Ghana sets daily minimum wage at 25.04 cedis in 2027
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 3News
Illustrative image · mg shotz · Pexels · Licence PexelsGhana’s National Tripartite Committee, bringing together government, employers and unions, has set the daily minimum wage at 25.04 Ghanaian cedis in 2027 and 28.79 cedis in 2028. It is replacing annual negotiation with a multi-year framework, according to a statement issued in Accra on 10 November 2026.
Ghana’s National Tripartite Committee, which brings together government, employers and unions, has set the daily minimum wage at 25.04 cedis from 1 January 2027, then at 28.79 cedis on 1 January 2028. The partners announced it in a statement issued in Accra on Monday 10 November 2026, after a unanimous agreement. All employers whose minimum wages are lower must align from 1 January 2027.
It is a shift from annual negotiation to a multi-year framework, intended to make wages more predictable and to facilitate planning and medium-term budgeting. The daily minimum for 2026 is 21.77 cedis.
The agreement remains open to revision: if inflation, exchange rates or growth change significantly, the Committee will meet again to review the amount, by consensus and on the basis of reliable economic data. The Committee calls on employers to respect the new wage and asks the government to exempt it from tax.
The statement is signed by the Minister of Labour, Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, the Deputy Minister of Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, the president of the Ghana Employers' Association, Emmanuel Adu-Sarkodee Afriyie, and the secretary general of the TUC union, Joshua Ansah.
