Salaries in Tanzania

The salary range of employees working in Tanzania is, by default, in the range of 588,484.00 TZS (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 2,065,198.00 TZS (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).

This is the total monthly salary including bonuses. Salaries can vary significantly within individual job positions. If you are interested in salaries for a specific position, participate in the survey.

Gross salary in Tanzania is

80% of people earn:

588K - 2.1M TZS

10% earn less lthan 588K TZS

10% earns more than 2.1M TZS

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Salary ranges

Distribution of employees in Tanzania into salary brackets in TZS.

Salaries by age group

Average salary and range in Tanzania by age in TZS.

<24

Average 929K

median 844K

10% 460K

25% 616K

75% 1.1M

90% 1.5M

25-34

Average 1.2M

median 1.1M

10% 484K

25% 709K

75% 1.5M

90% 2.1M

35-44

Average 1.4M

median 1.2M

10% 511K

25% 775K

75% 1.8M

90% 2.5M

45-54

Average 1.3M

median 1.1M

10% 439K

25% 702K

75% 1.7M

90% 2.5M

55+

Average 1.2M

median 1.0M

10% 441K

25% 672K

75% 1.5M

90% 2.2M

Salaries by gender

Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Tanzania (TZS).

Men

1,272,089 TZS

1,150,759 TZS

Women

In general, in Tanzania, men earn 10.5% more than women.

The best paid positions in Tanzania

List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Tanzania (TZS).

1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

4,256,070.00 TZS

2. Country Manager/Director Top Management

3,496,660.00 TZS

3. IT Director Top Management

3,376,510.00 TZS

4. Plant manager Top Management

3,286,730.00 TZS

5. Call Centre Director Top Management

3,257,190.00 TZS

6. Leasing Director Leasing

3,170,930.00 TZS

7. Managing Director Top Management

2,845,430.00 TZS

8. Finance Manager Management

2,793,290.00 TZS

9. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

2,731,240.00 TZS

10. Lead developer Information Technology

2,698,000.00 TZS

11. IT Architect Information Technology

2,647,570.00 TZS

12. Head of product development Management

2,626,460.00 TZS

13. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

2,623,340.00 TZS

14. Business Development Manager Management

2,609,720.00 TZS

15. Technical Director Top Management

2,594,560.00 TZS

16. Software Engineer Information Technology

2,543,590.00 TZS

17. Sales Director Top Management

2,539,540.00 TZS

18. IT Manager Management

2,532,680.00 TZS

19. Marketing Director Top Management

2,487,920.00 TZS

20. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

2,396,340.00 TZS

The worst paid positions in Tanzania

List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Tanzania (TZS)

1. Secondary School Teacher Education, Science & Research

369,372.00 TZS

2. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

522,666.00 TZS

3. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

580,073.00 TZS

4. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

592,830.00 TZS

5. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care

597,458.00 TZS

6. Porter, Information Staff General labour

599,209.00 TZS

7. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

620,221.00 TZS

8. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care

622,407.00 TZS

9. Housekeeper Service Industries

623,097.00 TZS

10. Cleaner General labour

628,100.00 TZS

11. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

632,227.00 TZS

12. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research

645,610.00 TZS

13. Packer Production

649,612.00 TZS

14. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

653,114.00 TZS

15. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

653,614.00 TZS

16. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

656,866.00 TZS

17. General Labourer General labour

659,242.00 TZS

18. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

660,243.00 TZS

19. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

663,245.00 TZS

20. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

666,148.00 TZS

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

Romania

4,384,287 TZS (net)

Slovenia

7,200,051 TZS (gross)

Bulgaria

4,422,806 TZS (net)

Hungary

6,028,299 TZS (gross)

The newest profiles in the salary survey

List of the latest respondents whose data are used in further salary survey calculations.

Payments Clerk
Banking

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

321 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

836,500 TZS

Anually salary

3,852 USD

Anually salary

10,038,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-07-21 10:51:44

Relationship Manager
Banking

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

576 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,500,000 TZS

Anually salary

6,912 USD

Anually salary

18,000,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-07-18 23:27:41

Forester
Water Management, Forestry, Environment

Age group

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

237 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

618,000 TZS

Anually salary

2,844 USD

Anually salary

7,416,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-07-05 19:05:58

ICT-specialist
Information Technology

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

307 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

800,000 TZS

Anually salary

3,684 USD

Anually salary

9,600,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-07-04 09:23:13

Insurance Underwriter
Insurance

Age group

Work experience:

less than a year

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

384 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,000,000 TZS

Anually salary

4,608 USD

Anually salary

12,000,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-06-08 11:10:19

Business Development Manager
Management

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

653 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,700,000 TZS

Anually salary

7,836 USD

Anually salary

20,400,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-06-03 05:52:44

Seller / Cashier
Commerce

Age group

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

Secondary with school-leaving examination

Basic gross monthly salary

154 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

400,000 TZS

Anually salary

1,848 USD

Anually salary

4,800,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-06-01 10:20:38

Booking agent
Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

326 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

850,000 TZS

Anually salary

3,912 USD

Anually salary

10,200,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-05-26 09:46:41

Geotechnical investigator
Construction & Real Estate

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

1,075 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

2,800,000 TZS

Anually salary

12,900 USD

Anually salary

33,600,000 TZS

Posted: 2025-05-24 10:19:56

Quality Control/ISO Manager
Top Management

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

6 to 10 years

Region

Tanzania

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

397 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

1,034,170 TZS

Anually salary

4,764 USD

Anually salary

12,410,040 TZS

Posted: 2025-05-15 15:13:43

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Salaries in Tanzania

Salary ranges

Salaries by age group

Salaries by gender

The best paid positions in Tanzania

The worst paid positions in Tanzania

Salaries in selected countries

The newest profiles in the salary survey

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