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Starting next month, the minimum wage is expected to increase to 425 euros gross from the current 350 euros. Meanwhile, the implementation of the second phase will begin on July 1st, when the minimum wage will increase to 500 euros.
From January 2026, Kosovo will have a minimum wage of 425 euros gross, marking the first significant increase in several years.
Currently, the minimum wage is 350 euros, while the second phase of the decision provides that from July 1, 2026, it will further increase to 500 euros gross.
Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti recalled this Government decision a few days before the snap elections, emphasizing that the direct beneficiaries will be around 150,000 private sector workers in the country.
"From next month, the minimum wage will be 425 euros gross, up from 350 euros now. As of July 1, the implementation of the second phase will begin, where the minimum wage will be 500 euros, as we have foreseen in the decision we made as the Government," Kurti declared.
The decision to increase the minimum wage was taken by the Government of Kosovo on October 31, with the reasoning that the increase in the cost of living and inflation in recent years have made it necessary to adapt it to economic reality.
According to the executive, the increase in the minimum wage will have a positive impact on purchasing power, the standard of living of workers, as well as on the formalization of the labor market.
About 150 thousand private sector workers will benefit from this increase.
"We found the minimum wage at 130/170 euros, unchanged for more than a decade, and within one mandate we are increasing it for the third time," Kurti said.
Until the new Law came into force, the minimum wage in Kosovo was 130 euros for workers under 35 years of age and 170 euros for workers up to 65 years of age.
Kosovo has so far had the lowest minimum wage in Europe, 170 euros, while Luxembourg has the highest, 2,571 euros./Monitor
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