Personal Assistant Salary In Ghana

A personal assistant also referred to as personal aide (PA) or personal secretary (PS), is a job title describing a person who assists a specific person with their daily business or personal tasks.

Below is the Personal Assistant Salary In Ghana

What qualifications do you need for a personal assistant?

5 GCSEs, grade C and above, including in English and Maths.

Short handwriting skills.

IT proficiency, including word processing and diary management.

Foreign language skills.

A full, clean driving license.

An NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Business Administration.

A person working as a Personal Assistant in Ghana typically earns around 2,400 GHS per month. Salaries range from 1,100 GHS (lowest) to 3,810 GHS (highest).

This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits.

Personal Assistant salaries vary drastically based on experience, skills, gender, or location. Below you will find a detailed breakdown based on many different criteria.

The median, the maximum, the minimum, and the range

Salary Range

Personal Assistant salaries in Ghana range from 1,100 GHS per month (minimum salary) to 3,810 GHS per month (maximum salary).

Median Salary

The median salary is 2,590 GHS per month, which means that half (50%) of people working as Personal Assistant(s) are earning less than 2,590 GHS while the other half are earning more than 2,590 GHS. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.

Percentiles

Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of Personal Assistant(s) are earning less than 1,660 GHS while 75% of them are earning more than 1,660 GHS. Also from the diagram, 75% of Personal Assistant(s) are earning less than 3,450 GHS while 25% are earning more than 3,450 GHS.

Personal Assistant Salary Comparison by Years of Experience

How does experience and age affect your pay?

The experience level is the most important factor in determining the salary. Naturally the more years of experience the higher your wage. We broke down Personal Assistant salaries by experience level and this is what we found.

A Personal Assistant with less than two years of experience makes approximately 1,250 GHS per month.

While someone with an experience level between two and five years is expected to earn 1,670 GHS per month, 33% more than someone with less than two year’s experience.

Moving forward, an experience level between five and ten years lands a salary of 2,470 GHS per month, 48% more than someone with two to five years of experience.

Additionally, Personal Assistant(s) whose expertise span anywhere between ten and fifteen years get a salary equivalent to 3,010 GHS per month, 22% more than someone with five to ten years of experience.

If the experience level is between fifteen and twenty years, then the expected wage is 3,280 GHS per month, 9% more than someone with ten to fifteen years of experience.

Lastly, employees with more than twenty years of professional experience get a salary of 3,550 GHS per month, 8% more than people with fifteen to twenty years of experience.

Personal Assistant average salary change by experience in Ghana

0 – 2 Years1,250 GHS
2 – 5 Years+33%1,670 GHS
5 – 10 Years+48%2,470 GHS
10 – 15 Years+22%3,010 GHS
15 – 20 Years+9%3,280 GHS
20+ Years+8%3,550 GHS