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Minimum wage in Chile: CLP 553,553 a month from May 2026, the youth and senior rate, inflation indexation in January 2027, part time proration and family allowance

Last verified: 2026-10-26 · Status: Changing

Chile's minimum monthly income is CLP 553,553 (about US$561) for workers aged over 18 and up to 65 since 1 May 2026, and CLP 412,938 for workers under 18 or over 65, under Ley Nº 21.830. On 1 January 2027 it will be indexed to consumer price inflation from May to December 2026, and the government must send a new adjustment bill by June 2027 to apply from 1 July 2027. The minimum applies to the monthly base salary, is prorated for part time work, and also drives the profit share cap, overtime floors and many fines.

USD figures use the Central Bank exchange rate of CLP 986.58 per US dollar published in the Diario Oficial of 23 October 2026 (Ley Nº 18.840 art. 44). UTM amounts use the SII value of CLP 72,151 for October 2026. Amounts capped in UF use the SII value of CLP 41,057.20 for 30 September 2026, the value the law applies to payments made in October 2026; other UF amounts use CLP 41,205.16 for 23 October 2026. Conversions are for orientation only.

Key facts

Minimum monthly income, workers over 18 and up to 65, from 1 May 2026	553553 CLPLey Nº 21.830 art. 1, as of 2026-10-26 · in force
Minimum monthly income in US dollars at CLP 986.58	561.08 USDLey Nº 21.830 art. 1, as of 2026-10-26 · in force
Minimum monthly income, workers under 18 or over 65, from 1 May 2026	412938 CLPLey Nº 21.830 art. 2, as of 2026-10-26 · in force
Minimum monthly income for non remuneration purposes, from 1 May 2026	356815 CLPLey Nº 21.830 art. 3, as of 2026-10-26 · in force
Minimum monthly income in force from 1 January 2026 to 30 April 2026	539000 CLPLey Nº 21.751 art. 1, as of 2026-10-26 · repealed
Next adjustment: CPI indexation for May to December 2026	2027-01-01 dateLey Nº 21.830 art. 1, as of 2026-10-26 · pending
Annual legal profit share cap under art. 50	4.75 minimum monthly incomesCódigo del Trabajo art. 50, as of 2026-10-26 · in force
Family allowance per dependant, lowest income bracket, from 1 May 2026	22601 CLPLey Nº 18.987 art. 1 letter a), as of 2026-10-26 · in force

The rule

1. From 1 May 2026 the minimum monthly income is CLP 553,553 for workers over 18 and up to 65. From 1 January 2027 it is adjusted by the accumulated change in the consumer price index reported by the INE between 1 May 2026 and 31 December 2026, with the resulting figures set by supreme decree by 15 January 2027.
Cost to do it: Monthly floor per full time worker.
Example: CLP 553,553 a month; CLP 6,642,636 a year before profit share and contributions. / About US$561 a month; US$6,733 a year.Ley Nº 21.830, Diario Oficial 22 June 2026, Art. 1 and art. 6, 2026-06-22 official text · verified 2026-10-26 · changed: Raised from CLP 539,000 (in force from 1 January 2026 under Ley Nº 21.751) to CLP 553,553 from 1 May 2026.

2. From 1 May 2026 the minimum monthly income is CLP 412,938 for workers under 18 and over 65, and CLP 356,815 for non remuneration purposes (amounts used as a reference by other laws, not as a wage). Both rise from 1 January 2027 in the same proportion as the main minimum.
Example: CLP 412,938 a month for a worker aged 17 or 66. / About US$419.Ley Nº 21.830, Art. 2, art. 3 and art. 6, 2026-06-22 official text · verified 2026-10-26

3. By June 2027 at the latest the President must send Congress a bill for a new minimum wage adjustment to apply from 1 July 2027, after consulting the Consejo Superior Laboral.Ley Nº 21.830, Art. 7, 2026-06-22 official text · verified 2026-10-26

