Minimum Salaries for 2022
We hereby inform the business community and other interested parties that the Council of Ministers has approved on 26 April 2022, the national minimum wages, by sector of activity, for the year 2022, with effect from the 1st of April, 2022.
Below we present, in a table format, the minimum wages which were in force throughout the year 2021 and those approved for the year 2022, by sector of activity.
|
Sector of Activity |
Minimum Salary |
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
|
|
Agriculture, Livestock, Hunting and Forestry (Sector 1) |
4.829,00 |
5.200,00 |
|
Industrial and semi-industrial fishing (Sector 2) |
5.570, 75 |
5.820,75 |
|
Kapenta fishing (Sector 2) |
4.401,68 |
4.591,68 |
|
Mining Extraction Industry (Sector 3) |
9.848,89 |
10.353,58 |
|
Mining Extraction Industry - Quarrying and sand mining (sand extraction) (Sector 3) |
5.580,00 |
5.830,00 |
|
Salt mine (salinas) (Sector 3) |
5.559,21 |
5.759,00 |
|
Manufacturing industry (Sector 4) |
7.450,00 |
7.945,00 |
|
Bakery Industry (Sector 4) |
5.350,00 |
5.710,00 |
|
Cashew industry (Sector 4) |
5.010,00 |
5.310,00 |
|
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water (Sector 5) – Large Enterprises |
8.900,00 |
9.325,00 |
|
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water (Sector 5)- Small Enterprises |
7.246,72 |
7.566,72 |
|
Construction (Sector 6) |
6.330, 00 |
6.700,00 |
|
Non-financial services and activities (Sector 7) |
7.300,00 |
7.774,50 |
|
Non-financial services and activities (Sector 7) - of the Hotel Industry |
6.578,00 |
6.950,00 |
|
Non-financial services and activities (Sector 7) - private security |
7.300,00 |
7.525,00 |
|
Financial activities and services (Sector 8) |
13.410,18 |
14.340,85 |
|
Financial activities and services (Sector 8) - Micro-finances, micro-insurances and other ancillary activities of financial intermediation |
11.914,43 |
12.741,29 |
Please note that employers may set minimum wages higher than the ones shown in the above table. The wages for other professional categories, which are not covered by the minimum wage adjustment mentioned herein, are subject to individual or collective negotiation between employers and employees or their unions.