The current minimum wage in Chile is CLP460,000 per month in 2023. It became valid on September 1, 2023.
- Valid on march 2024
- The amounts are in Chilean Peso.
National Minimum Wage
Per month | |
National Minimum Wage above 18 but under 65 years
Minimum wage with effect from September 1, 2023
Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
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CLP460,000 |
National Minimum Wage under 18 and over 65 years
Minimum wage with effect from September 1, 2023
Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
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CLP343,150 |
Working hours
- Calculation of working hours in Chile: As per article 22 of the Labour Code, the duration of an ordinary working day should not exceed 45 hours per week. Article 28 of the labour code says that this weekly maximum limit shall not be distributed in more than 6 days and less than 5 days. So the average working hours a day comes out to be 7.5 hours (45/6). Article 44 of the labour code says that the remuneration may be fixed by time, unit, week, month but should not be less than minimum wage.
Definitions
Chile has a government-mandated minimum wage. No worker in Chile can be paid less then this mandatory minimum rate of pay.
Employers in Chile who fail to pay the Minimum Wage may be subject to punishment by the government of Chile.
More information is available at
Minimum Wages - Chile - Archive
Archive from 2019 on
Archive before 2019
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-09-2018 to 28-02-2019
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-01-2018 to 30-06-2018
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-07-2017 to 31-12-2017
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-01-2017 to 30-06-2017
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-07-2016 to 31-12-2016
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-01-2016 to 31-12-2016
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-07-2015 to 31-12-2016
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-07-2014 to 30-06-2015
- Minimum Wages in Chile with effect from 01-08-2013 to 31-07-2014