NMW Türkiye 2025

Türkiye rises the national minimum wage

In 2025, the national minimum wage in Türkiye remained fixed at €708 per month, that is 8,496 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.

If we look at the minimum salary in Turkish liras, which is the official currency in Türkiye, we can see that, this year, it was 26,006 Turkish liras and accordingly, the national minimum wage has been raised 6,003 Turkish liras per month from the previous year, 30.01%. This increase is less than the CPI of 2024 which was 80.2%,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, Türkiye is in 46 nd place, so it is among the countries with the lowest minimum salary of the 124 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 Türkiye. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2025 and see all the information about this country in Türkiye economy.

Türkiye - Minimum wages
DateNat. Curr. NMWNMWNMW
January 202526,006.0$736.5€708.0
June 202420,003.0$621.9€572.0
January 202420,003.0$678.9€613.0
June 202313,415.0$648.6€606.1
January 202310,008.0$565.1€501.0
June 20226,471.0$394.5€368.1
January 20225,004.0$391.0€328.0
June 20213,578.0$420.6€344.9
January 20213,578.0$404.3€393.0
June 20202,943.0$431.5€386.7
January 20202,943.0$419.9€440.0
June 20192,558.0$436.0€391.9
January 20192,558.0$450.8€422.0
June 20182,030.0$452.4€385.7
January 20182,030.0$420.4€446.0
June 20171,778.0$498.4€448.0
January 20171,778.0$487.4€479.0
June 20161,647.0$556.7€500.2
January 20161,647.0$545.3€519.0
June 20151,274.0$479.7€436.5
January 20151,202.0$468.4€424.0
June 20141,134.0$541.5€397.9
January 20141,071.0$518.2€362.0
June 20131,022.0$547.2€417.9
January 2013979.0$536.8€416.0
June 2012941.0$512.8€409.8
January 2012887.0$523.9€363.0
June 2011837.0$523.9€364.6
January 2011797.0$499.7€385.0
June 2010761.0$489.3€393.1
January 2010729.0$506.4€338.0
June 2009693.0$442.5€318.8
January 2009666.0$447.1€310.0
June 2008639.0$524.4€339.3
January 2008608.0$491.0€354.0
June 2007585.0$440.4€329.1
January 2007563.0$449.0€302.0
June 2006531.0$344.7€265.0
January 2006531.0$371.7€333.0
June 2005489.0$357.2€292.0
January 2005489.0$364.0€266.0
June 2004444.0$0
January 2004423.0$311.5€239.0
June 2003306.0$0
January 2003306.0$203.9€176.0
June 2002251.0$0
January 2002222.0$166.5€175.0
June 2001168.0$0
January 2001140.0$137.1€224.0
June 2000119.0$0
January 2000110.0$190.3€202.0
June 199994.0$0
January 199978.0$224.5€214.0
Türkiye - Minimum wages