We hereby inform the business community and other interested parties that the Council of Ministers approved on 30 (Tuesday) April 2019, the national minimum wages, by sector of activity, for the year 2019, with effect from 1 April.

According to the new national minimum wages’ table, the greatest increase was granted to the Mining Extraction Industry (Sector 3), where the minimum wage has been increased from 8.263, 79Mt to 9.254, 60MT, a rise of 12%.

Click below to view, in a table format, the minimum wages which were in force throughout the year 2018 and those approved for 2019, by sector of activity, showing also the corresponding percentage of adjustment: