Minimum wage in Zimbabwe

No statutory minimum: collective agreements set the floor

Zimbabwe sets minimum wages mostly sector by sector, through collective agreements of National Employment Councils that are gazetted as binding law. We could not confirm a single national minimum.

There is no single statutory figure to show for Zimbabwe.

Checked October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

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Who sets it

National Employment Councils, made up of employers and unions in each sector, negotiate minimum pay. The Minister gazettes the agreement as a Statutory Instrument, which makes it binding on all employers in that sector.

How it changes

Each sector's agreement is renegotiated on its own schedule, and rates are often quoted in United States dollars or in the local currency, so the figure can move.

Who is covered, and who is treated differently

Domestic workers, farm workers, miners, shop workers and other groups each have their own scale.
Sources disagree on whether a general national floor now exists. Check the Statutory Instrument for your sector.

What to watch for

There is no single figure to quote. Find the agreement or Statutory Instrument for the sector.

Understand the legal system first

Zimbabwe belongs to the Mixed: civil and common law family. How pay is regulated depends on how the legal system makes and applies labour law.

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Official sources

Veritas Zimbabwe: Statutory Instruments, including collective bargaining agreements

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