It’s official: the minimum social wage will increase by 3.2% during the transition to the new year, the deputies having unanimously adopted the bill this Thursday, December 22 in the Chamber.
Voted in order to support the population in the face of galloping inflation (and pending the arrival of the next index in early 2023), the increase in the minimum social wage will concern all people working in the Grand Duchy, namely residents but also all French, Belgian and German cross-border workers.
67,500 workers concerned
In total, the government will release 74.6 million euros to finance this measureof which 58.7 million only for the adjustment of salaries (15.8 million will be used for employer contributions).
The rapporteur of the bill, deputy Dan Kersch (LSAP) recalled that it was an adjustment of the social minimum wage ” to the increase in the average salary in 2020 and 2021 “. One way to prevent the gap from widening further between workers earning this salary and others with higher salaries.
At present, it is estimated precisely 67,530 the number of employees earning the minimum social wage in Luxembourg. Of these 67,530 people, just under half (47.5%) are cross-border commuters.
3.2% more, what does it do?
As a reminder, there is in the Grand Duchy two separate minimum social wages : one for workers aged 18 and over unqualified and the other for adult employees qualified.
Regarding the minimum social wage for unqualified employeesthis will go from 2,313.38 euros gross (the current amount) to 2,387.40 euros gross from the 1is January next, for full time on the basis of 40 hours of work per week. This represents an increase of 74.02 euros.
On his side, minimum social wage for skilled workers will go from 2,776.05 euros to 2 864,88 eurosor an additional 88.83 euros on his payslip at the end of the month.
As a reminder, the minimum wage in force in Luxembourg is (by far), the highest in the Greater Region. By way of comparison, it is set at 1,842.30 euros in Belgium for 38 hours of weekly work, 1,744 euros in Germany (for 40 hours most of the time) and 1,645.58 euros in France over 35 weeks. h.