Approval of New Minimum Wages 2025
We hereby inform the business community and other interested parties that the Council of Ministers has approved on 2 September 2025, the national minimum wages, by sector of activity, for the year 2025, with effect from the 1st of Jully, 2025.
Below we present, in a table format, the minimum wages which were in force throughout the year 2024 and those approved for the year 2025, by sector of activity.
|
Sector of Activity |
Minimum Salary
|
|
|
2024 |
2025 |
|
|
Agriculture, Livestock, Hunting and Forestry (Sector 1) |
6.338,00 MT |
6.688, 00 MT[1] |
|
Industrial and semi-industrial fishing (Sector 2) |
6.531,79 MT |
6.726,88 MT[2] |
|
Kapenta fishing (Sector 2) |
4.941,68 MT |
4.991,09 MT[3] |
|
Mining Extraction Industry (Sector 3) |
14.183,8 MT |
15.176,66 MT[4] |
|
Mineral Extraction Industry in quarries and sand mining – Medium companies (Sector 3) |
7.700,00 MT |
8.008,00 MT[5] |
|
Mineral Extraction Industry in salt mine – Micro and small companies (Sector 3) |
6.335,70 MT |
6.538, 44 MT[6] |
|
Manufacturing industry with the exception of Bakery and Cashew (Sector 4) |
9.497,50 MT |
10.147,50 MT[7] |
|
Bakery Industry (Sector 4) |
6.800,00 MT |
7.200,00MT[8] |
|
Cashew industry (Sector 4) |
6.278,21 MT |
6.653,21 MT[9] |
|
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water – Large companies (Sector 5) |
11.625,00 MT |
12.275,00 MT[10] |
|
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water – Small and Medium companies (Sector 5) |
9.433,30 MT |
9.960,62 MT[11] |
|
Construction (Sector 6) |
8.000,00 MT |
8.400, 00 MT[12] |
|
Non – financial services and activities (Sector 7) |
9.560,00 MT |
10.310,00 MT[13] |
|
Hotel industry, tourism and similar (Sector 7) |
8.190,00 MT |
9.700,00 MT[14] |
|
Segurança privada (Sector 7) |
8.900,00 MT |
8.465,00 MT[15] |
|
Actividades nas empresas retalhistas de combustíveis (Sector 7) |
9.204,00 MT |
9.739,00 MT[16] |
|
Activities of Banks and Insurance Companies (Sector 8) |
17.881,32 MT |
19.043,61 MT[17] |
|
Activities in microfinance and microinsurance (Sector 8) |
15.741,29 MT |
16.764,47 MT[18] |
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.
[1] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 87/2025, of 22 September;
[2] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 88/2025, of 22 September;
[3] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 88/2025, of 22 September;
[4] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 89/2025, of 22 September;
[5] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 89/2025, of 22 September;
[6] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 89/2025, of 22 September;
[7] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 90/2025, of 22 September;
[8] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 90/2025, of 22 September;
[9] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 90/2025, of 22 September;
[10] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 91/2025, of 22 September;
[11] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 91/2025, of 22 September;
[12] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 92/2025, of 22 September;
[13] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 93/2025, of 22 September;
[14] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 93/2025, of 22 September;
[15] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 93/2025, of 22 September;
[16] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 93/2025, of 22 September;
[17] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 94/2025, of 22 September;
[18] Approved by Ministerial Decree No. 94/2025, of 22 September.