Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of European countries by minimum wage" in English language version.
At the end of last week, the government approved the 2025 draft of the state budget, which it will present to the National Assembly. [...] There is no plan to increase the minimum wage next year, as it happened this year. Minimum wage earners, who are quite a large number of working citizens, will continue to receive 75,000 drams. (Translation)
Although Vatican City is a very small territory, it is a sovereign state with its own economy and salary system. [...] Regarding the minimum wage, there is no real indication of the minimum salary in Vatican City. However, it is important to underline that the Holy See is committed to guaranteeing all its employees a fair and dignified salary, in line with the principles of social justice and solidarity. (Translation)
Do you apply the non-taxable part of the tax base? - Yes
CASS: Andorran Social Security Fund - [...] Your contribution to the CASS must be 6.5% of the gross salary, which will be the contribution that will be passed on to the worker's payroll. [...] is used to contribute 3% for general benefits and 3.5% for retirement. (Translation)
(Translation) In Article 1 of the Law HO-66-N of December 17, 2003 "On Minimum Monthly Wage" [...], the number "68,000" shall be replaced by the number "75,000".
Article 2. Establish the minimum amount of the hourly rate for employees who are paid on a commission or hourly basis: 1) in case of [...] 40-hour working week: 450 drams. [...]
Article 4. Taxes paid from wages, social or other mandatory payments defined by law, additions, premiums, bonuses and additional payments are not included in the minimum amounts [...]
Article 5. This law shall enter into force on January 1, 2023,
Earnings for full-time work of 174 hours per month are calculated according to the formula: Gross salary - personal income tax (0%) - PIO Fund (15%) - unemployment insurance (0.5%) = Net salary // Source: Ministry of Finance (Translation, paraphrased)
Amount in hand: 560.98 BYN (Translation)
It should not be forgotten that taxes and social payments are also deducted from the minimum salary of 345 manats. Therefore, in Azerbaijan, an employee who is paid at the minimum wage level (345 AZN) earns 316 AZN if he works in the private sector, and 306 AZN if he works in the public sector. (Translation)
2. In accordance with article 8.5 of Royal Decree 1620/2011, of November 14, which regulates the employment relationship of a special nature in the family home service, which is taken as a reference for determining the minimum wage for female employees and domestic employees who work by the hour, externally, the one set for casual and temporary workers and which includes all remuneration items, the minimum wage for said domestic employees will be 8.87 euros per hour actually worked. (Translation)
...the Minimum Monthly Wage paid to any employee in the Republic is set as of January 1, 2024 at 1,000 euros for full-time employment. [...] 900 euros for full time employment, until the completion of six (6) months of continuous employment. [...] Finally, it is noted that the new National Minimum Wage will be valid for two years , while by the end of 2025 a new Decree will be issued to review it. (Translation)
The minimum wage will rise to 12.82 euros per hour by January 1, 2025. (Translation)
The reform of the minimum hourly wage for medical personnel is expanding - from January 1, 2024, the minimum salary threshold will be established for medical personnel employed in the following positions:
• Junior doctor - at least 960 GEL per month (5 GEL per hour)
• Nurse's assistant - at least 672 GEL per month (3.5 GEL per hour)
• Midwife - at least 844 GEL per month (4.4 GEL per hour)
• Sanitary - no less than 576 GEL per month (3 GEL per hour).
[...] In the first stage of the reform, from 2023, the minimum salary for doctors and nurses was successfully introduced.[...] As a result of the reform, all clinics included in the universal healthcare program with an inpatient component will be obliged to determine the salary of the medical staff taking into account the minimum threshold presented by the Ministry of Health. (Translation)
Net salary // Number of normal hours: 169 // Hourly wage: 10.3050
Premiums not subject to contributions // Compensation of 5% on salaries equal to the minimum: 100.39 → (Calculate)
Total gross remuneration to be declared: 2,007.73
NET TO PAY: 1,841.94 (Translation)
Net salary // Number of normal hours: 169 // Hourly wage: 10.3050
Premiums not subject to contributions // Compensation of 5% on salaries equal to the minimum: 100.39 → (Calculate)
Total gross remuneration to be declared: 2,007.73
NET TO PAY: 1,841.94 (Translation)
Budget 2025 announced that, from 1 January 2025, the minimum wage for people aged 20 and over will increase by 80 cents to €13.50 per hour.
