Average wage earnings during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how average wage earnings changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UDA William Ruto | 13 Sep 2022 – now | −2.5% 2022 → 2025 | −0.8%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. KSh thousand a year, in today's money, per wage employee · Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Economic Survey (the newest edition's chapter 3 workbook), Table 3.7: average wage earnings per employee in modern establishments, private and public, June earnings annualised, adjusted for inflation with the CPI (IMF); the latest year provisional · Kenya data · as of Sep 2026.