Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of European countries by minimum wage" in English language version.
In Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol, the minimum wage is set separately. [...]
• Moscow: 29,389 ₽
• Moscow region: 21,000 ₽ [- only private sector]
• St. Petersburg: 25,000 ₽
• Leningrad region: 20,125 ₽ (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
Please note that as of January 1st, 2024 the minimum monthly wage in Slovakia is EUR 750 in case of the 1st degree of labour difficulty. The minimum wage depends on the degree of labour difficulty rating. Minimum hourly wage is EUR 4.310.
The mandatory minimum wage from December 1, 2023:
• in case of monthly salary, HUF 266,800/month [...]
• HUF 1,534/hour if an hourly wage is applied
The guaranteed minimum wage of an employee employed in a position requiring at least a secondary education/professional qualification in case of full-time work as of December 1, 2023:
• 326,000 HUF/month in case of monthly salary [...]
• HUF 1,874/hour if an hourly wage is applied (Translation)
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,
Amount in hand: 560.98 BYN (Translation)
It is clear from the opinion of the Chamber of Accounts on the bill "On the state budget of 2024" that the minimum wage will not change next year, it will remain at 345 manats.[...] 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)
With an increase of 1.13%, the minimum wage will rise from January 2024 to:
• hourly wage: €11.65
• weekly salary (for 39 hours): €454.35
• monthly salary (for 39 hours per week or 169 hours per month): €1,968.85 (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 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: 10.1055
Premiums not subject to contributions // Compensation of 5% on salaries equal to the minimum: 98.44 → (Calculate)
Total gross remuneration to be declared: 1,968.86
NET TO PAY: 1,806.27 (Translation)
Net salary // Number of normal hours: 169 // Hourly wage: 10.1055
Premiums not subject to contributions // Compensation of 5% on salaries equal to the minimum: 98.44 → (Calculate)
Total gross remuneration to be declared: 1,968.86
NET TO PAY: 1,806.27 (Translation)
Since 1 January 2024, the national minimum wage is €12.70 per hour. Some people get sub-minimum rates, such as people aged under 20
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 TRNC has officially entered into force as of 01 May 2024, as 33,926.00.- Turkish lira (Gross). [...] Hourly: 195,72 TL [...] Monthly Net: 29,516.00 TL (Translation)
The minimum wage will go up from €940 to €1,000 a month, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou announced on Wednesday after the cabinet meeting,[...] "The government, evaluating all the data… decided to issue the decree… which provides that the monthly minimum wage for full-time employment after completing six months of continuous employment, increases from €940 to €1,000," the minister said.[...] The decree does not cover domestic workers, people working in agriculture and livestock, persons employed in the shipping industry, and hotel workers who are covered by a different decree.
The "historic" move came after Wednesday's cabinet meeting, while Koushos explained that for the first six months of employment the wage will be at least €885 – later rising to the minimum threshold of €940. That likely means seasonal workers in the tourism industry, for example, will not be eligible for the higher amount.
Meanwhile, trade unions Sek and Deok welcomed the government's proposal, while left-wing union Peo still had reservations with it.[...] in a statement, Peo said the 1.7 per cent increase in the minimum wage for recruitment and 6.4 per cent after six months of service with the same employer does not fully restore the market value of the minimum wage [...] The union added that the data is even worse for the minimum recruitment wage, which under the decision is not increasing at the same rate as the wage after six months of service.
