Minimum Wage – Hotels and restaurants
- Valid on April 2026
- The amounts are in Panamanian Balboa.
Category
| Per hour | |
| Region 1 - Hotels - Small Business Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2024 | PAB2.38 |
| Region 2 - Hotels - Small Business Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2024 | PAB1.98 |
| Region 1 - Hotels - Large company (11 employees or more) Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2026 | PAB2.96 |
| Region 2 - Hotels - Large company (11 employees or more) Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2026 | PAB2.43 |
| Region 1 - Hotels and resorts with franchises; Hotels with more than 200 rooms; Hotels of occasion, motels, pensions and residential Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2026 | PAB3.10 |
| Region 2 - Hotels and resorts with franchises; Hotels with more than 200 rooms; Hotels of occasion, motels, pensions and residential Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2026 | PAB2.55 |
| Region 1 - Restaurants - Small business Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2024 | PAB2.32 |
| Region 2 - Restaurants - Small business Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2024 | PAB1.95 |
| Region 1 - Restaurants - Large company (11 employees or more) Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2026 | PAB3.09 |
| Region 2 - Restaurants - Large company (11 employees or more) Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2026 | PAB2.54 |
| Region 1 - Nightclub, bars and canteens (national) Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2026 | PAB3.40 |
| Region 2 - Nightclub, bars and canteens (national) Minimum wage with effect from January 16, 2026 | PAB3.40 |
Definitions
Wages per month are calculated as 4.33 times if a weekly wage is defined. It is calculated as 4.33 times the standard hours per week if an hourly wage is given.
Source
Executive Decree No. 13 (Wednesday, December 31, 2025) ESTABLISHING THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATES THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL TERRITORY
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