Wages in Latvia

What wages look like in Latvia

According to Eurostat, the average annual NET wage in Latvia is €16,793 for a single person without children earning 100% of the national average wage (dataset earn_nt_net, 2025). That is 35% below the EU member-state average of €25,827. "Net" means take-home pay after income tax and employee social contributions.

Latvia sets a statutory national minimum monthly wage of €780 gross (dataset earn_mw_cur, 2026-S1) — about €9,360 gross per year before tax.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average salary in Latvia?

The average annual NET wage in Latvia is €16,793 for a single person without children at 100% of the average wage (Eurostat earn_nt_net, 2025). "Net" means take-home after income tax and employee social contributions.

What is the minimum wage in Latvia?

Latvia has a statutory national minimum wage of €780 gross per month (Eurostat earn_mw_cur, 2026-S1). That is roughly €9,360 gross per year before tax and contributions.

How do Latvia wages compare to the rest of the EU?

At €16,793 average net pay, Latvia is 35% below the EU member-state average of €25,827 (Eurostat, 2025), ranking #21 of 27 member states. The EU member-state average shown is GeraJobs's simple unweighted mean of the published country figures, not an official Eurostat EU-27 aggregate.

Where does this Latvia wage data come from?

From Eurostat, retrieved keyless from the official dissemination API: the minimum monthly wage from dataset earn_mw_cur (2026-S1) and the average annual net earnings from earn_nt_net (2025). Eurostat content is reusable under the European Commission reuse policy (CC BY 4.0 equivalent) with attribution. GeraJobs publishes the values verbatim.