The characteristic of the new minimum wage is that it will not be taxed, so citizens who receive a salary of up to 250 euros net are exempt from taxation. We remind you that the old minimum wage was taxed (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 taxpayer is entitled to apply the non-taxable part of the tax base only from the partial tax base from income from dependent activity [i.e. employment] and income from business or other self-employment or their total, i.e. from the so-called actively performed work, depending on the reported tax base.[...] If the taxpayer's tax base in 2023 is equal to or lower than EUR 21,754.18, the non-taxable part of the taxpayer's tax base is EUR 4,922.82. (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 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)
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
In 2024, the minimum wage will increase in two stages. From January 1, the lowest salary will be PLN 4,242, and from July 1 - PLN 4,300. In 2024, the minimum hourly rate for certain civil law contracts will also increase - from January 1 it will amount to PLN 27.70, and from July 1 - PLN 28.10. (Translation)
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
From 1 January 2024 the minimum wage is fixed per hour. The statutory minimum wage is the amount payable per hour before tax.[...] As of 2024 there is no longer a monthly, weekly or daily minimum wage.[...] Table: Hourly minimum wage before tax as of 1 January 2024, by age
• 21 years and older: €13.27
• 20 years: €10.62
• 19 years: €7.96
• 18 years: €6.64
• 17 years: €5.24
• 16 years: €4.58
• 15 years: €3.98
The maximum non-taxable minimum of PIT has been increased,[...] from 01.07.2022 - EUR 500 per month
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.
As of 2024, the minimum wage in Germany is EUR 12.41 per hour gross. This effectively means a monthly minimum of EUR 2,151 gross (based on a 40-hour work week).
As of January 1, 2022,[...] the minimum monthly wage for full-time work has grown from net €222 to net €450.
...the minimum monthly salary in the Republic of Armenia is 75,000 drams. It was not raised in 2024, remaining unchanged. (Translation)
As of January 1, 2024, the [net] minimum wage rises to 1,398.69 euros, an increase of more than 15 euros. [...] Gross hourly minimum wage: 11.65€ [...] Gross monthly minimum wage for 151.67 hours of work: 1 766.92€ [...] Source: Ministry of Labour, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue. (Translation)
The minimum monthly salary in Lithuania in 2024 is EUR 924.00 on paper (Gross). The MMA is currently applicable from 01.01.2024 to 12.31.2024. In addition, it should be mentioned that the minimum monthly salary can only be applied to unskilled work (work that does not require special skills). [...]
The minimum net monthly salary in Lithuania in 2024 is EUR 709.00 in hand. [...] The minimum hourly wage in Lithuania in 2024 is EUR 5.65 (before taxes). (Translation)
In the field "non-Taxable minimum" is specified "0", because now it is not a fixed data, you have to specify this minimum in accordance with the data of the SRS or taxpayer's predicted minimum. The maximum non-taxable minimum per year is:
• In 2023/2024 — €6000
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)
Second review in plenary session: Approved [...] Challenging the Law in the Constitutional Court: [no update] [...] Proclamation of the law: [no update] (Translation)
NET SALARY = €1,933.64 (Translation)
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)
The minimum salary from January 1, 2024 will be UAH 7,100, from April 1 - UAH 8,000. Living wage for able-bodied persons - UAH 3,028. (Translation)
The formula for the minimum hourly rate = minimum gross salary / 160 hours (Translation)
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)
The hourly rate will be 22,024 lei/hour for a normal working schedule of 168 hours/month on average. (Translation)
In the middle of last year, the Assembly of Kosovo approved the Law on the minimum wage. The law foresees the increase of the minimum wage to 264 gross euros or 250 euros net, but it has not yet entered into force. It is now being demanded that the minimum wage be 450 euros. [...] The value of the minimum wage has not changed since 2011. The minimum wage in Kosovo is currently 130 euros for workers under 35 years old and 170 euros for workers up to 65 years old. (Translation)
With effect from January 1, 2024, the basic minimum wage rate is increased by CZK 1,600 per month to CZK 18,900, or by CZK 8.70 per hour to CZK 112.50. (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 amount of the minimum salary for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2024 is determined in the gross amount of EUR 840.00. (Translation)
(1) Determines from January 1, 2024 the minimum monthly wage for the country BGN 933 and the minimum hourly wage BGN 5.58 for a normal working time of 8 hours and a 5-day work week.
(2) The amount of the minimum monthly salary under para. 1 is determined for a full working 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.
