What industries offer highest salaries in Kazakhstan

Information and communications sector sees the biggest pay hikes across Kazakhstan - 40.1%, with an average salary at 715,244 tenge. At the same time, the average growth in wages was recorded at 14.4% compared to Q2 2023, while average wage is 383,365 tenge, Kazinform News Agency learned from the National Statistics Bureau.

Despite the 40% wage increase, information and communications industry is not the highest paid one, occupying only the third line. The first is financial and insurance sector (800,690 tenge), then comes the mining industry  (757,956 tenge).

The lowest paying jobs are in agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector - 235,153 tenge, as well as in accommodation and food services - 239,181 tenge.

In terms of economic activity, the average wage and its growth over the year looks as follows:

Finance and insurance— 800,690 (+40.1%)

Mining and quarrying — 757,956 (+24.7%)

Information and communications — 715,244 (+24.6%)

Professional, scientific and technical activities — 492,349 (+23.6%)

Industry — 474,764 (+23.3%)

Transportation and warehousing — 456,855 (+22.1%)

Manufacturing — 394,157 (+20.9%)

Construction — 391,769 (+20.1%)

Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and conditioned air — 375,901 (+17.4%)

Education — 346,635 (+15.5%)

Wholesale and retail trade, repair of cars and motorcycles — 342,367 (+15.1%)

Public administration and defense, mandatory social security — 316,644 (+14.1%)

Healthcare and social services to the population — 315,034 (+13.5%)

Administrative and maintaining services — 295,998 (+13.2%)

Other services — 290,465 (+12.0%)

Real estate transactions — 266,971 (+7.2%)

Arts, entertainment and recreation — 256,419 (+6.5%)

Water supply, water discharge, waste collection, treatment and disposal, and elimination of pollution — 246,181 (+5.6%)

Accommodation and food services — 239,181 (+5.2%)

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries - 235,153 (+3.3%)

As reported, Kazakhstan ranked 67th in the Numbeo salary ranking with an average monthly wage at $582 or approximately 279,000 tenge.

The minimum wage in Kazakhstan will remain at 85 thousand tenge until 2029, according to the 2025-2026 Socio-Economic Development Forecast.