What pay looks like across East Africa
Every figure comes from verified salaries, converted to USD at today's rates. A group only shows once 5 people are in it.
Pay across the map
Click a country to zoom in and filter every chart below. Monthly gross, in USD.
How pay is spread, gross a month
Number of verified salaries in each band. The top and bottom 2% are left out so one outlier does not flatten the chart.
Median pay by country, gross a month
Hover a bar for the middle half and the count.
- Tanzania$34172 entries
Median pay by city, gross a month
- Dar es Salaam$37935 entries
- Arusha$2335 entries
Pay growth with experience, gross a month
Median pay at each stage of a career, one line per field (the four with the most salaries). Hover for the figures; a gap means fewer than 5 people.
- 1 to 3 years$28429 entries
- 3 to 5 years$33115 entries
- 5 to 10 years$41919 entries
- 10+ years$1,0236 entries
Pay over time, gross a month
Median pay of the verified salaries shared each month, over the last 12 months. A month shows once 5 people shared in it.
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Median pay by level, gross a month
- Entry level$3527 entries
- Mid level$34136 entries
- Senior$35216 entries
- Lead or Manager$3066 entries
Best paying fields, gross a month
- Operations and Logistics$3797 entries
- Education$36012 entries
- Finance and Accounting$35112 entries
- Healthcare$3066 entries
- Software Engineering$2276 entries
- Other$2076 entries
Best paying industries, gross a month
- Banking and Finance$3799 entries
- Education$35111 entries
- Health$3319 entries
- Government and Public Sector$3036 entries
- Tourism and Hospitality$2876 entries
- Other$2595 entries
- Tech and Software$2555 entries
How much of gross pay people take home
Median take-home as a share of gross, after PAYE, pension and other deductions. Only from people who shared both.
- Tanzania80%41 answers
Median pay by education, gross a month
- Diploma$25113 entries
- Bachelor's$35141 entries
Median pay by employer size, gross a month
- 1 to 10 staff$3278 entries
- 11 to 50 staff$36011 entries
- 51 to 200 staff$30311 entries
- 1000+ staff$3419 entries
Median pay by work setup, gross a month
- Onsite$34161 entries
- Field$2595 entries
Median pay by age, gross a month
Age is optional and only ever shown for groups of 5 or more.
- 25 to 29$30826 entries
- 30 to 34$39616 entries
Benefits people get
Share of the 56 people who listed their benefits.
- Medical cover for me68%38 people
- Medical cover for family52%29 people
- Transport or fuel allowance38%21 people
- Pension above the legal minimum36%20 people
- Airtime and data36%20 people
- Meals or lunch30%17 people
- Staff loans or SACCO30%17 people
- Paid training or study21%12 people
- Housing allowance20%11 people
- Annual bonus14%8 people
- 13th month or gratuity9%5 people
- Remote work allowance9%5 people
Beyond pay
Averages among people who answered each question.
- Hours a week
- 42
- 51 answers
- Paid leave days a year
- 19
- 68 answers
- Commute, one way
- 24 min
- 68 answers
- Can work from home some days
- 25%
- 68 answers
- Job satisfaction
- 3.6
- Work-life balance
- 3.4
Happiest industries
Average job satisfaction, 1 to 5.
- Tourism and Hospitality3.76 answers
- Education3.68 answers
- Banking and Finance3.47 answers
- Health3.36 answers
Negotiation and paying on time
66% negotiated their pay, and it worked for 62% of them.32 answers
- Paid always73%33 people
- Paid usually18%8 people
- Often paid late9%4 people
Median pay by year, gross a month
The year the salary was paid.
- 2026$34172 entries
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