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Monthly minimum wage

The national statutory minimum wage per month, before tax and social contributions, in euro. Countries paying more than 12 monthly wages a year have their minimum adjusted to a 12-month basis. Countries without a national statutory minimum wage have no value.

Unit: Euro per month, gross Frequency: Half-yearly Coverage: 31 countries H1 1999 to H2 2026 Source: Eurostat
Highest in H2 2026 €2,771 per month Luxembourg Lowest in H2 2026 €169 per month Ukraine
Countries ranked for H2 2026 30 Updated by the source on 31 July 2026

30 countries have a value for H2 2026, the latest period in the data.

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Malta

Euro per month, gross. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Monthly minimum wage (euro per month, gross), H1 2017 to H2 2026
Period Malta
H2 2026 €994 per month
H1 2026 €994 per month
H2 2025 €961 per month
H1 2025 €961 per month
H2 2024 €925 per month
H1 2024 €925 per month
H2 2023 €835 per month
H1 2023 €835 per month
H2 2022 €792 per month
H1 2022 €792 per month
H2 2021 €785 per month
H1 2021 €785 per month
H2 2020 €777 per month
H1 2020 €777 per month
H2 2019 €762 per month
H1 2019 €762 per month
H2 2018 €748 per month
H1 2018 €748 per month
H2 2017 €736 per month
H1 2017 €736 per month

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 30 countries with a value for H2 2026, the highest is Luxembourg (€2,771 per month) and the lowest Ukraine (€169 per month).
  • Half of the countries are above €1,022 per month and half below.
  • From H1 2026 to H2 2026 the value rose in 11 countries and fell in 6.

About this measure

Definition
The national statutory minimum wage per month, before tax and social contributions, in euro. Countries paying more than 12 monthly wages a year have their minimum adjusted to a 12-month basis. Countries without a national statutory minimum wage have no value.
Population covered
Employees covered by the national minimum wage
Unit
Euro per month, gross
Frequency
Half-yearly
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
earn_mw_cur · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=S currency=EUR
Observation period
H1 1999 to H2 2026
Provider update
31 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in H2 2026 Every value is for H2 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Luxembourg €2,771 per month
  2. 2 Ireland €2,391 per month
  3. 3 Germany €2,343 per month
  4. 4 Netherlands €2,338 per month
  5. 5 Belgium €2,234 per month
  6. 6 France €1,867 per month
  7. 7 Slovenia €1,482 per month
  8. 8 Spain €1,425 per month
  9. 9 Lithuania €1,153 per month
  10. 10 Poland €1,119 per month
  11. 11 United States €1,103 per month
  12. 12 Cyprus €1,088 per month
  13. 13 Greece €1,073 per month
  14. 14 Portugal €1,073 per month
  15. 15 Croatia €1,050 per month
  16. 16 Malta €994 per month
  17. 17 Estonia €946 per month
  18. 18 Czechia €923 per month
  19. 19 Slovakia €915 per month
  20. 20 Hungary €906 per month
  21. 21 Romania €825 per month
  22. 22 Latvia €780 per month
  23. 23 Serbia €743 per month
  24. 24 Montenegro €670 per month
  25. 25 North Macedonia €624 per month
  26. 26 Türkiye €621 per month
  27. 27 Bulgaria €620 per month
  28. 28 Albania €531 per month
  29. 29 Moldova €313 per month
  30. 30 Ukraine €169 per month
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Grey: no value for H2 2026. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.