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title: "What Is a Good Salary in Tanzania? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Median wage in Tanzania ≈ $47/mo; top 10% above $149/mo, minimum $58/mo. Full local wage ladder from World Bank data."
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Local Salaries · Tanzania

# What is a good salary in 🇹🇿 Tanzania (Dodoma)?

The median is about **$47/month**; top-10% earners clear **$149/month**.

## The local wage ladder

| Band | Monthly | Annual | Local currency |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Survival floorsingle-person essentials | $550 | $6,600 | 1,428,845 TZS/mo |
| Statutory minimumILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2024 (USD). | $58 | $696 | 150,678 TZS/mo |
| Median (p50)typical earner | $47 | $564 | 122,101 TZS/mo |
| Comfortable (p75)upper-middle | $86 | $1,032 | 223,419 TZS/mo |
| Top 10% (p90)high earner | $149 | $1,788 | 387,087 TZS/mo |
| Top 1% (p99)elite | $382 | $4,584 | 992,398 TZS/mo |

Modelled from World Bank GNI $1,270 (2025) and Gini 40.5 (consumption-based, widened to 47.5). Check where you stand in the [interactive benchmarker](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/?country=TZ).

## Countries with similar median pay

- [🇧🇫 Burkina Faso](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/burkina-faso/) — median $47/mo
- [🇿🇲 Zambia](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/zambia/) — median $49/mo
- [🇺🇬 Uganda](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/uganda/) — median $42/mo
- [🇹🇩 Chad](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/chad/) — median $53/mo

See also: [what everyday life costs in Tanzania](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/tanzania/)

## Frequently asked questions

- **What is a good salary in Tanzania?**: The median wage is about $47/month ($564/year). A "comfortable" p75 salary is around $86/month, and you'd be a top-10% earner above $149/month.
- **What is a top 10% salary in Tanzania?**: Roughly $149/month ($1,788/year) puts you in the top 10%; the top 1% starts near $382/month.
- **What is the minimum wage in Tanzania?**: About $58/month. ILOSTAT statutory monthly minimum wage, 2024 (USD).
- **How are these Tanzania salary figures calculated?**: A log-normal wage model calibrated from World Bank GNI per capita ($1,270, 2025) and the Gini index (40.5, consumption-based — widened to 47.5 income-equivalent). Estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data.

Log-normal model from World Bank data — estimates for benchmarking, not payroll data. Agents: GET /api/wage-bands.json?country=TZ.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/tanzania/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/wage-bands.json?country=TZ