Surgeon salary in Nigeria
₦3,717,330
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between ₦3,500,000 and ₦3,791,964
From 13 live surgeon listings with advertised pay · newest 9 Oct 2026
What surgeons are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- ₦3,500,000
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- ₦3,600,000
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- ₦3,791,964
- a quarter pay more
How to read a surgeon salary range
The middle half of surgeon adverts sits between ₦3,500,000 and ₦3,791,964 — the top of that band is 1.1× 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 Lagos pays most for the role at ₦3,875,000 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 surgeons
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for surgeons
Live surgeon roles
Medical Officer Job at Greenlife Hospital Limited
Première Urgence InternationaleSurgeonviaCareerjetLagosPermanent₦450,000 a monthCustomer Service Officer Job at Afrimedical
AfrimedicalSurgeonviaCareerjetAbeokutaPermanent₦300,000 a monthHuman Resources Assistant Job at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)
Première Urgence InternationaleSurgeonviaCareerjetMaiduguriContract₦315,997 a monthUrologist
Sigma Consulting GroupSurgeonviaCareerjetLagosPermanent₦3,500,000 a yearDirector of Nursing Service
St Jude Memorial HospitalSurgeonviaCareerjetOnitshaPermanent₦300,000 a monthAssociate Medical Officer
Reliance HealthSurgeonviaCareerjetAbujaPermanent₦350,148 a monthSurgeon salary: common questions
- How much does a surgeon earn in Nigeria?
- The median advertised surgeon salary is ₦3,600,000 a year, from 13 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between ₦3,500,000 and ₦3,791,964. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a surgeon?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from ₦3,000,000 to ₦5,400,000. The middle half sits between ₦3,500,000 and ₦3,791,964 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay surgeons the most?
- Lagos leads at ₦3,875,000 on average, against ₦3,717,330 across the whole sample. Abuja follows at ₦3,816,888.
- What is a surgeon salary per hour?
- About ₦1,906.32 an hour, or ₦14,297.42 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay surgeons the most?
- From current listings, Première Urgence Internationale advertises the highest at ₦5,400,000 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
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