in nursing that is highest paid
Top paying field in nursing is anaesthetic nursing.
In Kenya Trained nurses in this field can earn a high salary because they are highly skilled and work closely with medical staff during procedures requiring anaesthesia.
