Bahrain
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Source: WageIndicator.org - Bahrain Minimum Wage (citing Bahrain Ministry of Labour / Labour Law for the Private Sector, Law No. 36 of 2012) · effective Jan 1, 2025
WageIndicator.org - Bahrain Minimum Wage (citing Bahrain Ministry of Labour / Labour Law for the Private Sector, Law No. 36 of 2012)Bahrain has NO national statutory minimum wage applying to most adult full-time workers, so has_national_statutory_min_wage=false. The only statutory floor is SECTORAL: a public-sector minimum applying ONLY to Bahraini nationals, set by education tier - BHD 300/month (high school diploma), BHD 380/month (diploma), BHD 450/month (university degree). I reported the BHD 300/month base tier as the reference rate since it covers the broadest group (entry-level public-sector Bahrainis). The PRIVATE sector (Labour Law No. 36 of 2012) has NO minimum wage; pay is set by individual/collective contract. Expatriate workers (~55% of the labour force) have no minimum wage protection at all. The BHD 300 public-sector figure has been stable for over a decade; effective_date 2025-01-01 reflects the most recent verifiable snapshot (WageIndicator page last updated 2025-11-24; cross-checked vs minimum-wage.org). Standard private-sector working hours in Bahrain are typically 48/week (8h/day, 6 days), reduced to 6h/day during Ramadan; weekly_hours_used left null because no monthly-to-hourly conversion was required for a sectoral figure. BHD is pegged at 1 BHD = USD 2.659.
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