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NMW Papua New Guinea 2022

The national minimum wage in Papua New Guinea unchanged this year

In 2022, the national minimum wage in Papua New Guinea remained fixed at €2,893.5 per month, that is 34,722 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.

If we look at the minimum salary in Kinas, which is the official currency in Papua New Guinea, we can see that, this year, it was 728 Kinas and accordingly, the national minimum wage has remained stable so workers have lost purchasing power in the last year.

If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Papua New Guinea is the sencond country with the highest minimum salary 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 Papua New Guinea. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2022 and see all the information about this country in Papua New Guinea economy.

Papua New Guinea - Minimum wages
DateNat. Curr. NMWNMWNMW
2022728.0$2,554.4€2,893.5
2021728.0$207.5€3,137.9
2020728.0$210.4€2,778.6
2019728.0$215.1€2,801.1
2018728.0$222.0€2,810.8
2017728.0$228.3€2,435.6
2016728.0$232.4€2,393.2
2015698.9$252.5€2,197.7
2014665.6$270.4
2013476.3$212.2
2012476.3$228.6
2011476.3$200.9
2010476.3$175.2
2009476.3$172.9
2008176.8$65.5
Papua New Guinea - Minimum wages
Papua New Guinea - Minimum wages