Panama minimum wage
Lowest general statutory minimum wage in Panama's region/activity/enterprise-size matrix: the national hourly rate for agriculture, livestock, hunting, forestry, aquaculture and fishing in small enterprises.
| Current value | 1.64 PAB/hour |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-16 |
| Official source | Decreto Ejecutivo No. 13 de 31 de diciembre de 2025 (MITRADEL), que fija las nuevas tasas de salario mínimo en todo el territorio nacional, G.O. 30438 de 6 de enero de 2026 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-20 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
MATRIX COUNTRY: no single national minimum. DE 13/2025 (in force 16 Jan 2026, period 2026-2027, repeals DE 1 de 10 de enero de 2024) sets 59 hourly rates across 74 economic activities, by 2 geographic regions (Region 1 = 40 named districts incl. Panamá, Colón, San Miguelito, David; Region 2 = all other districts), enterprise size (small vs large, generally 11+ employees) and occupation. Value served = lowest general floor: agriculture/ganadería/caza/silvicultura/acuicultura/pesca, SMALL enterprise, national (both regions), B/.1.64/hour (unchanged from DE 1/2024); large-enterprise agriculture B/.2.10/h (up from 2.06); banana activities B/.2.58/h national. Domestic service is set monthly: B/.350.00 (R1) / B/.320.00 (R2) per month (up B/.10 and B/.5). Indicative monthly equivalent of the floor at the 48-h/week maximum day shift: 1.64 x 48 x 52/12 = B/.341.12/month. 2026 increases elsewhere in the matrix range B/.0.03-0.08/hour (~1.34% avg); balboa is at par with USD so all figures = USD. VERIFICATION TRAIL (record for re-checks): decree number/date/gazette/effective date verified in the official Gaceta 30438 index (URL cited; 18 MB PDF), but the decree body pages are scanned images with NO text layer, and MITRADEL (www.mitradel.gob.pa and apps.mitradel.gob.pa/SalarioMinimo) is Incapsula geo-blocked (HTTP 403 / 'Request unsuccessful' even in a real browser from our location); a Wayback save attempt returned HTTP 520. Rate digits therefore triangulated digit-for-digit across independent reproductions of the decree table: Softland Panama, WageIndicator (wageindicator.org es-pa), Legal Solutions Panama, BDO Panama and FMM bulletins - all agree (adversarial re-check 2026-07-20 re-confirmed 1.64/2.10/2.58 and 350/320 against La Prensa's sector table and WageIndicator). Next biennial decree expected Dec 2027 (effective mid-Jan 2028).
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-16 | 1.64 | Decreto Ejecutivo No. 1 de 10 de enero de 2024 (MITRADEL), G |
Get it programmatically
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