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NMW Türkiye 2023

Türkiye rises the national minimum wage

In 2023, the national minimum wage in Türkiye remained fixed at €501.3 per month, that is 6,016 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 10,008 Turkish liras and accordingly, the national minimum wage has been raised 3,537 Turkish liras per month from the previous year, 54.66%. This increase is less than the CPI of 2022 which was 64.3%,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, Türkiye is in 43 nd place, so it is among the countries with the lowest minimum salary of the 107 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 2023 and see all the information about this country in Türkiye economy.

Türkiye - Minimum wages
DateNat. Curr. NMWNMWNMW
January 202310,008.0$534.8€501.3
June 20226,471.0$394.5€368.1
January 20225,004.0$375.1€328.5
January 20213,577.5$404.2€392.6
January 20202,943.0$419.9€440.3
January 20192,558.4$450.9€422.3
January 20182,029.5$420.3€446.4
January 20171,777.5$487.2€479.5
January 20161,647.0$545.3€518.5
June 20151,273.5$479.5€436.3
January 20151,201.5$468.2€424.3
June 20141,134.0$541.5€397.9
January 20141,071.0$518.2€361.8
June 20131,021.5$546.9€417.7
January 2013978.6$536.6€415.5
June 2012940.5$512.5€409.6
January 2012886.5$523.7€362.8
June 2011837.0$523.9€364.6
January 2011796.5$499.7€384.9
June 2010760.5$489.0€392.8
January 2010729.0$506.0€338.3
June 2009693.4$442.8€319.0
January 2009666.0$447.4€309.9
June 2008638.7$524.2€339.1
January 2008608.4$490.7€354.3
June 2007585.0$440.4€329.1
January 2007562.5$449.0€301.8
January 2006531.0$371.7€333.5
January 2005488.7$363.7€266.2
June 2004444.2$0
January 2004423.0$311.6€238.8
January 2003306.0$203.9€176.1
June 2002250.9$0
January 2002222.0$166.5€174.9
June 2001167.9$0
January 2001140.0$137.0€224.2
June 2000118.8$0
January 2000109.8$190.0€201.6
June 199993.6$0
January 199978.1$223.5€213.5
Türkiye - Minimum wages
Türkiye - Minimum wages