The following list provides information relating to the minimum wages (gross) of countries in Europe.[1][2]
The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours),[3]San Marino (37.5 hours),[4]Belgium (38 hours),[5]United Kingdom (38 hours),[3]Ireland (39 hours)[3] and Monaco (39 hours).[6] Most minimum wages are fixed at a monthly rate, but some countries set their minimum wage at an hourly rate or annual rate.
Minimum wages by country
Net income
The map below shows monthly adult minimum (after tax, social charges & deductions) income; some countries have a lower rate for under-25-year-olds.
Purple
above €1,000
Light blue
€500 to €1,000
Yellow
€250 to €499
Red
below €250
Countries marked on the map in dark red do not have a minimum wage.
^"Minimum wages increased in 32000 ALL/month". Albanian Daily News. 1 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022. ...as it was predicted taxes for the wages will change starting from July 2022. According to government, wages up to 40.000 ALL/Month will not be [income] taxed.
^ ab"Od naredne godine veća minimalna plata u FBiH ("Starting next year, the minimum wage in FBiH will be higher")". rtvslon.ba (in Bosnian). RTV Slon. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022. The minimum wage, which was 543 KM until now, will be 596 KM from January, and if income tax is added to that amount, it will be 620 KM, the Economic and Social Council for the territory of FBiH announced – which held a session today in the FBiH Government building where the adjustment of the lowest salary for the next year was considered. Although the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of FBiH proposed that it be 750 KM, according to experts, this is not possible at the moment. (Translation)
^ ab"Kalkulatori - Profi Nova". profinova.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 30 December 2022. FBiH Salary structure: 1) Amount of salary on hand (amount paid to the employee) 2) + income tax 3) Net salary or basis for tax calculation (1+2) 4) + contribution from salary (PIO, Health, Unemployment = 31% of gross salary) 5) Gross salary (3+4) (Translation)
^"Службени гласник РС, број 1/22 ("Official Gazette of the RS, number 1/22")"(PDF). vladars.net (in Serbian). Government of Republika Srpska. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022. I. The lowest salary in the Republic of Srpska for 2022 is determined in the amount of 590.00 convertible marks in net amount. II. This decision is published in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska", and will enter into force on January 1, 2022. (Translation)
^"Службени гласник РС, број 45/22 ("Official Gazette of the RS, number 45/22")"(PDF). savezsindikatars.org (in Serbian). Government of Republika Srpska. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022. I. In the Decision on the lowest salary in the Republic of Srpska for 2022 ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska", no 1/22) in point 'I', the number: "590.00" is replaced by number: "650.00". II. This decision enters into force on the following day from its publication in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska", and will be applied to the calculation of wages from May 1, 2022. (Translation)
^"Croatian govt proposes 2.3% deficit in 2023 draft budget". SeeNews.com. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022. The government also decided to lift the minimum gross monthly salary for 2023 to 5,274.15 kuna, up 12.52% compared to this year.
^"Germany to increase minimum wage to 12 euros per hour in October 2022". iamexpat.de. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022. ...from October 1, [mini-job] monthly salaries of up to 520 euros will remain exempt from taxation and contributions to social security. The maximum limit for so-called "midi jobs" will be raised from 1.300 to 1.600 euros.
^"Κατώτατος μισθός 2022 - Δημοσιεύθηκε στο ΦΕΚ η απόφαση με την αύξηση στα 713 ευρώ ("Minimum wage 2022 - The decision with the increase to 713 euros was published in the Official Gazette")". E-nomothesia.gr (in Greek). 22 April 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022. The new minimum wage increases from May 1 by 7.5%, or 50 euros per month, to 713 euros per month, from 663 euros previously. Since 14 salaries are paid per year, the annual benefit for employees from the increase is equal to one additional salary (50 euros the monthly increase times 14 salaries = 700 euros). The monthly earnings, if the payment of 14 salaries per year is taken into account, amount to 831.8 euros from 773.5 euros today. The nearly 650,000 minimum wage workers will gain an extra paycheck each year. In other words, a 15th salary is now added to their income. (Translation)
^"Budget 2023: Workers to receive extra €9.90 per week cost-of-living adjustment". timesofmalta.com. Times of Malta. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022. Workers will receive an extra €9.90 a week from January as part of an automatically-calculated cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) which is intended to combat the impacts of inflation. [...] It is awarded to all employees and is paid by employers as part of their workers' salary.
^ ab"Majorarea salariului minim pe țară: Începând cu 2023, acesta va constitui 4 mii de lei". Agora.md (in Romanian). 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. Starting with January 1, 2023, the minimum salary per country is established in the amount of 4,000 lei per month for a full work schedule of 169 hours (on average per month), which represents 23.67 lei per hour. (Translation)
^ ab"SMIC à Monaco : augmentation au 1er janvier 2023 ("SMIC in Monaco: increase on 1 January 2023")". belaieff-yvan.com (in French). Yvan BELAIEFF, Accountant approved by the Prince's Government. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022. SMIC Minimum Interprofessional Growth Wage applicable from 1 January 2023: • hourly wage: €11.27 • weekly salary (for 39 hours): €439.53 • monthly salary (for 39 hours per week or 169 hours per month): €1,904.63 (Translation)
^"Netherland: Minimum Wage Will Increase by 10% From January 1, 2023". SchengenVisaInfo.com. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022. The Dutch government has announced that from January 1 next year, the minimum wage for employees will increase by 10.15 per cent. In addition, the same also revealed that the government is implementing an additional increase of 8.05 per cent on top of the six-month adjustment for the first time since its launching in 1969. As a result, the minimum wage for full-time workers will increase from €1,756.20 to €1,934.40 gross per month.
