This year’s annual review presents the discussions around minimum wage setting that took place in the EU Member States and Norway during 2025 and led to the new rates for 2026. It includes information on countries with and without a national minimum wage. It provides data on the significant progress on national minimum wages over the past decade; minimum wages have typically outperformed inflation and there have been increases in average wages in most countries. In addition, the report discusses the recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the EU Minimum Wage Directive, recent national initiatives linked to the directive’s transposition and the growing relevance of indicative reference values when setting national minimum wages in Member States. Using data from collective agreements and qualitative sources, it also provides evidence on the ways in which the rising levels of national minimum wages influence collective bargaining on wages in low-paid sectors.

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