Medicine is a highly renowned profession in Nigeria and all over the world. It’s also one of the most profitable. Doctors, nurses, physicians, etc spend years in the University learning about human health and body. Most of the time, it’s up to them if a person stays alive or dies.
If you want to become a medical doctor in Nigeria, I’m sure you’re curious about how much doctors earn in the country. Well, you’re on the right page as I’ll be covering all of that in this article; read on.
Doctor’s Salary In Nigeria
First of all, you should know that medical salaries are relative. In other words, what a surgeon earns is different from what a regular doctor earns. The same applies to other specific fields in the medical industry. Hence, you shouldn’t expect a general price for all medical doctors.
Furthermore, the salary also depends on the sector of employment. Doctors working in public (government) hospitals tend to earn higher than those in private hospitals. Finally, the salary depends a lot on experience. It’s rare for a fresh graduate doctor to earn as high as someone that’s been working as a professional doctor for years.
Nevertheless, while we can’t pin the salaries to a particular figure, we can get estimates. Check them out below:
- Advanced Nutrition Aide: N456,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Six Thousand Naira)
- Advanced Practice Provider: N458,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand Naira)
- Allergist: N641,000 (Six Hundred and Forty One Thousand Naira)
- Behavioral Health Specialist: N390,000 (Three Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira)
- Chiropractor: N419,000 (Four Hundred and Nineteen Thousand Naira)
- Clinical Psychologist: N1,040,000 (One Million and Forty Thousand Naira)
- Correctional Treatment Specialist: N653,000 (Six Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand Naira)
- Counseling Psychologist: N806,000 (Eight Hundred and Six Thousand Naira)
- Dermatologist: N974,000 (Nine Hundred and Seventy Four Thousand Naira)
- Dietitian: 646,000 (Six Hundred and Forty Six Thousand Naira)
- Doctor: N815,000 (Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Naira)
- Emergency Department Physician: N750,000 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira)
- Exercise Physiologist: N758,000 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand Naira)
- Forensic Pathologist: N880,000 (Eight Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira)
- General Medical Practitioner: N619,000 (Six Hundred and Nineteen Thousand Naira)
- Genetic Counselor: N568,000 (Five Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand Naira)
- Internist: 1,010,000 (One Million and Ten Thousand Naira)
- Interventionist: N1,030,000 (One Million and Thirty Thousand Naira)
- Invasive Cardiologist: N1,320,000 (One Million, Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira)
- Mental Health Therapist: N565,000 (Five Hundred and Sixty Five Thousand Naira)
- Naturopathic Physician: N980,000 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira)
- Neurologist: N990,000 (Nine Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira)
- Neurophysiology Technologist: N289,000 (Two Hundred and Eighty Nine Thousand Naira)
- Nuclear Medicine Physician: N868,000 (Eight Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand Naira)
- Gynecologist: N900,000 (Nine Hundred Thousand Naira)
- Occupational Health Safety Specialist: N464,000 (Four Hundred and Sixty Four Thousand Naira)
- Ophthalmologist: N742,000 (Seven Hundred and Forty Two Thousand Naira)
- Optometrist: N724,000 (Seven Hundred and Twenty Four Thousand Naira)
- Pediatrician: N820,000 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira)
- Physical Therapist: N550,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira)
- Physical Therapy Director: 609,000 (Six Hundred and Nine Thousand Naira)
- Anesthesiology Physician: N1,200,000 (One Million and Two Hundred Thousand Naira)
- Cardiology Physician: N1,240,000 (One Million, Two Hundred, and Forty Thousand Naira)
- CCU Physician: N742,000 (Seven Hundred and Forty Two Thousand Naira)
- Dermatology Physician: N1,010,000 (One Million and Ten Thousand Naira)
- Emergency Room Physician: N723,000 (Seven Hundred and Sixty Three Thousand Naira)
- Endocrinology Physician: N979,000 (Nine Hundred and Seventy Nine Thousand Naira)
- Family Practice Physician: N653,000 (Six Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand Naira)
- Gastroenterology Physician: N939,000 (Nine Hundred and Thirty Nine Thousand Naira)
- Generalist Physician: N722,000 (Seven Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand Naira)
- Geriatrics Physician: N596,000 (Five Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand Naira)
- Hematology / Oncology Physician: N886,000 (Eight Hundred and Eighty Six Thousand Naira)
- Immunology / Allergy Physician: N1,030,000 (One Million and Thirty Thousand Naira)
- Infectious Disease Physician: N842,000 (Eight Hundred and Forty Two Thousand Naira)
- Internal Medicine Physician: N1,090,000 (One Million and Ninety Thousand Naira)
- Maternal / Fetal Medicine Physician: N835,000 (Eight Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand Naira)
- Nephrologist: N980,000 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira)
- Neurologist: N1,040,000 (One Million and Forty Thousand Naira)
- Nuclear Medicine Physician: N846,000 (Eight Hundred and Forty Six Thousand Naira)
- Obstetrics / Gynecology Physician: N948,000 (Nine Hundred and Forty Eight Thousand Naira)
- Occupational Medicine Physician: N703,000 (Seven Hundred and Three Thousand Naira)
- Ophthalmology Physician: N633,000 (Six Hundred and Thirty Three Thousand Naira)
- Otolaryngology Physician: N630,000 (Six Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira)
- Pain Medicine Physician: N564,000 (Five Hundred and Sixty Four Thousand Naira)
- Pathology Physician: N759,000 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine Thousand Naira)
- Pediatric Cardiology Physician: N900,000 (Nine Hundred Thousand Naira)
- Pediatric Neonatology Physician: N910,000 (Nine Hundred and Ten Thousand Naira)
- Pediatrician: N790,000 (Seven Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira)
- Physiatrist: N825,000 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Naira)
- Physician Podiatry: N803,000 (Eight Hundred and Three Thousand Naira)
- Physician Pulmonary Medicine: N608,000 (Six Hundred and Eight Thousand Naira)
- Physician Radiation Therapy: N1,060,000 (One Million and Sixty Thousand Naira)
- Radiology Physician: N1,010,000 (One Million and Ten Thousand Naira)
- Rheumatologist: N946,000 (Nine Hundred and Forty Six Thousand Naira)
- Sports Medicine Physician: N899,000 (Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand Naira)
- Urologist: N1,120,000 (One Million, One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira)
- Physician Assistant: N552,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty Two Thousand Naira)
- Physiotherapist: N591,000 (Five Hundred and Ninety One Thousand Naira)
- Podiatrist: N616,000 (Six Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Naira)
- Preventive Medicine Physician: N777,000 (Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven Thousand Naira)
- Psychiatrist: N849,000 (Eight Hundred and Forty Nine Thousand Naira)
- Psychologist: N912,000 (Nine Hundred and Twelve Thousand Naira)
- Psychometrician: N750,000 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira)
- Radiologist: N942,000 (Nine Hundred and Forty Two Thousand Naira)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist: N567,000 (Five Hundred and Sixty Seven Thousand Naira)
- Skin Care Specialist: N505,000 (Five Hundred and Five Thousand Naira)
- Urologist: N1,160,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Six Thousand Naira)
- Vision Rehabilitation Therapist: N561,000 (Five Hundred and Sixty One Thousand Naira)