This paper investigates the determinants of employment vulnerability among private sector workers and assesses it effects on
private sector household income in Cameroon. To address these objectives, use is made of multiple correspondence and the
IV econometric analyses. Econometric results indicate that the density of formal institutions is negatively and significantly
associated with employment vulnerability. Equally, more educated and skilled workers are less likely to be vulnerable in
employment. Results show that employment vulnerability generally correlates inversely with private sector income. We found
evidence of compensation for managerial and supervisory duties in the private sector. Other correlates like years of
schooling, cumulated labour market experience and access to microcredit are important in determining private sector
household income, slightly more so in the informal and farming sectors than other sectors.