Panama Minimum wage (lowest general statutory floor)
Panama Minimum wage (lowest general statutory floor) is 1.64 PAB/hour, in force since 16 Jan 2026, cited to Decreto Ejecutivo No. 13 de 31 de diciembre de 2025 (MITRADEL), que fija las nuevas tasas. Last checked against the official source on 20 Jul 2026.
Official source: Decreto Ejecutivo No. 13 de 31 de diciembre de 2025 (MITRADEL), que fija las nuevas tasas de salario mínimo · Last checked 2026-07-20 · source fingerprint
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.
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| 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)… |
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