According to economist Ramaz Gerliani, implementation of the minimum wage standard in Georgia will bring negative economic results. [...] „Regarding the minimum salary, different numbers are mentioned in the range of 300 to 600 GEL. This means that if 500 GEL is the minimum wage, unemployment will increase in those categories, for example among students, where many work for less than 500 GEL to gain experience. [...] For our situation, the adoption of the law on the minimum wage today, which may be somewhat higher than the equilibrium [minimum] wage, I mean higher than 400-500 GEL [€140-€175], will cause more damage to the economy and to the employees themselves," Ramaz Gerliani said.
For information, the Union of Trade Unions of Georgia demands that a minimum wage standard be established in the country, which would be 40% of the average wage calculated by Saxstat and which, as of today, would amount to 636 GEL [€221]. (Translation)
MINIMUM WAGE: 20,002.50 [...]
NET MINIMUM WAGE: 17,002.12 (Translation)
The latest minimum wage in the TRNC officially came into effect as 40,436.00 Turkish lira (Gross) as of September 01, 2024. [...] Hourly: 233.28 TL [...] Monthly Net: 35,180 TL (Translation)
Based on art. 2 section 5 of the Act of 10 October 2002 on the minimum wage [...], the following is ordered:
1. From 1 January 2025, the minimum wage is set at PLN 4,666.
2. From 1 January 2025, the minimum hourly rate is set at PLN 30.50.
3. The regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2025. (Translation)
The Ministry of Labor and the unions agreed this Friday to raise the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) by 5%, to 1,134 gross euros in 14 payments.[...] In annual calculation, the minimum wage improves by 756 euros: it goes from 15,120 in 2023 to 15,876 in 2024. (Translation)
In accordance with Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated December 1, 2023 No. 859, from January 1, 2024, the monthly minimum wage is set at 626 rubles. (Translation)
For 2024 – For a five-day work week with days off on Saturday and Sunday – 2016 [hours] (Translation)
The Government of Kosovo made a decision during a meeting, on Wednesday, to increase the minimum wage in the country to 350 euros for workers of all ages. This increase was made only a few days after the Law on the minimum wage entered into force, which provided for an increase in the minimum wage to 264 euros gross for all employees in the public and private sectors. But, with the new decision of the Government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, the new minimum wage rate will be 2 euros per regular working hour, or 350 euros gross per month for full time. (Translation)
(Translation) [FBiH] Salary structure:
1) Amount of salary on hand (amount paid to the worker)
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)
The minimum wage in 2025 will increase from 700 to 740 euros per month, in 2026 to 780 euros per month, from 2027 to 820 euros per month, and from 2028 to 860 euros per month. (Translation)
Effective October 1, 2024, the minimum salary level is as follows:
• Positions requiring first- to fifth-level educational qualifications: EUR 600 net a month.
• Positions requiring sixth-level or higher education qualifications: EUR 800 net a month.
(Translation) As of November 1, 2024, the monthly minimum wage for full-time work (35-hour base) will be 1,801.84 euros gross, or 1,426.33 euros net.
HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE RATE as of 01/11/2024
- Gross hourly minimum wage: 11,88 €
- Net hourly minimum wage: 9,42 €
The salary of employees in the public sector will increase by 10% and will be at least 1,330 GEL per month.[...] This is stated in the analysis of the 2024 state budget project of "Transparency International - Georgia". (Translation)
The social partners are informed that,[...] the hourly rate of the minimum wage amounts to:
- hourly wage: €11.88
- monthly salary: €2,007.72 (for 39 hours per week or 169 hours per month)
It is recalled that,[...] minimum remuneration must be increased by an exceptional allowance of 5% of its amount. (Translation)
At the 35th session of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, held on Thursday, October 24, 2024, the Proposal for a Decree on the Minimum Wage for 2025 was accepted. The minimum gross salary in 2025 will amount to 970 euros,[...] The increase in the minimum wage will automatically raise the student hourly wage from EUR 5.25 to EUR 6.06 (Translation)
According to chapter 4 of the Fiscal Code of the Republic of Moldova, employees [who have an annual taxable income of less than 360,000 lei] can benefit from the following exemptions:
– the monthly personal exemption, in the amount of 2250 lei; (Translation)
Starting next year, the national minimum wage will increase from 4,000 to 5,000 lei. The decision was approved today during the Government meeting, after the prior consultation of the social partners. The amount of the national minimum wage is established for a full work schedule of 169 hours, constituting 29.58 lei per hour. (Translation)
For 2024, the national minimum wage per week of whole-time employees is:
• Age 18 years and over: €213.54
[...] 2024 Hourly rate: €5.34
From 1 April 2024, workers aged 21 and over will be entitled to the National Living Wage.
