Accountant salary in Nigeria
₦4,701,091
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between ₦3,600,000 and ₦4,800,000
From 33 live accountant listings with advertised pay · newest 5 Nov 2026
- Listings with pay
- 33
- all live adverts
- Live jobs
- 33
- apply on the employer's site
- Best-paying city
- Abuja
- ₦5,587,500 on average
- Updated
- 5 Nov 2026
- newest advert in the sample
What accountants are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- ₦3,600,000
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- ₦4,200,000
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- ₦4,800,000
- a quarter pay more
How to read a accountant salary range
The middle half of accountant adverts sits between ₦3,600,000 and ₦4,800,000 — the top of that band is 1.3× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Abuja pays most for the role at ₦5,587,500 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for accountants
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for accountants
Live accountant roles
Accountant salary: common questions
- How much does a accountant earn in Nigeria?
- The median advertised accountant salary is ₦4,200,000 a year, from 33 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between ₦3,600,000 and ₦4,800,000. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a accountant?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from ₦3,000,000 to ₦10,800,000. The middle half sits between ₦3,600,000 and ₦4,800,000 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay accountants the most?
- Abuja leads at ₦5,587,500 on average, against ₦4,701,091 across the whole sample. Port Harcourt follows at ₦5,200,000.
- What is a accountant salary per hour?
- About ₦2,410.82 an hour, or ₦18,081.12 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay accountants the most?
- From current listings, People & Workforce Partners Limited advertises the highest at ₦10,800,000 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
Similar roles
Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below ₦3,000,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in Nigeria. How the figures are worked out