Middle East & Africa · Salary · 2026
Tanzania salary levels, 2026
Monthly gross ranges for a role at a foreign-invested or multinational employer in the city named on the row.
Figures are monthly gross base pay in local currency, before bonus, allowances and employer social contributions. Statutory extras — a 13th month, THR, Aguinaldo, or Spain’s 14 payments — sit outside the monthly number unless the country note says otherwise.
Pay bands
Role × monthly gross
Low / typical / high. USD typical is a conversion used in this guide — not a live FX feed.
| Role | Low | Typical | High | USD typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Country general manager General management | TZS 12,000,000 | TZS 18,000,000 | TZS 24,000,000 | $6,800 |
Country CFO / finance head Finance | TZS 9,000,000 | TZS 13,000,000 | TZS 18,000,000 | $4,911 |
Finance manager / controller Finance | TZS 4,000,000 | TZS 6,000,000 | TZS 8,000,000 | $2,267 |
Plant director Manufacturing | TZS 5,500,000 | TZS 8,000,000 | TZS 11,000,000 | $3,022 |
Operations director Manufacturing | TZS 6,000,000 | TZS 8,500,000 | TZS 12,000,000 | $3,211 |
EHS manager Manufacturing | TZS 2,800,000 | TZS 4,000,000 | TZS 5,600,000 | $1,511 |
Supply chain head Manufacturing | TZS 5,000,000 | TZS 7,500,000 | TZS 10,000,000 | $2,833 |
Regulatory / product-registration lead Regulatory | TZS 3,500,000 | TZS 5,000,000 | TZS 7,000,000 | $1,889 |
Government relations lead Government relations | TZS 4,000,000 | TZS 5,800,000 | TZS 8,000,000 | $2,191 |
Commercial director FMCG & commercial | TZS 7,000,000 | TZS 10,000,000 | TZS 14,000,000 | $3,778 |
Sales head FMCG & commercial | TZS 5,500,000 | TZS 8,200,000 | TZS 11,000,000 | $3,098 |
Trade marketing manager FMCG & commercial | TZS 3,000,000 | TZS 4,300,000 | TZS 6,000,000 | $1,624 |
Shared-service / BPO team lead Volume and shared services | TZS 2,000,000 | TZS 2,900,000 | TZS 4,000,000 | $1,096 |
Plant HR / admin manager Volume and shared services | TZS 1,800,000 | TZS 2,600,000 | TZS 3,600,000 | $982 |
On top of base
Statutory burden
Employer social charges, 13th-month rules and wage floors sit on the hiring guide — not in the table above.
| Unspecified-sector minimum (GN 605A) | TZS 175,000 / month from 1 January 2026 |
| Other sectors | Higher floors in listed sectors (finance, communications, mining, etc.) — read the Second Schedule |
| NSSF | 20% of remuneration total; typically 10% employer / 10% employee |
| SDL + WCF | SDL 3.5% if ≥ 10 employees; WCF 0.5% employer-only |
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