Minimum Salary Requirements Applicable To Foreign Employees In 2025

The minimum wage applicable between 01.01.2025 and 31.12.2025 in Türkiye is announced:

As the salary to be paid to the foreign employee must be commensurate with the position considered, the minimum monthly gross salary amounts would be as follows:

• High-level managers and pilots cannot be paid less than 5 times the minimum wage (or 027,50 TRY gross/mo);
• Engineers/architects cannot be paid less than 4 times the minimum wage (or 022,00 TRY gross/mo);
• Department managers cannot be paid less than 3 times the minimum wage (or 016,50 TRY TRY gross/mo);
• An employee who will work in a position requiring expertise (note: this is not defined) and a teacher cannot be paid less than 2 times the minimum wage (or 011,00 TRY gross/mo);