Republic of the Congo Minimum wage (SMIG)
Republic of the Congo Minimum wage (SMIG) is 70400 XAF/month, in force since 1 Jan 2025. It was 50400 XAF/month before that. Last checked against the official source on 9 Sep 2026.
Salaire minimum interprofessionnel garanti - the single national statutory minimum wage, valid across the whole territory and all sectors.
| Current value | 70400 XAF/month |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2025-01-01 |
| Official source | Decret n. 2024-2762 du 20 novembre 2024 fixant le montant du salaire minimum interprofessionnel garanti (SMIG), art. 1 and art. 4, signed Denis Sassou-N'Guesso (Presidence de la Republique / Secretariat General du Gouvernement) |
| Last verified | 2026-09-09 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Art. 1: SMIG set at 70,400 francs CFA per month of work, 'valable sur l'ensemble du territoire national et dans tous les secteurs d'activites' - so this is a SINGLE national floor, NOT a sectoral or regional matrix. Art. 2 makes upward realignment of collective-agreement and public-body pay scales automatic where they fall below 70,400. Art. 4: the decree takes effect from 1 January 2025. Art. 5 expressly repeals Decret n. 2008-942 du 21 decembre 2008 (previous SMIG). TRAP CORRECTED: a widely circulated figure of ~90,000 XAF/month is NOT the statutory SMIG and is not supported by any instrument we could find; the verified legal amount is 70,400. ACCESS QUIRK: the decree PDF is a SCAN of the signed original with no text layer (rendered to image and read visually), and it is hosted on oarh.cg (Observatoire des Ressources Humaines) rather than sgg.cg - it bears the Presidency/SGG letterhead, the decree number, and the full ministerial signature block, but a Journal officiel-hosted copy would be the stronger citation and should be substituted when located. Monthly figure is gross (brut); no separate agricultural or domestic-worker floor was found.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-01 | 50400 | Decret n. 2008-942 du 21 decembre 2008 fixant le montant du… |
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/cg/minimum-wage
# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/cg/minimum-wage/history?from=2020-01-01
# Provenance: curl https://afriref.dev/provenance/cg/minimum-wageOther Republic of the Congo series: Policy rate (BEAC TIAO) · Value added tax (TVA) · VAT registration threshold · Public holidays · Consumer price inflation (INHPC) · Corporate income tax (impot sur les societes) · Withholding tax rates · Statutory interest (taux d'intérêt légal) · Personal income tax (IRPP / impot sur les traitements et salaires) · Statutory social-insurance contributions
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