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Germany's The labour ministry's Q&A states the statutory minimum wage rises to €14.60is 13.90 euros gross per hour since 1 January 2026 and will rise to 14.60 euros on 1 January 20272027. It is the second of began on 1 January 2015 at 8.50 euros. The two steps were proposed by the Minimum Wage Commission on 27 June 2025; the first took the rate to €13.90 on 1 January 2025 under chair Christiane Schonefeld and adopted unanimously, per Tageskarte. They represent about +8.4 percent in 2026 Together and about +5.0 percent in 2027, roughly +13.9 percent from 12.82 euros, a figure the two steps are report calculated. The commission is a risebody of nearly 14 per cent from €12.82, employer and employee representatives that considers adequate protection, fair competition and collectively agreed pay; the largest government may make its proposal binding by statutory instrument only as proposed. Political context: the Commission has recommended since SPD had asked for 15 euros, the minimum wage began coalition agreement called that 'achievable' without fixing a figure, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said there would be no legal automatism. Employers warned of economic consequences. Wikipedia's rate table shows earlier steps, including 12.00 euros on 1 October 2022, 12.41 euros in 2015 2024 and 12.82 euros in 2025, and notes that inflation erodes part of the nominal increases. The increase is framed as bringing Germany into line wage applies to workers aged 18 and over including mini-jobbers, with exceptions such as trainees, certain internships, volunteers and the European Minimum Wage Directivelong-term unemployed in their first six months back at work. Violations can be fined up to 500,000 euros.