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NMW Lebanon 2024

The minimum wage goes up in Lebanon

In 2024, the national minimum wage in Lebanon remained fixed at €1,096.4 per month, that is 13,157 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.

If we look at the minimum salary in Lebanese pounds, which is the official currency in Lebanon, we can see that, this year, it was 18,000,000 Lebanese pounds and accordingly, the national minimum wage has been raised 9,000,000 Lebanese pounds per month from the previous year, 100%. This increase is less than the CPI of 2023 which was 192.3%,and so workers, despite the raise, have lost buying power in the last year.

If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Lebanon is in 23 nd place of the 121 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 Lebanon. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2024 and see all the information about this country in Lebanon economy.

Lebanon - Minimum wages
DateNat. Curr. NMWNMWNMW
202418,000,000.0$1,200.0€1,096.4
20239,000,000.0$774.1€5,611.6
20222,600,000.0$1,724.7€1,528.1
2021675,000.0$447.8€364.6
2020675,000.0$447.8€400.1
2019675,000.0$447.8€389.7
2018675,000.0$447.8€372.0
2017675,000.0$447.8€421.0
2016675,000.0$447.8€408.2
2015675,000.0$447.8€366.5
2014675,000.0$447.8€323.9
2013675,000.0$447.8€338.1
2012675,000.0$447.8€344.9
2011500,000.0$331.7€249.3
2010500,000.0$331.7
2009500,000.0$331.7
2008500,000.0$331.7
2007300,000.0$199.0
2006300,000.0$199.0
2005300,000.0$199.0
2004300,000.0$199.0
2003300,000.0$199.0
2002300,000.0$199.0
2001300,000.0$199.0
2000300,000.0$199.0
1999300,000.0$199.0
1998300,000.0$197.9
1997300,000.0$194.9
1996300,000.0$190.9
Lebanon - Minimum wages