DİSK-AR calculated: Minimum wage decreased by 28 percent in 9 months!

Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions Research Center (DİSK-AR) announced the October 2026 "Wage Loss Monitoring Report". The report stated that, according to the calculation made based on average registered worker wages, the cumulative total cost of taxes and inflation for over 17 million insured workers in the 9 months of 2026 is at least 2 trillion 254 billion 221 million liras.

In the report, it was stated that the cumulative monetary loss experienced by insured workers due to only 9 months of inflation in the said period exceeded 1 trillion 223 billion liras, and the cumulative tax-induced loss was at the level of 1 trillion 31 billion liras.

28 PERCENT MELT IN MINIMUM WAGE

Reminding that, according to TÜİK data, the 9-month official inflation was 24.32 percent as of September 2026, the report stated that the monetary loss of the net minimum wage compared to inflation was 6 thousand 828 liras and the purchasing power of the minimum wage decreased to 21 thousand 248 liras. The report included the following statements regarding the details of the losses due to deductions, inflation and taxes in the gross minimum wage of 33 thousand 30 liras in September 2026: "Minimum wage; The total monetary loss due to taxes, deductions and inflation in the minimum wage in the 9-month period between January and September 2026 was 83 thousand 360 liras. Thus, the minimum wage decreased by a total of 28 percent in 9 months of the year. The total loss in the gross minimum wage in September It amounted to 11 thousand 782 liras.”