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.
30 countries have a value for H2 2026, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Euro per month, gross. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| H2 2026 | €994 per month | €1,425 per month |
| H1 2026 | €994 per month | €1,425 per month |
| H2 2025 | €961 per month | €1,381 per month |
| H1 2025 | €961 per month | €1,381 per month |
| H2 2024 | €925 per month | €1,323 per month |
| H1 2024 | €925 per month | €1,323 per month |
| H2 2023 | €835 per month | €1,260 per month |
| H1 2023 | €835 per month | €1,167 per month |
| H2 2022 | €792 per month | €1,167 per month |
| H1 2022 | €792 per month | €1,126 per month |
| H2 2021 | €785 per month | €1,108 per month |
| H1 2021 | €785 per month | €1,108 per month |
| H2 2020 | €777 per month | €1,108 per month |
| H1 2020 | €777 per month | €1,108 per month |
| H2 2019 | €762 per month | €1,050 per month |
| H1 2019 | €762 per month | €1,050 per month |
| H2 2018 | €748 per month | €859 per month |
| H1 2018 | €748 per month | €859 per month |
| H2 2017 | €736 per month | €826 per month |
| H1 2017 | €736 per month | €826 per month |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
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.
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All countries in H2 2026 Every value is for H2 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Luxembourg €2,771 per month
- 2 Ireland €2,391 per month
- 3 Germany €2,343 per month
- 4 Netherlands €2,338 per month
- 5 Belgium €2,234 per month
- 6 France €1,867 per month
- 7 Slovenia €1,482 per month
- 8 Spain €1,425 per month
- 9 Lithuania €1,153 per month
- 10 Poland €1,119 per month
- 11 United States €1,103 per month
- 12 Cyprus €1,088 per month
- 13 Greece €1,073 per month
- 14 Portugal €1,073 per month
- 15 Croatia €1,050 per month
- 16 Malta €994 per month
- 17 Estonia €946 per month
- 18 Czechia €923 per month
- 19 Slovakia €915 per month
- 20 Hungary €906 per month
- 21 Romania €825 per month
- 22 Latvia €780 per month
- 23 Serbia €743 per month
- 24 Montenegro €670 per month
- 25 North Macedonia €624 per month
- 26 Türkiye €621 per month
- 27 Bulgaria €620 per month
- 28 Albania €531 per month
- 29 Moldova €313 per month
- 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.