Tanzania Private-sector minimum wage (lowest sectoral rate)
Tanzania Private-sector minimum wage (lowest sectoral rate) is 80000 TZS/month, in force since 1 Jan 2026. It was 60000 TZS/month before that. Last checked against the official source on 25 Aug 2026.
Tanzania sets SECTORAL private-sector minimum wages by government order under s.39(1) of the Labour Institutions Act (Cap. 300) — there is no single national minimum. This series carries the lowest rate in the schedule.
| Current value | 80000 TZS/month |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-01 |
| Official source | GN No. 605A — The Labour Institutions (Minimum Wage for Private Sector) Order, 2025 (Ministry of Labour gazette PDF) |
| Last verified | 2026-08-25 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Lowest rate in the Second Schedule: 'other domestic workers' (also defined hourly 410 / daily 3,077 / weekly 18,462 / fortnightly 36,923). The order covers 16 sectors with ~46 sub-categories; the catch-all rate for unlisted sectors is TZS 175,000/month (arguably the better general benchmark) and the highest rate is TZS 765,900/month (energy, international companies). Public-sector minimums are set separately by circular. Orders are issued irregularly (2013, 2022, 2025); next revision plausibly ~2028.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-01 | 60000 | GN No. 687 of 2022 (revoked by GN 605A; catch-all was TZS… |
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/tz/minimum-wage
# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/tz/minimum-wage/history?from=2020-01-01
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