Minimum Wage – Belgium
- Valid on March 2026
- The amounts are in Euro.
Minimum wage
| Per month | |
| Workers aged 18 years and over | €2,154.11 |
| Workers aged 17 years | €1,572.50 |
| Workers aged 16 years and younger | €1,443.25 |
| Workers aged 18 years (with a student contract) | €1,701.75 |
| Workers aged 19 years (with a student contract) | €1,830.99 |
| Workers aged 20 years (with a student contract) | €1,938.70 |
Working hours
Working week is 38 hours, with a maximum of 9 hours per day and 45 hours per week. Exceptions up to 11 hours per day and 50 hours per week are possible, but subject to strict regulation and mutual consent.
Definitions
Minimal amounts of remuneration laid down by National (inter-professional) collective agreement. If your undertaking belongs to a sector for which the joint committee has not laid down any minimum remuneration amount, the level applicable is the average minimum monthly income that has been determined at inter-professional level (i.e. applicable throughout the whole private sector in Belgium).
Belgium has a government-mandated minimum wage. No worker in Belgium should be paid less then this minimum pay rate.
Employers in Belgium who do not pay the Minimum Wage may be subject to punishment by the government of Belgium.
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