{"id":247138,"date":"2026-02-04T08:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=247138"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:55:30","slug":"new-minimum-wages-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/02\/04\/new-minimum-wages-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New minimum wages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Salario-Minimo-Mensual-2026-Ministerio-Trabajo-1024x671.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247183\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Salario-Minimo-Mensual-2026-Ministerio-Trabajo-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Salario-Minimo-Mensual-2026-Ministerio-Trabajo-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Salario-Minimo-Mensual-2026-Ministerio-Trabajo-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Salario-Minimo-Mensual-2026-Ministerio-Trabajo-1536x1006.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Salario-Minimo-Mensual-2026-Ministerio-Trabajo.png 2006w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1.4 million private-sector workers in the Dominican Republic should be getting a boost in their paychecks starting 1 February 2026, as the government implemented the final 8% installment of a scheduled minimum wage hike. The Ministry of Labor made the announcement calling for all companies to follow through with the pay change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The adjustment completes a total 20% increase mandated by the National Wages Committee (CNS) under Resolution 01-2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Labor has released the official updated salary tiers for non-sectorized private businesses:<br>Large companies: RD$29,988.00 (an increase of RD$4,998)<br>Medium companies: RD$27,489.60 (an increase of RD$4,582)<br>Small companies: RD$18,421.20 (an increase of RD$3,070)<br>Micro-enterprises: RD$16,993.20 (an increase of RD$2,832)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the lowest-income bracket, the cost of essential goods is estimated at RD$29,137.89, highlighting the ongoing challenge for workers in smaller enterprises to meet basic needs despite the recent raises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mt.gob.do\/ministerio-de-trabajo-llama-a-empresarios-a-cumplir-con-el-pago-del-aumento-del-8-del-salario-minimo\/\">Ministry of Labor <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 February 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 1.4 million private-sector workers in the Dominican Republic should be getting a boost in their paychecks starting 1 February 2026, as the government implemented the final 8% installment of a scheduled minimum wage hike. The Ministry of Labor made the announcement calling for all companies to follow through with the pay change. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/02\/04\/new-minimum-wages-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[340,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247184,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247138\/revisions\/247184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}