In 2006, the national minimum wage in Kazakhstan remained fixed at €58 per month, that is 696 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.
If we look at the minimum salary in Tenges, which is the official currency in Kazakhstan, we can see that, this year, it was 9,200 Tenges and accordingly, the national minimum wage has remained stable, while the CPI of 2005 which was 7.5%, so workers have lost purchasing power in the last year.
If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Kazakhstan is in 62 nd place, so it is among the countries with the lowest minimum salary of the 81 of the list.
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) of a country is the minimum amount (lowest salary) per hour, per day, or per month that employers may legally pay to workers.
In the table that follows we show you the progression of the National Minimum Wage Kazakhstan. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2006 and see all the information about this country in Kazakhstan economy.