While the humanitarian relief sector is regarded as one of the most challenging and dynamic, it usually doesn’t score brownie points when it comes to salary comparisons across development sectors.
Many humanitarian relief professionals will tell you that if you’re in it for the money, then it’s probably not the best place for you to be.
A public-sector expert with Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst, also known as German Development Service, advised: “This is a very demanding and challenging sector which is not as highly remunerated as the private sector - think well about why you want to become involved.”