^ abc"Salário mínimo em Portugal em 2022 (e 2023)". Economias.pt (in Portuguese). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022. The national minimum wage is 705 euros and will rise to 760 euros in 2023. It is the minimum wage that any company is obliged to pay its workers in Portugal. [...] The minimum wage is just base pay. It does not include food subsidy, daily allowances or salary increases for shift work, night work or schedule exemption. [...] Anyone who starts receiving the minimum wage, of 760 euros, will receive a net minimum wage of 676.40 euros. [...] Greece, Spain and Slovenia, in addition to Portugal, pay 14 salaries per year. (Translation)
^"E oficial! Ministerul Muncii propune creșterea salariului minim brut la 3.000 de lei începând de la 1 ianuarie 2023". Economica.net (in Romanian). 17 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022. Starting with January 1, 2023, the gross minimum basic salary per country guaranteed in payment, [...] is set in money, without including increments and other additions, at the amount of 3,000 lei per month, for a normal work schedule of 165.333 hours per month on average, representing 18.145 lei/hour. (Translation)
^"МРОТ в 2023 году может составить 16 242 рубля ("The minimum wage in 2023 may be 16,242 rubles")". duma.gov.ru (in Russian). The State Duma. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022. Deputies of the State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft law that proposes to establish a minimum wage from January 1, 2023 in the amount of 16,242 rubles per month. To date, the minimum wage is 15,279 rubles. Thus, an increase of 6.3% is envisaged. (Translation)
^"Сколько будет МРОТ с 1 января 2023 года в России и по регионам ("How much will the minimum wage be from January 1, 2023 in Russia and by region")". BanksToday.net (in Russian). Банки Сегодня. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022. The capital has its own minimum wage. So, the minimum wage in Moscow in 2023 will be 24,284 rubles. Compared to the previous value (23,508 rubles from mid-2022), the increase does not look so significant. [...] The minimum wage is also being raised in the Moscow Region - in 2023 it will amount to 17,930 rubles. In both cases, this applies only to those employees who receive a salary from the state (that is, state employees and officials). For private companies and individual entrepreneurs, there is the federal minimum wage of 16,242 rubles. (Translation)
^"Сколько будет МРОТ с 1 января 2023 года в России и по регионам ("How much will the minimum wage be from January 1, 2023 in Russia and by region")". BanksToday.net (in Russian). Банки Сегодня. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022. The minimum wage in St. Petersburg was raised quite recently - from October 1, 2022. The minimum wage at that time was 23,500 rubles. The indicator exceeded the subsistence minimum for the able-bodied population in the Northern capital (15,779 rubles) by 33%. It can be assumed that the same amount will remain in 2023, since a reduction in the minimum wage is unacceptable, the established amount is prescribed in the regional agreement for 2022-2023. (Translation)
^"Average and Minimum Salary in San Marino". checkinprice.com. Check in Price – Travel Economics for Expats and Travelers. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022. The minimum salary in San Marino is one of the highest in the world. Currently, the minimum salary in San Marino is of €1,582.57 gross per month as of 2022.
^ abc"Minimalna plača 2023 neto bruto je znana / neto minimalna plača 2023 bo višja za 100€ glede na prejšnje leto". blog.uporabnastran.si (in Slovenian). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023. The minimum wage in 2023 is known and will probably apply to wage payments in February 2023. [...] This means that the net minimum wage in 2023 is €878.48 [...] in the gross amount will be €1,203.36. [...] As written on the Finance portal, the gross hourly rate will rise from €6.17 to €6.92 (Translation)
^"Real Decreto 152/2022, de 22 de febrero, por el que se fija el salario mínimo interprofesional para 2022". boe.es (in Spanish). 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023. De acuerdo con el artículo 8.5 del Real Decreto 1620/2011, de 14 de noviembre, por el que se regula la relación laboral de carácter especial del servicio del hogar familiar, que toma como referencia para la determinación del salario mínimo de las empleadas y empleados de hogar que trabajen por horas, en régimen externo, el fijado para las personas trabajadoras eventuales y temporeras y que incluye todos los conceptos retributivos, el salario mínimo de dichas empleadas y empleados de hogar será de 7,82 euros por hora efectivamente trabajada.
^"ARMENIA TO RAISE PENSIONS, MINIMUM WAGE AND MATERNITY BENEFITS". bm.ge. Business Media Georgia. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government meeting on Thursday: „We plan to raise pensions starting January 1, 2023. [...] The minimum wage will also be raised from current 68,000 drams ($ 170) to 75,000 drams ($ 186)"
^"Salary in Georgia in 2022". wagecentre.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022. According to the local government, the official minimum wage in Georgia in 2022 is 20 Georgian lari ($7) per month for private sector employees and 350 Georgian lari ($115) per month for civil servants. At the same time, the food basket and retirement pension in the country is 180 GEL per month ($60).
^"Minimum wage in Georgia - pros and cons". jam-news.net. JAMnews. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022. In Georgia, there is an ongoing debate about whether the minimum wage should be set by law. According to the law, which was adopted in the late '90s and has not been changed since then, the amount is 20 lari [about $7]. It is obvious that this is rather a symbolic number. [...] Setting a minimum wage cannot solve labor market problems, says Paata Sheshelidze, president of the New School of Economics: "The unofficial minimum wage today can be considered 300-350 lari [about $109-126]. In the event of rapid economic growth, the situation will change, and it will become very difficult for an employer to find even low-skilled employees who are ready to work for less than 1,000 lari," says Sheshelidze.
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