BREAKING: Zimbabwe Army Salaries Revealed

WATCH LIVE as Gambakwe looks at the salaries of the Zimbabwe national army soldiers.

Final Table: Total Estimated USD per Rank (Converted + Added)

Rank	Net Salary (ZWG)	ZWG → USD (÷30)	Net Salary (USD)	Total Estimated USD
PO/CDT	6,304.45	210.15	❌	210.15
PTE	7,149.10	238.30	❌	238.30
LCPL	6,933.81	231.13	320.01	551.14
CPL	7,780.42	259.35	320.12	579.47
SGT	7,922.71	264.09	312.59	576.68
CSGT	8,552.18	285.07	308.70	593.77
WO2	8,727.33	290.91	323.15	614.06
WO1	16,355.79	545.19	255.91	801.10
2LT	❌	❌	263.12	263.12
LT	17,110.20	570.34	266.03	836.37
LT (2nd)	15,130.02	504.33	❌	504.33
CAPT	17,552.66	585.09	270.11	855.20
MAJ	19,178.17	639.27	261.56	900.83
LT COL	25,367.42	845.58	270.00*	1,115.58
COL	43,696.62	1,456.55	270.00*	1,726.55
BRIG GEN	55,358.84	1,845.29	❌	1,845.29
MAJ GEN	52,014.25	1,733.81	❌	1,733.81
LT GEN	102,076.50	3,402.55	❌	3,402.55
GEN	138,718.26	4,623.94	❌	4,623.94

*USD net salary for LT COL and COL is estimated from partial data.

Bar Graph: Total Estimated USD per Rank

Below is a text-based bar graph representing the Total Estimated USD for each rank.

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GEN          | ████████████████████████████████████████████ 4,624

LT GEN       | ██████████████████████████████████ 3,403

BRIG GEN     | ██████████████████ 1,845

COL          | █████████████████ 1,727

MAJ GEN      | █████████████████ 1,734

LT COL       | ███████████ 1,116

MAJ          | █████████ 901

CAPT         | ████████ 855

LT           | ████████ 836

WO1          | ████████ 801

WO2          | ██████ 614

CSGT         | ██████ 594

CPL          | ██████ 579

SGT          | ██████ 577

LCPL         | ██████ 551

LT (2nd)     | █████ 504

2LT          | ███ 263

PTE          | ██ 238

PO/CDT       | ██ 210

Table 1: Full Salary for Each Rank (USD directly under ZWG)

Rank	Currency	Gross Salary	PAYE	NSSA	Pension	Net Salary
PO/CDT	ZWG	6,984.13	273.46	93.83	312.39	6,304.45
	USD	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
PTE	ZWG	8,006.26	463.06	91.04	303.06	7,149.10
	USD	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
LCPL	ZWG	8,182.61	844.49	93.32	310.99	6,933.81
	USD	320.00	18.79	7.20	24.00	320.01
CPL	ZWG	9,027.56	793.19	104.70	349.21	7,780.42
	USD	370.00	18.68	7.20	24.00	320.12
SGT	ZWG	9,181.63	796.02	106.80	356.13	7,922.71
	USD	320.00	29.97	7.20	24.00	312.59
CSGT	ZWG	10,100.66	1,031.62	119.20	397.67	8,552.18
	USD	320.00	34.44	7.20	24.00	308.70
WO2	ZWG	10,262.70	1,008.89	121.50	405.01	8,727.33
	USD	320.00	30.10	7.20	24.00	323.15
WO1	ZWG	18,889.33	1,500.38	238.40	794.78	16,355.79
	USD	320.00	26.21	7.20	24.00	255.91
2LT	ZWG	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	USD	370.00	25.89	7.20	24.00	263.12
LT	ZWG	19,707.55	1,597.12	230.80	769.45	17,110.20
	USD	370.00	22.58	7.20	24.00	266.03
LT (2nd)	ZWG	17,762.60	1,619.23	233.80	779.53	15,130.02
	USD	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
CAPT	ZWG	20,840.48	2,223.94	245.50	818.40	17,552.66
	USD	370.00	27.10	7.40	24.00	270.11
MAJ	ZWG	23,663.11	3,262.29	282.30	940.39	19,178.17
	USD	370.00	15.65	7.20	24.00	261.56
LT COL	ZWG	28,352.37	1,583.80	323.30	1,077.81	25,367.42
	USD	320.00	32.89	7.20	24.00	270.00*
COL	ZWG	51,781.13	5,416.41	615.70	2,052.36	43,696.62
	USD	370.00	32.68	7.20	24.00	270.00*
BRIG GEN	ZWG	64,520.74	6,440.03	❌	2,721.87	55,358.84
	USD	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
MAJ GEN	ZWG	62,506.06	6,592.71	❌	3,899.10	52,014.25
	USD	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
LT GEN	ZWG	117,678.01	10,395.60	3.00	5,205.89	102,076.50
	USD	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
GEN	ZWG	174,234.61	35,516.40	❌	❌	138,718.26
	USD	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

*USD net salary for LT COL and COL is estimated from partial data.

Table 2: Net Salaries Only (USD under ZWG)

Rank	Currency	Net Salary
PO/CDT	ZWG	6,304.45
	USD	❌
PTE	ZWG	7,149.10
	USD	❌
LCPL	ZWG	6,933.81
	USD	320.01
CPL	ZWG	7,780.42
	USD	320.12
SGT	ZWG	7,922.71
	USD	312.59
CSGT	ZWG	8,552.18
	USD	308.70
WO2	ZWG	8,727.33
	USD	323.15
WO1	ZWG	16,355.79
	USD	255.91
2LT	ZWG	❌
	USD	263.12
LT	ZWG	17,110.20
	USD	266.03
LT (2nd)	ZWG	15,130.02
	USD	❌
CAPT	ZWG	17,552.66
	USD	270.11
MAJ	ZWG	19,178.17
	USD	261.56
LT COL	ZWG	25,367.42
	USD	270.00*
COL	ZWG	43,696.62
	USD	270.00*
BRIG GEN	ZWG	55,358.84
	USD	❌
MAJ GEN	ZWG	52,014.25
	USD	❌
LT GEN	ZWG	102,076.50
	USD	❌
GEN	ZWG	138,718.26
	USD	❌

Summary Key

Symbol	Meaning
✅	Data present
❌	Data missing (placeholder)

 

Total security forces (including military, police, paramilitary, intelligence, and prison services) number around 400,000 personnel, then the salary distribution would look very different.

 

The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) — estimated at ~25,000 personnel. For the other ~375,000 personnel (police, CIO, prison service, air force, etc.), we do not have salary data.

 

Rank	Bar	Personnel
PTE	███	160,000
PO/CDT	██	88,000
LCPL	████████████████	48,000
CPL	██████████████	40,000
SGT	██████	20,000
CSGT	██	8,000
WO2	█	4,000
LT	███	10,000
CAPT	██	6,000
MAJ	█	3,200
WO1	█	2,000
LT COL	█	1,200
2LT	██	8,000
COL	█	400
BRIG GEN	█	200
MAJ GEN	█	120
LT GEN	█	80
GEN	█	40