Data and AI salaries in Kenya
The median lead Data and AI salary in Kenya is KES 8,400,000 per year, with the market band from KES 6,600,000 to KES 10,200,000 (zaajira.com, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
lead (Low quality data)
- P25
- KES 6,600,000
- Median
- KES 8,400,000
- P75
- KES 10,200,000
- per month
- KES 700,000
About KES 700,000 per month at the median.
Single source: Zaajira Kenya Salary Guide 2026 senior machine learning engineer band 550k-850k monthly gross; endpoints used as p25/p75, midpoint 700k as p50. No second named survey publishes a lead-level ML band for Kenya, hence Low.
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- KES 4,560,000
- Median
- KES 5,880,000
- P75
- KES 7,200,000
- per month
- KES 490,000
About KES 490,000 per month at the median.
Zaajira Kenya Salary Guide 2026 senior data scientist band 380k-600k, with senior data engineer 420k-650k corroborating; endpoints used as p25/p75, midpoint 490k as p50. MaxisHR 2026 senior data scientist/ML engineer band 280k-450k sits lower, reflecting the broader non-SaaS market.
Sources for these numbers
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