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Moldova

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Explore how minimum wage compares to Big Mac prices in Moldova, and how many burgers you can earn with 1 hour of work.

Minimum wage (gross)
MDL 36.35
/ hour
Big Mac price
MDL 70.00
Burgers per hour
0.52
You can buy about 0 burgers in 1 hour
Work time for 1 Big Mac
1h 55m

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How we calculate burgers per hour

Minimum wage / hour
MDL 36.35
÷
Big Mac price
MDL 70.00
=
Burgers per hour
0.52

Converted from MDL 6,300 / month at 40 h/week

Neighbouring ranks

  1. 52South Africa0.55
  2. 53Ecuador0.52
  3. 54Moldova0.52
  4. 55Paraguay0.50
  5. 56Mexico0.42

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Minimum wage (gross)

Source: Government of the Republic of Moldova (Ministry of Labour and Social Protection) / Moldpres · effective Jan 1, 2026

Government of the Republic of Moldova (Ministry of Labour and Social Protection) / Moldpres

Single national statutory minimum wage (salariul minim pe tara) set at 6,300 MDL/month effective 1 January 2026, up from 5,500 MDL in 2025 (Government Decision approved 17 Dec 2025, drafted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection). The government states this corresponds to ~37.27 MDL/hour based on an average full-time schedule of 169 hours/month; this hourly figure is officially derived from the monthly rate, not published as a native hourly minimum, so basis is converted_from_monthly. Statutory standard working week is 40 hours. Single adult full-time rate applies economy-wide; no separate national youth/apprentice sub-minima identified. Public-sector employees earning below 6,300 MDL receive compensatory top-up payments. Forecast 2026 average monthly wage is 17,400 MDL; government's stated long-term target is 10,000 MDL.

Big Mac price: The Economist · Jan 1, 2026

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