{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"bg-minimum-wage","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/bg-minimum-wage","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/bg-minimum-wage/","title":"Bulgaria Minimum Wage (2025)","description":"Bulgaria's Minimum Wage: 551 EUR per month in 2025, +15.5% YoY. Eurostat (EARN_MW_CUR), 2000–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Eurostat","Bulgaria","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Semi-annual","geography":"Bulgaria","temporal_coverage":"2000/2025","unit":"EUR per month","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Bulgaria Minimum Wage","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EARN_MW_CUR/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Semi-annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2000–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"26"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Bulgaria"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Bulgaria (2025)","value":"551","unit":"EUR per month","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+15.5% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+15.5%","unit":"EUR per month"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"26","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Bulgaria Minimum Wage"}],"observation_count":26,"observations":[{"period":"2000","value":36},{"period":"2001","value":41.5},{"period":"2002","value":51},{"period":"2003","value":56},{"period":"2004","value":61},{"period":"2005","value":77},{"period":"2006","value":82},{"period":"2007","value":92},{"period":"2008","value":112},{"period":"2009","value":123},{"period":"2010","value":123},{"period":"2011","value":123},{"period":"2012","value":143},{"period":"2013","value":159},{"period":"2014","value":174},{"period":"2015","value":189},{"period":"2016","value":215},{"period":"2017","value":235},{"period":"2018","value":261},{"period":"2019","value":286},{"period":"2020","value":312},{"period":"2021","value":332},{"period":"2022","value":347.5},{"period":"2023","value":399},{"period":"2024","value":477},{"period":"2025","value":551}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"EUR per month"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"551.0","yoyChange":"+15.5%"},{"year":"2024","value":"477.0","yoyChange":"+19.5%"},{"year":"2023","value":"399.0","yoyChange":"+14.8%"},{"year":"2022","value":"347.5","yoyChange":"+4.7%"},{"year":"2021","value":"332.0","yoyChange":"+6.4%"},{"year":"2020","value":"312.0","yoyChange":"+9.1%"},{"year":"2019","value":"286.0","yoyChange":"+9.6%"},{"year":"2018","value":"261.0","yoyChange":"+11.1%"},{"year":"2017","value":"235.0","yoyChange":"+9.3%"},{"year":"2016","value":"215.0","yoyChange":"+13.8%"},{"year":"2015","value":"189.0","yoyChange":"+8.6%"},{"year":"2014","value":"174.0","yoyChange":"+9.4%"},{"year":"2013","value":"159.0","yoyChange":"+11.2%"},{"year":"2012","value":"143.0","yoyChange":"+16.3%"},{"year":"2011","value":"123.0","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2010","value":"123.0","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2009","value":"123.0","yoyChange":"+9.8%"},{"year":"2008","value":"112.0","yoyChange":"+21.7%"},{"year":"2007","value":"92.0","yoyChange":"+12.2%"},{"year":"2006","value":"82.0","yoyChange":"+6.5%"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in Bulgaria in euro, as published by Eurostat twice a year. Note that eight EU and EEA countries — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute and therefore have no figure here at all; their absence is not a zero. It is published by Eurostat and updated twice a year."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 551 EUR per month in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 36 in 2000. The latest reading of 551 in 2025 represents a change of +15.5%."}]}