Dominican Republic minimum wage
The Dominican Republic has no single national minimum wage: the Comité Nacional de Salarios (Ministerio de Trabajo, per Arts. 452-464 of the Código de Trabajo and Decreto 512-97) fixes a MATRIX of monthly minimums for the sector privado no sectorizado tiered by COMPANY SIZE (grandes/medianas/pequeñas/micro empresas), plus separate sectoral scales (zonas francas, hotels/casinos, restaurants, security guards, field workers). This series carries the LOWEST non-sectorized monthly rate (microempresas).
| Current value | 16993.2 DOP/month (lowest non-sectorized tier — microempresas; see notes for full matrix) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-02-01 |
| Official source | Ministerio de Trabajo — Resolución núm. CNS-01-2025 del Comité Nacional de Salarios sobre salario mínimo nacional para los trabajadores del sector privado no sectorizado (26 Feb 2025), Artículo Tercero, Párrafo I (second phase, 1 Feb 2026) |
| Last verified | 2026-07-16 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Resolución CNS-01-2025 (dictated 26 Feb 2025, revising Resolución 1/2023 of 8 Mar 2023) raised non-sectorized minimums in two phases. Phase 2, effective 1 Feb 2026 (monthly, DOP): grandes empresas 29,988.00; medianas 27,489.60; pequeñas 18,421.20; microempresas 16,993.20 (the value shown). Company-size criteria (Art. Segundo): grande = 151+ workers or gross annual sales > RD$202M; mediana = 51-150 workers or sales RD$54,000,001-202M; pequeña = 11-50 workers or sales RD$8,000,001-54M; micro = up to 10 workers or sales up to RD$8M — if a firm straddles two scales, the higher scale prevails. Same resolution also fixes: private security guards (vigilantes) RD$24,633.00/month and trabajadores del campo RD$714.60 per 8-hour day, both from 1 Feb 2026. SECTORAL SCALES (separate resolutions): zonas francas — Resolución CNS-03-2025 (30 Apr 2025): RD$20,875.00/month from 1 Jun 2026 (RD$18,781.00 from 1 Jun 2025 to 31 May 2026), https://transparencia.mt.gob.do/images/docs/base_legal/resoluciones/CNS/2025/Resolucion%20de%20Sector%20Zona%20Francas%20CNS-03-2025.pdf; hotels/casinos and restaurants/bars/cafés — Resolución CNS-04-2025: from 1 Jun 2026 hotels-casinos RD$21,840.00 (151+ workers) / RD$18,409.30 (up to 150), restaurants RD$21,000.00 / RD$17,701.25, https://transparencia.mt.gob.do/images/docs/base_legal/resoluciones/CNS/2025/Resolucion%20de%20Hoteles%20y%20Restaurantes%20CNS-04-2025_0001.pdf. Código de Trabajo Art. 456 requires review at least every two years; next non-sectorized revision expected by early 2027. Resolution index: https://transparencia.mt.gob.do/index.php/base-legal/category/resoluciones-comite-nacional-de-salarios
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-01 | 15860.32 | Resolución CNS-01-2025, Artículo Tercero, Párrafo I — phase |
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