The 2026 amount and its status
A presidential order of 23 December 2024 set the monthly minimum wage at 400 ₼ from 1 January 2025. The State Tax Service’s 2026 booklet also uses 400 ₼ in its examples.
The status is this:
- The amount and the 1 January 2025 date are confirmed by the text of the order.
- No separate order for 2026 was found, so 400 ₼ for 2026 is treated as likely, not confirmed.
2027
As of 13 November 2026 no order or decision on the 2027 minimum wage was found. Forecasts exist in the press; they are not law and are not quoted here. The figure will be added when an order is published.
What is deducted from a minimum-wage salary
In the private non-oil sector, at the main job, a gross salary of 400 ₼ has 42.00 ₼ deducted and takes home 358.00 ₼, which is 89.5% of gross. Income tax is charged only on what remains after the tax-free 200 ₼:
From the employee’s pay per month, ₼
Employer cost per month, ₼
The employer pays 484.00 ₼ for this salary. There is also a page for this amount alone.
Where the minimum wage enters payroll
The minimum wage plays no part in an ordinary monthly salary: the tax and insurance thresholds are fixed manat amounts (200 ₼, 2,500 ₼, 8,000 ₼). It appears only in the social insurance base of a technopark resident’s employee.
Under Article 14.8 of the Law on Social Insurance, an employee of a technopark resident who is a citizen may choose 4 times the minimum wage, which is 1,600 ₼, as the base for social insurance. The choice is given to the employer in writing by 15 January each year.
- The calculator models this for 2026 only.
- Whether medical and unemployment insurance move to this base is not confirmed: the law mentions only social insurance. The calculator keeps them on actual salary.
- Whether the base is fixed or a ceiling is not confirmed either.
Questions and answers
What is the minimum wage in Azerbaijan in 2026?
400 ₼. It was set by the order of 23 December 2024 from 1 January 2025; no separate order for 2026 was found.
What will the minimum wage be in 2027?
No official 2027 figure was found. Forecasts are not law, so we do not quote them.
How much is deducted from a minimum-wage salary?
In the private sector, at your main job, 42.00 ₼ is deducted from 400 ₼ gross and you take home 358.00 ₼. See the arithmetic.