In this article, you will get to know how the new housing levy will eat into the salaries of teachers.
Currently the highest paid teachers are chief principals who take home basic salary of between Sh131,380 and Sh157,656 per month.
The lowest paid teachers are PRIMARY TEACHER II. These are teachers at Grade B5 (T- Scale 5) and the pocket monthly salary of between ksh 21,756 and ksh 27,195.
With the new house levy, only employees will make a 1.5 per cent contribution of their monthly gross pay while employers will pay nothing.
It is important to note that employers who fail to remit employees’ housing levy contributions will be fined two percent of the unpaid funds every month.
The employer will be required to remit the deduction not later than nine working days after month end.
The levy is intended to finance the government’s ambitious plan to construct 250,000 affordable housing units every year.
| TSC JOB GROUP | TSC JOB GRADE | BASIC SALARY | HOUSING LEVY |
CHIEF PRINCIPALS (T- Scale 15) | |||
| Q | D5 | 131,380 | 1,970.70 |
| R | D5 | 131,380 | 1,970.70 |
| R | D5 | 152,937 | 2,294 |
| R | D5 | 157,656 | 2,364 |
| SENIOR PRINCIPALS (T- Scale 14) | |||
| P | D4 | 118,242 | 1,773 |
| P | D4 | 121,890 | 1,828 |
PRINCIPALS (T- Scale 13) | |||
| M | D3 | 104,644 | 1,569 |
| N | D3 | 104,644 | 1,569 |
| DEPUTY PRINCIPALS III | |||
| N | D2 | 91,040 | 1,365 |
SENIOR HEAD TEACHERS, SENIOR MASTER II AND DEPUTY PRINCIPALS IV | |||
| M | D1 | 77,840 | 1,167 |
| N | D1 | 85,269 | 1,279 |
HEAD TEACHERS, DEPUTY HEAD TEACHER I AND SENIOR MASTER III | |||
| G | C5 | 62,272 | 934 |
| H | C5 | 62,272 | 934 |
| K | C5 | 62,272 | 934 |
| L | C5 | 62,272 | 934 |
| M | C5 | 62,272 | 934 |
DEPUTY HEAD TEACHER II | |||
| J | C4 | 52,308 | 784 |
| H | C4 | 52,308 | 784 |
| J | C4 | 52,308 | 784 |
| K | C4 | 52,308 | 784 |
| L | C4 | 52,308 | 784 |
SECONDARY TEACHER I AND SENIOR TEACHER I | |||
| L | C3 | 43,147 | 647 |
| L | C3 | 45,124 | 676 |
| L | C3 | Â 47,183 | 707 |
| L | C3 | 49,336 | 740 |
| L | C3 | 51,588 | 773 |
| L | C3 | Â 53,943 | 809 |
SENIOR TEACHER II, SECONDARY TEACHER II & SECONDARY TEACHER II UNTRAINED (UT) AND PRIMARY SNE TEACHERS | |||
| G | C2 | 34,955 | 524 |
| H | C2 | 34,955 | 524 |
| J | C2 | 34,955 | 524 |
SECONDARY TEACHER II & SECONDARY TEACHER II UNTRAINED AND PRIMARY SNE TEACHERS | |||
| K | C2 | 34,955 | 524 |
| K | C2 | 36,280 | 544 |
| K | C2 | 37,654 | 564 |
| K | C2 | 39,081 | 586 |
| K | C2 | 40,562 | 608 |
| K | C2 | 42,O99 | 631 |
| K | C2 | 49,694 | 745 |
PRIMARY TEACHER I AND SECONDARY TEACHER III | |||
| H | C1 | 27,195 | 407 |
| J | C1 | 28,755 | 431 |
| J | C1 | 30,405 | 456 |
| J | C1 | 32,149 | 482 |
| J | C1 | 33,994 | 509 |
PRIMARY TEACHER II | |||
| G | B5 | 21,756 | 326 |
| G | B5 | 21,749 | 326 |
| G | B5 | 23,787 | 356 |
| G | B5 | 24,873 | 373 |
| G | B5 | 26,008 | 390 |
| G | B5 | 27,195 | 407 |
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