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Table 1 Salary and renumeration costs of different cadres in Kenya

From: Examining the absorption of post-internship medical officers into the public sector at county-level in devolved Kenya: a qualitative case study

Cadre

Salary costs in the public sector

Other benefits

Medical officer interns

Ksh 145,000 / USD 1,200 per month

Extraneous allowance, housing allowances, risk allowances (roughly Ksh 40,000, ~ USD 330) and specifically for MOs also emergency call allowances (Ksh 30,000, ~ USD 250)

Medical officer

Ksh 250,000 / USD 2,100 per month

Registered clinical officer

Ksh 100,000 / USD 840 per month

Enrolled/registered nurse

Ksh 94,000 to 100,000 / USD 790 to 840 per month

  1. Source [7, 8]