Minimum Wage
Statutory minimum-wage figures and how they flow through payroll.
Midijob 2026: how Germany's Übergangsbereich reduces employee contributions
A German employee who earns between €603.01 and €2,000 a month in 2026 holds a Midijob, and that pay band is called the Übergangsbereich (transition zone). In the Übergangsbereich, the employee's social-security…
Mehmood Deshmukh
CTO & Co-Founder
Colombia minimum wage 2026 and auxilio de transporte 2026: the two figures behind Colombian payroll
The Colombia minimum wage for 2026 is COP 1,750,905 a month, and the auxilio de transporte 2026 (the statutory transport allowance) is COP 249,095 a month for employees who earn up to two minimum wages. The government…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
The UK minimum wage is an hourly floor that applies to salaried pay
The UK's minimum wage is set each year by the government on the advice of the Low Pay Commission, and it is an hourly rate that varies by age. For the 2026-27 tax year, from 1 April 2026, the top rate, the National…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
Portugal's minimum wage in 2026: why a worker on €920 costs more than €920 times twelve
Pricing a Portuguese employee is where payroll teams new to the country get the annual cost wrong. The instinct is to annualize the way most countries work: monthly wage times twelve, plus employer social security. In…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
Mexico's minimum wage rises every January: what that does to payroll
On 1 January 2026 Mexico's statutory minimum wage rose. The first pay run of the year is the most common place for the mistake that follows: if the payroll configuration still holds December's figure, a worker who…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
