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Minimum wage in Bulgaria

What must a month of work pay, at minimum, in what it buys?

Bulgaria's minimum wage is $1,398 PPP/mo — #12 of 85 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2026.

$1,398PPP/mo

Checked 4 Sept 2026Period 2026

Source: ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median)

The law in Bulgaria sets the floor at about $1,398 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.

Among 85 countries

6 of 85 countries between $19 PPP/mo and $135 PPP/mo10 of 85 countries between $135 PPP/mo and $252 PPP/mo6 of 85 countries between $252 PPP/mo and $369 PPP/mo8 of 85 countries between $369 PPP/mo and $485 PPP/mo12 of 85 countries between $485 PPP/mo and $602 PPP/mo7 of 85 countries between $602 PPP/mo and $719 PPP/mo7 of 85 countries between $719 PPP/mo and $835 PPP/mo7 of 85 countries between $835 PPP/mo and $952 PPP/mo5 of 85 countries between $952 PPP/mo and $1,069 PPP/mo3 of 85 countries between $1,069 PPP/mo and $1,185 PPP/mo2 of 85 countries between $1,185 PPP/mo and $1,302 PPP/mo1 of 85 countries between $1,302 PPP/mo and $1,419 PPP/mo3 of 85 countries between $1,535 PPP/mo and $1,652 PPP/mo1 of 85 countries between $1,769 PPP/mo and $1,885 PPP/mo1 of 85 countries between $2,119 PPP/mo and $2,235 PPP/mo1 of 85 countries between $2,235 PPP/mo and $2,352 PPP/mo1 of 85 countries between $2,352 PPP/mo and $2,469 PPP/mo1 of 85 countries between $2,585 PPP/mo and $2,702 PPP/mo3 of 85 countries between $2,702 PPP/mo and $2,819 PPP/momedian $619 PPP/moBulgaria: ahead of 86 % of the 85 countries with a published minimum wage (ppp)Bulgaria $1,398 PPP/mo$19 PPP/mo$2,819 PPP/mo
Half of all 85 countries sit between $363 PPP/mo and $963 PPP/mo. Bulgaria is ahead of 86 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#12 of 85
higher is better
Ranked behind
86 %
73 of 85 countries

In Europe: #4 of 8vs median $619 PPP/mo: +126 % (better)

The neighbourhood

#CountryMinimum wage (PPP)vs Bulgaria
10 Bahrain$1,590 PPP/mo+$192 PPP/mo
11 Hungary$1,581 PPP/mo+$183 PPP/mo
12 Bulgaria$1,398 PPP/mo—
13 United States$1,257 PPP/mo−$141 PPP/mo
14 Hong Kong$1,186 PPP/mo−$211 PPP/mo

Statutory gross monthly minimum wage in PPP international dollars (ILO). Reaches 82 countries where the euro field reaches 22 — a different currency basis and collection, so it is its own field. Countries with no statutory minimum (the Nordics, Austria, Italy…) are empty by design.

How to read this figure

The statutory gross monthly minimum wage from the ILO, in PPP international dollars — what the law requires a month of full-time work to pay, measured in what that pay buys locally. A separate field from the euro minimum wage: different currency basis and collection, and it reaches 82 countries against Eurostat’s 22. The same caveat applies — countries without a statutory minimum (the Nordics, Austria, Italy…) are empty because their wage floors live in collective agreements, not in law.

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