Bulgaria - Minimum wage set at 50% of average wage - February 28, 2023

Parliament adopted a final decision to set the monthly minimum wage at 50% of national average as of 1 January next year. The new minimum wage for 2024, will be determined by 1 September 2023 taking into account the average salary in the second half of 2022 and the first half of this year. The monthly minimum wage will increase by about 100 levs (€51.13 euro). In December, Bulgaria's interim government raised the gross monthly minimum wage by 9.9% to 780 levs (€398) as of 1 January.

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