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Salaries in Tanzania

The salary range of employees working in Tanzania is, by default, in the range of 7,061,808 TZS (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 24,782,376 TZS (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).

This is the total annual 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:
7.1M - 24.8M TZS
10% earn less lthan 7.1M TZS
10% earns more than 24.8M 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 11.2M
median 10.1M
10% 5.5M
25% 7.4M
75% 13.7M
90% 18.0M
25-34
 
 
Average 14.5M
median 12.6M
10% 5.8M
25% 8.5M
75% 18.4M
90% 25.5M
35-44
 
 
Average 16.6M
median 14.2M
10% 6.1M
25% 9.3M
75% 21.2M
90% 29.9M
45-54
 
 
Average 16.1M
median 13.4M
10% 5.3M
25% 8.4M
75% 20.7M
90% 30.0M
55+
 
 
Average 14.5M
median 12.4M
10% 5.3M
25% 8.1M
75% 18.5M
90% 26.3M

Salaries by gender

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

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Men
15,265,068 TZS
13,809,108 TZS
Woman icon
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
612,874,080 TZS
2. Country Manager/Director Top Management
503,519,040 TZS
3. IT Director Top Management
486,217,440 TZS
4. Plant manager Top Management
473,289,120 TZS
5. Call Centre Director Top Management
469,035,360 TZS
6. Leasing Director Leasing
456,613,920 TZS
7. Managing Director Top Management
409,741,920 TZS
8. Finance Manager Management
402,233,760 TZS
9. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics
393,298,560 TZS
10. Lead developer Information Technology
388,512,000 TZS
11. IT Architect Information Technology
381,250,080 TZS
12. Head of product development Management
378,210,240 TZS
13. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management
377,760,960 TZS
14. Business Development Manager Management
375,799,680 TZS
15. Technical Director Top Management
373,616,640 TZS
16. Software Engineer Information Technology
366,276,960 TZS
17. Sales Director Top Management
365,693,760 TZS
18. IT Manager Management
364,705,920 TZS
19. Marketing Director Top Management
358,260,480 TZS
20. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry
345,072,960 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
53,189,568 TZS
2. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research
75,263,904 TZS
3. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care
83,530,512 TZS
4. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
85,367,520 TZS
5. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care
86,033,952 TZS
6. Porter, Information Staff General labour
86,286,096 TZS
7. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
89,311,824 TZS
8. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care
89,626,608 TZS
9. Housekeeper Service Industries
89,725,968 TZS
10. Cleaner General labour
90,446,400 TZS
11. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
91,040,688 TZS
12. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research
92,967,840 TZS
13. Packer Production
93,544,128 TZS
14. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
94,048,416 TZS
15. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care
94,120,416 TZS
16. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care
94,588,704 TZS
17. General Labourer General labour
94,930,848 TZS
18. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research
95,074,992 TZS
19. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
95,507,280 TZS
20. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
95,925,312 TZS

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

Slovak RepublicSlovak Republic
71,081,639 TZS (gross)
HungaryHungary
72,758,787 TZS (gross)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
34,164,723 TZS (net)
PolandPoland
96,405,551 TZS (gross)

The newest profiles in the salary survey

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

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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
322 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
836,500 TZS
Anually salary
3,864 USD
Anually salary
10,038,000 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-07-21 10:51:44
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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
577 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
1,500,000 TZS
Anually salary
6,924 USD
Anually salary
18,000,000 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-07-18 23:27:41
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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
238 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
618,000 TZS
Anually salary
2,856 USD
Anually salary
7,416,000 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-07-05 19:05:58
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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
308 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
800,000 TZS
Anually salary
3,696 USD
Anually salary
9,600,000 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-07-04 09:23:13
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Insurance Underwriter
Insurance
Age group
Work experience:
less than a year
Region
Tanzania
Education:
University education (Bachelor's degree)
Basic gross monthly salary
385 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
1,000,000 TZS
Anually salary
4,620 USD
Anually salary
12,000,000 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-06-08 11:10:19
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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
654 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
1,700,000 TZS
Anually salary
7,848 USD
Anually salary
20,400,000 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-06-03 05:52:44
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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
ClockPosted: 2025-06-01 10:20:38
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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
327 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
850,000 TZS
Anually salary
3,924 USD
Anually salary
10,200,000 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-05-26 09:46:41
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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
1,077 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
2,800,000 TZS
Anually salary
12,924 USD
Anually salary
33,600,000 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-05-24 10:19:56
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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
398 USD
Basic gross monthly salary
1,034,170 TZS
Anually salary
4,776 USD
Anually salary
12,410,040 TZS
ClockPosted: 2025-05-15 15:13:43
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