Qatar minimum wage
Qatar's statutory national minimum wage under Law No. 17 of 2020, effective 20 March 2021 — the first non-discriminatory minimum wage in the Gulf, covering ALL private-sector workers including migrant and domestic workers, regardless of nationality or sector. Comprises a basic monthly wage plus food and housing allowances payable where the employer does not provide those in kind.
| Current value | structured — see the API |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2021-03-20 |
| Official source | Law No. (17) of 2020 Determining the National Minimum Wage for Workers and Domestic Workers — ILO NATLEX official record; implementation announced by the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (ADLSA), effective 20 March 2021 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-24 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Law No. 17 of 2020 sets a minimum BASIC wage of QAR 1,000/month, PLUS QAR 300/month for food and QAR 500/month for housing where the employer does not already provide adequate food and/or accommodation in kind. A worker given neither in kind must therefore receive at least QAR 1,800/month; a worker housed and fed by the employer must still receive the QAR 1,000 basic. Enacted August 2020 (Official Gazette No. 14 of 2020), effective 20 March 2021 after a six-month transition. It is genuinely non-discriminatory — it applies to all workers including migrant and domestic workers, the first such wage floor in the GCC. The law provides for periodic review by a tripartite Minimum Wage Committee, but NO revised figures have been enacted since 2021; the 1,000/300/500 levels remain the statutory floor at confirmation. Official ADLSA/GCO statement pages (gco.gov.qa) returned HTTP 403 from this location; the figures and effective date are taken from the ILO NATLEX record of the law and corroborated by the Qatar Embassy's own announcement (manila.embassy.qa). Verify against ADLSA when its site is reachable; watch for a first uplift, which would be the next update.
Get it programmatically
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# $0.001 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
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