Malta National minimum wage
Malta National minimum wage is 229.44 EUR/week, in force since 1 Jan 2026. Last checked against the official source on 30 Jul 2026.
Malta's statutory minimum wage, legislated as a WEEKLY rate by National Standard Order.
| Current value | 229.44 EUR/week (gross, age 18+) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-01 |
| Official source | Legal Notice 290 of 2025; National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, S.L. 452.71 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-30 |
| Verification | secondary — Corroborated, but the primary instrument was NOT read (usually the publishing host blocks automated access). Secondary-confirmed: legislation.mt would not render the Order. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
NOTE THE UNIT: Malta legislates a WEEKLY rate, not a monthly one. 229.44 EUR/week for age 18 and over from 2026-01-01, with 222.66 for age 17 and 219.82 below 17; the 2026 rise includes a statutory cost-of-living component of 4.66 EUR/week. The monthly equivalent is 994.24 EUR on the exact conversion of 229.44 x 52 / 12 - and the basis matters, because a x4.333 shortcut gives 994.36 and a x4 shortcut gives 917.76, so any monthly figure must state its conversion. Increases reflect both the statutory cost-of-living adjustment and the Low Wage Commission's multi-year agreement running to 2027, so a further rise is due on 2027-01-01 by an instrument not yet issued. Secondary-confirmed: legislation.mt would not render the Order.
Get it programmatically
curl https://euroref.dev/v1/mt/minimum-wage
# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://euroref.dev/v1/mt/minimum-wage/history?from=2020-01-01
# Provenance: curl https://euroref.dev/provenance/mt/minimum-wageOther Malta series: Policy interest rate · Value added tax (VAT) · VAT registration threshold · Public holidays · Consumer price index (annual inflation, HICP) · Personal income tax brackets · Statutory social-insurance contributions · Corporate income tax · Withholding tax rates · ECB main refinancing operations rate (fixed rate) · Late-payment interest (EU Late Payment Directive) · Statutory legal interest (Civil Code art. 1139)
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