Thailand Sets Minimum Wage for 13 Categories of Skilled Workers

May 20, 2025, 10:22 AM UTC

Thai cabinet approves a wage panel’s plan to stipulate daily rates for 13 skilled professions.

  • Wage rates vary from 485 baht to 800 baht per day for workers such as truck drivers, tour bus operators, C-language programmers and air conditioner technicians, deputy government spokesman Anukul Prueksanusak tells a press briefing Tuesday
  • The new wages will take effect 90 days after they are published in the Royal Gazette
  • Decision to approve wage rates is based on opinions from business operators, employers’ payment ability and employee skills: Anukul
  • NOTE: Thai Cabinet Approves 157b Baht Stimulus to Create Jobs

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