Minimum wage in Tanzania
For the private sector, from 1 January 2026, with the salaries posted on Nafasi.
Minimum wage by sector
Amounts are in Tanzanian shillings (TZS) a month.
| Sector | Category | Per month (TZS) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Agricultural services | Crop or animal production and related activities | 175,000 |
| Forestry and felling of trees | 185,000 | |
| Fishing and fish farming (aquaculture) | 300,000 | |
| 2. Health services | Hospital | 250,000 |
| Health centre | 240,000 | |
| Polyclinic | 240,000 | |
| Dispensary | 230,000 | |
| Pharmacy | 240,000 | |
| 3. Communication | Programmes, advertising and media | 289,000 |
| Telecommunication services | 644,000 | |
| Call centre | 380,000 | |
| 4. Domestic workers | Employed by diplomats and major businessmen | 328,000 |
| Employed by entitled officers | 265,000 | |
| Not living in the employer’s household (other than the two groups above) | 160,000 | |
| Other domestic workers | 80,000 | |
| 5. Hotel and hospitality services | Four-star and five-star hotels | 375,000 |
| Three-star hotels | 225,000 | |
| One-star and two-star hotels, lodgings and guest houses, bars and restaurants | 195,000 | |
| Tourist luggage porters | 225,000 | |
| Tour guides | 320,000 | |
| Hunting and related activities | 200,000 | |
| 6. Private security services | International companies | 292,000 |
| Domestic companies | 197,000 | |
| 7. Energy sector | International companies | 765,900 |
| Domestic companies | 297,000 | |
| 8. Transport and shipping | Aviation services | 498,000 |
| Freight clearing and forwarding | 464,000 | |
| Inland transport services | 398,500 | |
| Postal and courier services | 287,500 | |
| 9. Construction | Contractors, Class I | 515,000 |
| Contractors, Class II to IV | 464,500 | |
| Contractors, Class V to VII | 398,500 | |
| 10. Mining | Mining and prospecting of minerals | 695,000 |
| Primary mining licences | 397,600 | |
| Dealers’ licences | 595,000 | |
| Brokers’ licences | 333,500 | |
| 11. Private schools | Pre-primary and primary schools | 276,500 |
| Secondary schools | 281,300 | |
| Colleges and vocational training institutes | 281,500 | |
| Higher education institutions | 300,700 | |
| 12. Trades, industries and commercial services | Business | 200,500 |
| Commercial banks | 733,000 | |
| Community banks | 698,400 | |
| Micro credit financial services | 699,000 | |
| Insurance companies | 699,700 | |
| Other financial institutions not specified | 699,500 | |
| 13. Industrial sector | Industrial sector | 200,000 |
| 14. Sport, arts, entertainment and gaming | Sport, arts, entertainment and gaming activities | 287,500 |
| 15. Waste collection, processing and disposal | Waste collection, processing and disposal activities | 188,500 |
| 16. Any other sector not specified | Any other sector or area not specified in the order | 175,000 |
Source of the figures
Labour Institutions (Minimum Wage for Private Sector) Order, 2025. Government Notice No. 605A of 2025. It revokes and replaces the Minimum Wage Order, 2022.
- In force from: 1 January 2026
- Published (as PKF Tanzania states it): 13 October 2025
- The table was transcribed on: 30 October 2026
The table was compared with the Government Gazette on 31 October 2026.
Sources read:
- Government Notice No. 605A of 2025, Special Supplement to the Special Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania No. 6, Vol. 106, 13 October 2025 (the Ministry of Labour’s copy)
- PKF Tanzania, "New Minimum Wages for the Private Sector 2025" (the table of all 16 sectors)
- VELMA Law, "New private sector minimum wage order from 1 January 2026"
- Tanzania Association of Tour Operators, "Tanzania introduces new minimum wage order 2026"
Salaries posted on Nafasi
The median salary stated in Nafasi job adverts published in the last 12 months, for each role and city with at least 5 adverts.
This is the median of adverts, not of salaries actually paid. Many adverts state no salary, and some state one amount for one company.
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Frequently asked questions
It differs by sector. Under Government Notice No. 605A of 2025 (the Minimum Wage Order for the private sector), in force from 1 January 2026, the lowest amount in the table is TZS 80,000 a month and the highest is TZS 765,900 a month. See this page’s table for each sector.
The private sector, as its title says. An employee who is paid more than the minimum does not have their pay reduced because of this order.
From job adverts published on Nafasi in the last 12 months. We show the median for a role and city only where at least 5 adverts state a salary. It is the median of adverts, not of salaries actually paid.
The table was transcribed on 30 October 2026 and compared with the Government Gazette on 31 October 2026.