4. The monthly base salary may not be below the minimum monthly income; for part time work it may not be below the minimum prorated to the agreed hours. The pay period may not exceed one month. Workers exempt from hour limits (art. 22, second paragraph) are not covered by the base salary floor in art. 42 letter a).
Example: A 21 hour part time job (half of 42 hours) needs a base salary of at least CLP 276,777. / About US$281.DFL Nº 1 of 2002, Ministerio del Trabajo, Código del Trabajo, Art. 42 letter a) and art. 44, 2003-01-16 official text · verified 2026-10-26

5. Where the agreed salary is below the minimum wage, or there is none, the minimum wage is the base for calculating overtime, and the overtime base for part time contracts may not be below the minimum prorated to the agreed hours.DFL Nº 1 of 2002, Ministerio del Trabajo, Código del Trabajo, Art. 32 and art. 40 bis A, 2003-01-16 official text · verified 2026-10-26

6. Under the art. 50 option, the legal profit share (gratificación) is 25 percent of the year's pay capped at 4.75 minimum monthly incomes per worker, so each minimum wage change moves the cap.
Example: 4.75 x CLP 553,553 = CLP 2,629,376.75 a year, about CLP 219,115 a month. / About US$2,665 a year, US$222 a month.DFL Nº 1 of 2002, Ministerio del Trabajo, Código del Trabajo, Art. 50, 2003-01-16 official text · verified 2026-10-26

7. From 1 May 2026 the family and maternal allowance is CLP 22,601 per dependant for beneficiaries with monthly income up to CLP 649,039; CLP 13,870 for income over CLP 649,039 and up to CLP 947,990; CLP 4,382 for income over CLP 947,990 and up to CLP 1,478,539; and nothing above CLP 1,478,539. These thresholds rise on 1 January 2027 in proportion to the minimum wage.
Cost to do it: Paid by the employer with salary and recovered from the state system (DFL Nº 150 of 1982), so not an employer cost.
Example: A worker earning CLP 600,000 with two dependants receives CLP 45,202 a month. / About US$45.82.Ley Nº 18.987, as amended by Ley Nº 21.830 art. 4; Ley Nº 21.830 art. 6, Ley Nº 18.987 art. 1, 2026-06-22 official text · verified 2026-10-26

From	CLP	USD at CLP 986.58	Law
1 May 2025	529,000	536.20	Ley Nº 21.751 art. 1
1 January 2026	539,000	546.33	Ley Nº 21.751 art. 1
1 May 2026	553,553	561.08	Ley Nº 21.830 art. 1
1 January 2027	CPI indexation May to December 2026		Ley Nº 21.830 art. 1

Minimum monthly income, workers over 18 and up to 65 (official texts)

Beneficiary monthly income (CLP)	Allowance per dependant (CLP)
Up to 649,039	22,601
Over 649,039 up to 947,990	13,870
Over 947,990 up to 1,478,539	4,382
Over 1,478,539	None

Family and maternal allowance from 1 May 2026 (Ley Nº 18.987 art. 1)

Worked example

A retailer pays a full time cashier (42 hours) the minimum: CLP 553,553 base salary. Under art. 50 it adds the gratificación of 25 percent, CLP 138,388, well below the monthly cap of CLP 219,115. Taxable pay is CLP 691,941 (about US$701), on which employer contributions are calculated (see the social security page).
In January 2027 the payroll team must apply the CPI adjusted minimum to every base salary still at the old figure, and update the profit share cap and part time floors.

Step by step

Each May and January, check the Diario Oficial for the new minimum and the related decree, and reprice base salaries at or near the floor.
Prorate the floor for part time contracts against the 42 hour week (40 hours from 26 April 2028).
Recalculate the art. 50 profit share cap (4.75 minimum incomes) when the minimum changes.
Pay the family allowance with salary for eligible workers and recover it through the contribution return.

Common traps

The floor applies to the base salary (sueldo base): commissions or bonuses cannot be used to make up the minimum for workers subject to hours (art. 42 letter a)).
The minimum changes more than once a year under recent laws (January and May or July), so payroll needs two updates.
As weekly hours fall to 40, the prorated part time floor rises for the same number of hours.

Sources

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