• 21 and over: £11.44
• 18 to 20: £8.60
• Under 18 or Apprentice: £6.40
The minimum wage in the country will be BGN 1,077 from January 1, 2025. Its amount will increase by 15.4% or BGN 144 compared to its current value. [...] the minimum hourly rate will be BGN 6.49. (Translation)
View the minimum wage amounts (before tax) that apply as of 1 January 2025:
• 21 years and older: €14.06
• 20 years: €11.25
• 19 years: €8.44
• 18 years: €7.03
• 17 years: €5.55
• 16 years: €4.85
• 15 years: €4.22
In 2018, in accordance with the new law, the basic official salary in the state budget was determined in the amount of 1,000 GEL, which was not changed until 2022. In the 2022 state budget, the base salary increased by 10% and was set at 1,100 GEL. When announcing this change, the Minister of Finance of Georgia stated that salaries in the public sector lagged significantly behind those in the private sector, which posed a threat to the retention of qualified personnel, as an argument for the change. In addition, the Minister explained that the salary increase in the public sector would continue in the following years,[...] Specifically, until 2026, salaries in the public sector would increase annually by approximately 10%, and after 2026, in proportion to the increase in [average] salaries in the private sector.
In practice, the minimum wage has not changed and remains the same at 42,500 [...] and due to the increase in insurance contributions, the "clean" [i.e. net] wage has decreased from last year and is now 37,400 tenge (-1.1% compared to 2020). (Translation)
NET SALARY = €1,958.90 (Translation)
The Government of the Republic of Kosovo, in its 218th meeting held on August 28, 2024, issued Decision No. 02/218 "On the National Minimum Wage" which repeals the previous Decision No. 04/33 dated August 17, 2011. As per the new decision, the national minimum wage is now set at EUR 2 (two) per hour for standard working hours, or EUR 350 (three hundred fifty) gross per month for full-time employment. This new minimum wage will take effect starting October 1, 2024.
The minimum wage for 2024 will amount to 22,567 denars in net amount and it shows an increase of 3,613 denars in gross amount, i.e. 2,392 denars in net amount in relation to the minimum wage for 2023, it was determined at today's second session of the Economic and Social Council (ESC). (Translation)
At the session of the Economic and Social Council (ESC) held in the Government on March 22, it was decided that the minimum wage for March, which should be paid in April, will see a significant increase. (Translation)
On Wednesday, Lithuania's cabinet of ministers decided to increase the minimum monthly wage by 114 euros, to 1,038 before tax. Next year, minimum wage earners will see their disposable income rise to around 777 euros a month, up by 69 euros.
In the next year's budget, it is proposed to increase the minimum monthly salary (MMA) by 12.3%, from 924 to 1038 euros. This change will mean an additional income increase of 68.97 euros in the hands of the lowest income earners. (Translation)
In order for employees to be able to calculate what their salary would be in 2025,[...] the Ministry of Finance (FM) has created a Salary Calculator
For the purpose of state regulation of labor remuneration under market conditions, [...] for all enterprises and organizations operating in the territory of Georgia, regardless of their ownership and organizational-legal form, approve:
1. Minimum salary in the amount of 20 GEL. (Translation)
Τhe national minimum wage is determined by the Minimum Wage Orders of 2022 and 2023. According to the Orders:
a) Every employee who works full-time must receive an initial monthly wage of at least €1000 gross. Employees who either before January 1, 2024 or after January 1, 2024 have not completed six (6) months of continuous employment with the same employer, from January 1, 2024 must receive a monthly salary of at least €900 gross for full-time work, until completion six (6) months of continuous employment. [...]
c) The provisions of the Orders do not apply to domestic workers, the workers in agricultural and animal farming workers and seamen, as well as to workers to whom the Minimum Wages in the Hotel Industry Order of 2020 applies.
d) Α readjustment mechanism is instituted and it will be operating every two years, beginning from 2024.
Starting from January 1, 2025, the national gross minimum basic salary [...] is established, without including increments and other additions, at the amount of 4,050 lei per month, for a normal working schedule averaging 165.334 hours/month, representing 24.496 lei/hour. (Translation)
More information can be found in the press release. (Translation)
The monthly minimum wage [...] will therefore be announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, in the amount of CZK 20,800 or CZK 124.40 per hour. (Translation)
As of January 2024, the minimum wage is set at 626 rubles. In 2023, the minimum wage was 554 rubles.[...] According to the Law of the Republic of Belarus, the hourly minimum wage is the result of dividing the amount of the minimum monthly wage by the ratio of the estimated working time of the calendar year and the number of months of the calendar year. (Translation)
The members of the Montenegrin Parliament adopted late last night the budget rebalance, as well as the set of laws provided for in the Fiscal Strategy, based on which [...] the minimum wage will increase from 450 to 600 or 800 euros, depending on the educational level, and the tax burden on employers will also decrease. (Translation)
In case of minimum wage, the gross hourly wage in 2025: HUF 1,671 / net HUF 1,111 (Translation)
• Gross minimum wage in 2025: HUF 290,800/month
• Net minimum wage in 2025: HUF 193,382/month [...]
