Algeria Raises Minimum Wage Effective Jan. 1, 2026

Algeria’s monthly and hourly minimum wages increased effective Jan. 1 for the first time since 2021 in a decree published in the country’s gazette Jan. 8.

The monthly minimum wage was increased to 24,000 Algerian dinars (US$184.23), from 20,000 Algerian dinars, in Presidential Decree No. 26-01 (French). The monthly minimum wage is based on a 40-hour week and 173.33 hours worked per month, the decree said.

The hourly minimum wage was increased to 138.46 Algerian dinars, up from 115.38 Algerian dinars, the decree said.

The increase is the first since April 7, 2021, which was effective retroactively to June 1, ...