Minimum wage to rise next month, but not to B400/dayA worker lays paving stones in the midday heat on the eve of May Day in 2019. The wage hike is intended as a New Year gift for daily wage earners, while the promised 400-baht new minimum daily wage rate will be introduced around the end of next year (2024) in certain provinces, said the minister. In a survey last year, 31 provinces said they didn’t want to raise their minimum daily wage for fear of adverse impact on businesses leading to job cuts, he said. In the end, the minumum daily wage was raised in all 77 provinces to between 328 and 354 baht. Rayong, Chon Buri and Phuket have the highest daily minimum wage rate of 354 baht, followed by 353 baht in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Patho, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakand and Samut Sakhon, said Mr Pipat.
