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14
March
2022

Government Decree No. 158/2022. Minimum wage 32,000 lekë, historical document.

March 14, 2022
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Key points
  • Decision No. 158, dated March 12, 2022, set the minimum wage at 32,000 lekë per month.
  • The decision has been replaced by Decree No. 604/2022, Decree No. 113/2023, and Decree No. 776/2025.
  • The current minimum wage is 50,000 lek per month.
  • The text is preserved as a historical document.
Verified on October 11, 2026. The figures in force were rechecked in Council of Ministers' Decision No. 776, dated December 19, 2025, and in the DPT notice. Social Security, source page
Historical document. This 2022 decision set the minimum wage at 32,000 lek. As of January 1, 2026, the national minimum wage is 50,000 lek and the maximum wage for contribution purposes is 186,416 lek, according to Government Decree No. 776, dated December 19, 2025. Figures in effect today
ParameterValue in force
National minimum wage50,000 lek per month, as of January 1, 2026.
Maximum wage for social contributions186,416 lekë per month
Total contributions, standard contract27.91 TP3T, i.e., 16.71 TP3T for the employer and 11.21 TP3T for the employee.
Act in forceGovernment Decree No. 776, dated December 19, 2025

Text of Decision No. 158/2022

Decision

No. 158, dated March 12, 2022

For the determination of the national minimum wage

In accordance with Article 100 of the Constitution, Article 111 of Law No. 7961 of July 12, 1996,  “Labor Code of the Republic of Albania,” as amended, and Article 4 of Law No. 10405 of March 24, 2011, “On Competences in Setting Salaries and Allowances,” on the proposal of the Minister of Finance and Economy, the Council of Ministers

SET:

1. The minimum monthly basic wage for employees nationwide, which must be applied by any domestic or foreign legal or natural person, shall be 32,000 (thirty-two thousand) lek. 

2. The basic monthly minimum wage is provided for 174 (one hundred and seventy-four) working hours per month, performed during normal working hours.

3. The minimum hourly base wage shall be 183.9 (one hundred eighty-three point nine) lek.

4. Permanent allowances are provided on top of the base salary.

5. The Decision No. 1025, dated December 16, 2020, The Council of Ministers“ Decree ”On the Determination of the National Minimum Wage" is repealed.

This decision takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette and extends its financial effects from April 1, 2022.

Download VKM here No. 158, dated March 12, 2022.

Source: Official Publications Center.

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About the author

Andi Haxhillari is an economist and the founder of AlProfit Consult, an accounting, tax advisory, and financial management firm in Tirana, established in 2015. He holds the professional title of Certified Accountant, certificate no. 359, issued by the Certification Authority of the Ministry of Finance on July 4, 2012. He graduated with a Master's degree in Accounting and as a General Economist from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana. For more than ten years, he has worked as an external economist for small and medium-sized businesses in Albania.

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