As of January 1, 2024, the national minimum wage on the Continent will be 820 euros gross per month (11,480 euros annually). This represents an increase of 60 euros in the minimum salary that was in force until the end of 2023, of 760 euros. In the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the minimum guaranteed salary is now 850 euros and in the Azores, 861 euros.[...] Employees who earn the minimum wage are entitled to receive it 14 times a year.[...] Despite this, anyone earning the minimum wage is subject to an 11% contribution to Social Security. Thus, in 2024, on the Continent, instead of receiving 820 euros net per month, you will receive 729.80 euros. In Madeira, the values are 756.50 euros and in the Azores, 766.29 euros. (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)
„We have requested that the minimum wage be 400 euros and also include the veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army, [...] and now this law is in the Constitutional Court", said Tahiri. (Translation)
The minimum wage in Russia from January 1, 2024 will be 19,242 rubles per month. [...] Accordingly, from January 1, 2024, in all regions [of Russia] the minimum wage will be no lower than 19,242 rubles per month.[...] - this is a minimum that does not include the regional coefficient and the percentage premium for work in areas with special climatic conditions (the Far North and equivalent areas).
For example, in 2023, the minimum wage in the central and southern regions of Russia was [the federal] 16,242 rubles per month, but in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - [it was] 48,726 rubles. (there is a regional coefficient of 2 and a 100% wage increase). [...] Also, constituent entities of Russia can conclude a regional agreement. For example, in Bashkiria [...] an agreement was signed, according to which the minimum wage in the region in 2023 for public sector employees was 18,678 rubles, and for employees of extra-budgetary spheres [i.e. private sector] - 19,743 rubles. (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)
(Article 2) 4. Minimum wage is the gross amount of the employee's salary, under which the employer can not assign the salary to the employee. [...] (Article 7) 1. In cases where the working hours do not reach 176 hours per month, the minimum wage is applied per hour, according to the following formula:
1.1. The minimum wage in full-time = [Monthly minimum wage (/) divided by 176 x working hours].
1. The proposal of the Economic and Social Council of Kosovo is approved, that the level of the national minimum wage in the Republic of Kosovo for 2011 be in the amount of:
1.1. 130.00 (one hundred and thirty) euros for employees up to the age of 35 and
1.2. 170.00 (one hundred and seventy) euros for employees over the age of 35 to the age of 65. [...]
4. The decision enters into force on the day of signing. (Translation)
Nevertheless, the minimum gross salary in Montenegro is 60 percent higher than in 2021, when it was 331.33 euros. The increase is the result of the 'Europe now 1' program of the former government of Zdravko Krivokapić, which was implemented in 2022 and included an increase in the minimum wage to 450 euros. (Translation)
Calculation options - Personal exemption: Normal (Translation)
Workplace pension? Your Contributions: 5% // Employer's Contributions: 3%
In January the gross minimum wage in Slovenia increased from €1,203 to €1,254 (€902 net).
The Serbian government passed today the Decision on the minimum wage for the period January-December 2024, according to which the minimum wage, excluding taxes and contributions for the mandatory social security, will be increased to RSD 271 per working hour.[...] After this record increase, the minimum wage will amount to RSD 47,154, or an average of €401 per month.
We remind you that separately, employees in the Construction, Agriculture and Food Industry sectors have a minimum gross salary different from the national minimum salary [...] As of November 1, 2023, these minimum wages are:
• 3,436 lei per month for activities in the Agricultural sector and the Food Industry, [...] At this level, the minimum net salary (in hand) is 2,396 lei [€482],
• 4,582 lei per month for activities in Construction [...] At this level, the minimum net salary (in hand) is 3,196 lei [€643], (Translation)
Starting from July 1, 2024, an employee paid the minimum gross salary of 3,700 lei will have a net salary of 2,363 lei, and the full salary (the total cost borne by the employer) would be 3,777 lei. Employees will thus receive an additional 284 lei per month compared to the salary level of June 2024.
Until now, the national minimum gross salary guaranteed in payment was 3,300 lei, respectively 2,079 lei net, the total cost borne by the employer being 3,370 lei. (Translation)
From 01/01/2024
MMA - 924 EUR
MVA - 5.65 EUR (Translation)
[Annual] Net Income: 22,990 [€]
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
The current minimum wage in Belgium is €2,029.88 per month in 2024. It came into force on April 1, 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)