• Gross minimum wage for skilled workers in 2025: HUF 348,800/month
• Net minimum wage for skilled workers in 2025: HUF 231,952/month (Translation)
The US ranked 50th in the ranking: the [mean average] minimum net wage [- including the states with a minimum wage set higher than the federal], starting from January 1st, 2024, is $1,618.86, which is 4.5% more than last year ($1,549.62 net). [...] The total cost of the "survival basket" at the beginning of 2024 is $210.15 (8.77% more than last year). This amount represents 13% of the net minimum wage, while at the beginning of last year, it was 12,5% of the minimum wage. This means that the increase in the American minimum wage[s] did not keep up with the rise of food prices.
The regulation on the minimum wage in 2025 has been published in the Journal of Laws. As a result, the national minimum wage will amount to PLN 4,666 next year.[...] Net salary to be paid: 3,510.92 PLN NET, i.e. paid to the employee 'in hand'. (Translation)
From January 1, 2025, the minimum wage will increase from the current €750 to the amount of €816, which represents an annual increase of 8.80%. [...] The minimum amount of the gross wage depends on the assigned degree of work difficulty.[...] i.e. the more demanding the job, the more the employee is entitled to a higher minimum wage. It is also important to mention that, according to the Labor Code, the degrees of work difficulty apply only to full-time employees. [...]
We present an overview of the monthly minimum wage from 1/1/2025 depending on the degree of work difficulty:
• 1st degree - 816 eur
• 2nd degree - 932 eur
• 3rd degree - 1,048 eur
• 4th grade - 1,164 eur
• 5th grade - 1,280 eur
• 6th grade - 1,396 eur
For an employee whose job is classified in the 1st degree of work difficulty, the net minimum wage from 1/1/2025 is €663.50 (provided the employee applies for NČZD [i.e. standard tax deduction] and does not apply for the child tax bonus), or €572.39 (if the employee does not apply for NČZD or child tax bonus). (Translation)
As of January 1, 2025, the minimum hourly wage for the 1st degree of labor intensity is EUR 4.69. (Translation)
Prime Minister of Montenegro and PES leader Milojko Spajić presented today the Fiscal Strategy for the period 2024-2026. [...] It is specified that through the Labor Law, employees with secondary education will receive 600 euros, and those with higher education will receive 800 euros. It was announced that from October 1 [...] we will firstly have a reduction in the contribution on the employers from 5.5% to 0%, and a reduction in the contribution on the employee from 15% to 10%. (Translation)
The national minimum wage will rise to 870 euros in 2025, an increase of 50 euros compared to this year's value. The new social consultation agreement, signed by the government and social partners, also foresees a progressive increase in the minimum monthly remuneration guaranteed until 2028, the year in which it will reach 1020 euros.[...] This is considered the worker's base remuneration. Food vouchers, food assistance or other salary supplements, such as commissions or bonuses, for example, are not included in the minimum wage value.[...] An employee who earns the minimum wage is entitled to receive it 14 times a year.[...] Despite this, anyone earning a minimum wage is subject to an 11% Social Security contribution. (Translation)
...the 1999 order of the President of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, N351, according to which the minimum wage in the private sector is set at 20 lari, has remained in force and is still valid today, presently having more of a symbolic character. [...] According to the data of the Revenue Service for July 2023, 238,000 people in Georgia have a taxable salary of up to 800 GEL. For example, according to the July data, 34,000 people have a salary of 300 to 400 GEL. The salary of 38,000 people varies from 500 to 600 GEL. Up to 30,000 people receive a salary of 200 to 300 GEL. (Translation)
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin [had] announced plans to increase the minimum wage, which will amount to 22,440 rubles at the beginning of 2025.[...] On October 22, the State Duma increased the minimum wage, passing the law in the second and third readings at once.[...] From 2025, the minimum wage in Russia will again be calculated based on the median salary. The ratio between them will be increased from 42 to 48%.
Regions may, if necessary, increase the minimum wage established by the Russian government. In the regions of the Far North and equivalent localities, regional coefficients and percentage bonuses for length of service are added to the minimum wage.
