Estonia: minimum wage to rise by 6.8% from 1 April

On 16 February, employers and unions reached an agreement to set the gross monthly minimum wage at €946 in 2026. This represents a 6.8% increase, which should come into effect on 1 April. The compromise comes after months of negotiations between the two parties and the intervention of a national conciliator, who proposed a figure of €956. “Our position, however, was that any further postponement of the minimum wage decision would have been a very bad solution for the workers who receive it,” Ka