El Salvador Minimum wage (lowest general statutory floor)
El Salvador Minimum wage (lowest general statutory floor) is 272.53 USD/month, in force since 1 Jun 2025. It was 243.46 USD/month before that. Last checked against the official source on 20 Jul 2026.
National minimum wage set by sector via executive decree on proposal of the tripartite Consejo Nacional de Salario Mínimo (CNSM). Value served is the lowest general sector floor (sector agropecuario); full sector matrix in notes.
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| Current value | 272.53 USD/month |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2025-06-01 |
| Official source | Decreto Ejecutivo No. 11 (Ramo de Trabajo y Previsión Social) de 22-may-2025, reformado por Decreto Ejecutivo No. 12 de 24-may-2025 (D.O. No. 96, Tomo 447, 26-may-2025), Art. 2 — tabla única de tarifas de salarios mínimos, texto consolidado oficial (CSJ, Centro de Documentación Judicial) |
| 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 (Guatemala/Costa Rica precedent). Full monthly matrix in force since 1-jun-2025 (Decreto 11 Art. 15), verified from the consolidated decree text: Comercio y servicios $408.80 (dia $13.440, hora $1.680); Industria $408.80; Ingenios azucareros $408.80; Agroindustria $408.80; Maquila textil y confección $402.32 (dia $13.227); Beneficios de café $305.23 (dia $10.035); Recolección de caña de azúcar $305.23; Sector agropecuario, pesca y otras actividades agrícolas $272.53 (dia $8.960, hora $1.120); Recolección de café $272.53. Served value = sector agropecuario, the lowest general statutory floor. The monthly wage is payable regardless of the number of days in the month (Art. 2 as reformed). Piece rates (salario por unidad de obra) also set — cane: $10.035/tarea, $5.018/tonelada; coffee picking: $1.792/arroba, $0.072/libra; the decree's separate rest-day remuneration column (Art. 90 CT) is $1.673 per tarea / $0.836 per tonelada of cane and $0.30 per arroba of coffee. No 2026 adjustment: the 2025 tables continue to apply; CT Arts. 144-159 require CNSM review at least every 3 years (next mandatory revision by 2028). Decreto 11's own gazette slot (D.O. No. 95, Tomo 447, 23-may-2025) is per EY's tax alert — secondary, flagged; Decreto 12's gazette data is from the official consolidation's reform annotation. Access quirks: asamblea.gob.sv fails TLS ('unable to verify the first certificate'); jurisprudencia.gob.sv intermittently returns Cloudflare 522 (retry succeeds); the decree PDF has a text layer.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-01 | 243.46 | — |
Get it programmatically
curl https://usaref.dev/v1/sv/minimum-wage
# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://usaref.dev/v1/sv/minimum-wage/history?from=2020-01-01
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