In addition, the minimum wage for individual subjects of the Russian Federation may be established by a regional agreement. For example, in St. Petersburg, from January 1, 2025, the minimum wage for employees of non-budgetary organizations will be 28,750 rubles. In 2024, the figure is 25,000 rubles. The minimum wage in Moscow in 2024 is 29,389 rubles. There is no current regional agreement in the Tver and Ivanovo regions - they use the federal minimum wage. (Translation)
In the "Official Gazette of FBIH" number 101 of December 29, 2023, the Decision on the amount of the lowest salary for the year 2024 was published in the net amount of 619 KM, which is in the gross amount 948.47 KM. (Translation)
The Decision on the lowest salary in the Republic of Srpska for 2024 was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska No. 114 of 29 December 2023. The lowest net salary is 900 KM, gross 1344.26 KM. The same is applied to salary calculations from January 1, 2024. (Translation)
Calculation options - Personal exemption: Normal (Translation)
Workplace pension? Your Contributions: 5% // Employer's Contributions: 3%
The minimum monthly net wage in Serbia will rise by 13.7% next year, to 53,592 dinars ($509/ 458 euro), the government said.
In January the gross minimum wage in Slovenia increased from €1,203 to €1,254 (€902 net).
Prime Minister Miloš Vučević announced that at today's meeting of the Social and Economic Council, an agreement was reached that the minimum salary for 2025 will be RSD 53,592 per month,[...] The Prime Minister specified that the minimum price of work will be RSD 308 per hour,
The Ministry of Labor published the draft decision regarding the increase of the national minimum gross salary guaranteed in payment, which would increase from 3,700 lei, as it is currently, to 4,050 lei from January 1, 2025, including for private companies.[...] the employee would receive 2,574 lei 'in hand', if the facility of 300 lei untaxed is maintained, (Translation)
The government agreed the measure on Wednesday, after the meeting with the Trade Unions and Employers. The proposal to reduce labor taxation on low and medium wages by 5% would also have been agreed, but not from January 1, 2025, according to the quoted source.
"Thus, we are entering the path of the European minimum wage! We comply with the European directive which shows that this value must be between 47% and 52% of the European minimum wage (Romania will be at 47%). We have also agreed to maintain the tax exemption on the 300 lei from the minimum wage," announced Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu (Translation)
(Translation) From 01.01.2025:
MMA - 1038 EUR
MVA - 6.35 EUR
[Annual] Net Income: 24,407 [€]
In 2024, the minimum wage will increase by 95 euros and will amount to 820 euros. (Translation)
(Translation) ...the minimum salary from January 1, 2024 for any salaried person over 15 years is:
• Hourly wage: €7.94
• Daily wage: €63.52
• Monthly salary: €1,376.27
In 2025, the minimum wage and living wage will remain at the level of 2024. This is stated in draft law No. 12000 on the State Budget for 2025. [...] Therefore, the minimum wage will remain at the level of UAH 8,000, and the living wage for able-bodied citizens will remain at the level of UAH 3,028. [Also: →for children under the age of 6: UAH 2,563 / →for children aged 6 to 18: UAH 3,196 / →for persons who have lost their ability to work: UAH 2,361] [...]
However, the government intends to review these indicators based on the results of the first half of 2025 in the event of an improvement in the economic situation. (Translation)
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) – EUR per USD, US=1, 2017 – 0.797
The Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the People, Svetlana Zhakypova, answered the questions related to this issue,[...] „Today, the minimum wage in the country is 85,000 tenge. Next year, it will remain in the amount of 85 thousand tenge." (Translation)
The current minimum wage in Belgium is €2,070.48 per month in 2024. It came into force on 1 May 2024. [...] The work week is 38 hours, with a maximum of 9 hours per day and 45 hours per week. (Translation)
In accordance with Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated December 1, 2023 No. 859, from January 1, 2024, the monthly minimum wage is set at 626 rubles. (Translation)
For 2024 – For a five-day work week with days off on Saturday and Sunday – 2016 [hours] (Translation)
The minimum wage established by the Government of Andorra for 40 hours per week is EUR 1,376.27 gross per month, with two days off per week.[...] From the gross salary, 6.5% is deducted for social security. (Translation)
Today, the Council of Ministers approved the increase of the minimum wage to 830 euros and the minimum daily wage to 37.07 euros.[...] On a twelve-month basis, as Eurostat calculates, the minimum wage with the new increase is 968.33 euros and the annual salary is 11,620 euros.[...] On a twelve-month basis, the net minimum wage amounts to 834 euros from 638 euros in 2019. (Translation)
