Table 3 Median Monthly Salaries by level of Education of Worker, 2012/13 Education level Median Monthly Salary (Shillings) Secondary 160,000 Post-secondary specialisation 310,000 Degree and above 610,000 Source: Uganda National Household Survey 2012/13 table 4.7  The 2012/13 UNHS revealed that workers with a degree had median monthly earnings of Shs 610,000 which adjusting for inflation is equivalent to Shs 800,000 in 2017 prices (table 3).
Comparing this with the median monthly earnings of Shs 210,000 (in 2017 prices) of a worker with only secondary education indicates that a graduate earns Shs 590,000 extra by virtue of having a higher education degree, The annual increment to income of higher education per worker is, therefore, Shs 7 million.