Tunisia introduces multi-year wage increase programme across public and private sectors

At a glance

• On 30 April 2026, Tunisia adopted a series of decrees introducing a comprehensive programme of salary increases across both the public and private sectors, effective from publication.
• The measures apply over a three-year period (2026–2028) and are intended to preserve purchasing power and support social stability.
• Separate decrees establish salary increases for public sector workers, including civil servants, public enterprise employees, and members of the judiciary.
• The reform package also includes significant private sector adjustments, notably increases to statutory minimum wages in both agricultural and non-agricultural sectors.
• Additional measures provide for increases to base salaries and allowances under sectoral collective agreements, extending coverage to workers not otherwise subject to specific statutory or collective frameworks.

On 30 April 2026, Tunisia adopted a series of decrees introducing a comprehensive programme of salary increases across both the public and private sectors, effective upon publication. However, the salary increases provided for under these decrees apply retroactively with effect from 1 January 2026.

The programme differentiates between categories of workers and is implemented through several decrees. Decree No. 2026-63 introduces salary increases for employees of the State, local authorities and public administrative institutions. Decree No. 2026-64 extends a comparable framework to employees of public enterprises and establishments governed by specific statutes or enterprise-level collective agreements. In addition, Decree No. 2026-65 provides for salary increases for members of the judiciary, including magistrates serving in the judicial courts, the Administrative Tribunal and the Court of Accounts.

 The reform package also introduces important changes affecting the private sector. Decrees No. 2026-66 and No. 2026-67 revise the guaranteed minimum agricultural wage and the guaranteed interprofessional minimum wage applicable to non-agricultural sectors governed by the Labour Code. Decree No. 2026-68 further provides for increases in base salaries and certain allowances, including transport and attendance, in non-agricultural sectors covered by sectoral collective agreements. Finally, Decree No. 2026-69 establishes wage increases for workers in non-agricultural sectors governed by the Labour Code who are not covered by specific public sector statutes or sectoral collective agreements.

Together, these measures represent a broad-based reform of Tunisia’s wage framework, extending across multiple sectors and worker categories.