Employer of record in Tanzania
21 sourced figures on hiring in Tanzania, drawn from 10 sources and normalized for comparison: statutory rules, employer cost and exactly what an EOR covers locally. Every figure is dated.
Hiring here: straightforward, inexpensive to employ, and fast to hire via EOR.
Employer of record in Tanzania: the statutory snapshot
The headline employer costs, pay floor and worker protections for hiring in Tanzania through an employer of record, each figure sourced and dated. 26 EOR providers cover Tanzania.
| Minimum wage | TZS 150,000/mo | ILOSTAT, 2024-01-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Employer social security | 10.5% | ISSA Country Profiles, 2024-01-01 |
| Corporate tax | 30% | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, 2026-01-14 |
| Notice period | 4 weeks | World Bank Employing Workers / B-READY, 2019-05-01 |
| Severance | 5.3 weeks | World Bank Employing Workers / B-READY, 2019-05-01 |
| Annual leave | 28 days | WageIndicator Foundation, 2026-01-01 |
| Public holidays | 13 | Nager.Date (open public-holiday dataset), 2026-01-01 |
| Maternity leavePaid leave available to mothers, incl. mother-eligible parental leave | 12 weeks | World Bank Women, Business and the Law, 2026-02-23 |
As of 2026-08-03. Each value is the winning figure from primary and harmonized sources, resolved by a documented priority chain. Full record with provenance below.
Reading the data
What the figures say about Tanzania
Employers hiring in Tanzania pay a statutory minimum wage of TZS 150,000 per month against an average monthly wage of TZS 549,783, giving a sense of where actual payroll sits relative to the legal floor. On top of gross wages, employers contribute 10.5% in social security while employees contribute a further 10%, and the corporate tax rate stands at 30%. Employees are entitled to 28 days of statutory annual leave plus 13 public holidays, and maternity leave runs to 12 weeks, while paternity leave is 0.4 weeks. When a hire ends, severance is set at 5.3 weeks and the statutory notice period is 4 weeks. Tanzania's labour force numbers 34.1 million people, with a reported unemployment rate of 1.57% and an inflation rate of 3.33%.
Where to start
Three ways to hire in Tanzania
You are the employer. Lowest per head cost at scale, months to establish.
You direct the work, the provider's local entity is the employer on paper. Compliant in days.
See the 26 providers below ↓Not your employee. Fastest and cheapest, with misclassification exposure.
The full record
Every figure behind the snapshot
Not a guide, a record: 21 figures for Tanzania from 10 sources, last refreshed 2026-08-03. Each value carries its source and the date it was pulled. Hover any provenance tag for the full chain.
Average monthly earnings in Tanzania by occupation (2024)
Gross monthly earnings of employees per ISCO-08 major occupation group, in TZS — the official ILOSTAT survey figures, not estimates. Use them to sanity-check an offer before an EOR quote turns it into total employer cost.
| Occupation group | Monthly (TZS) | ≈ USD |
|---|---|---|
| All occupations | 549,783 | $212 |
| Managers · ISCO 1 | 1,454,911 | $560 |
| Professionals · ISCO 2 | 1,567,333 | $603 |
| Technicians and associate professionals · ISCO 3 | 1,013,539 | $390 |
| Clerical support workers · ISCO 4 | 834,460 | $321 |
| Service and sales workers · ISCO 5 | 359,459 | $138 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers · ISCO 6 | 246,001 | $95 |
| Craft and related trades workers · ISCO 7 | 336,925 | $130 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers · ISCO 8 | 461,671 | $178 |
| Elementary occupations · ISCO 9 | 272,011 | $105 |
Source: ILOSTAT (EAR_EMTA, employees, both sexes), reference year 2024. Survey earnings differ from statutory minimums above.
The differentiator
What an EOR handles in Tanzania
An EOR removes the entity and the payroll machinery. It does not remove your obligations as the people manager.
Provider × country
Who can employ in Tanzania
26 providers operate an EOR in Tanzania, ranked by Select Score.
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