Minimum Salary Requirements Raised

Key Points

• The government of Turkey introduced new monthly minimum wage requirements for foreign nationals beginning 1 July 2022

Overview

The government of Turkeyupdated its monthly minimum wage requirementson 1 July 2022. Sponsoring employers must meet the following requirements:

• Gross minimum monthly wage: 6,471.00 Turkish Lira (TRY)
• Net minimum monthly wage: 5,500.00 TRY

The minimum salary requirements differ based on position:

• High level managers must be paid 6.5 times the minimum wage (42,61.00 TRY gross per month).
• Department managers and engineers or architects cannot be paid less than four times the minimum wage (25,884.00 TRY gross per month).