Short answer: The latest official average salary in Turkey from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) is monthly average gross earnings of TRY 39,252.88 for 2024, of which TRY 34,641.71 is gross wages (Labour Cost Statistics, 25 December 2025). It covers employees of firms in NACE sections B to S except O, built from administrative records, so it leaves out agriculture, public administration and pay that is never reported. The newest official level is average daily earnings subject to premiums from the Social Security Institution (SGK): TRY 2,320.45 for August 2026, a capped daily figure rather than a monthly salary.
Turkey has no single official average salary. TÜİK publishes several measures with different definitions, and they lag by a year or more while pay moves quickly. Any figure on a website is only useful if it says which measure, which year and gross or net.
This page uses official series only. It does not extrapolate 2024 figures to today and it gives no verdict on what counts as a good salary: that depends on costs, family and sector, which an average cannot answer. The legal floor is in Turkey minimum wage.
Average salary in Turkey per month: the official figures
The most recent official figure is TRY 39,252.88 a month in gross earnings for 2024, from TÜİK's Labour Cost Statistics published on 25 December 2025.
| Measure | Amount | Period | TÜİK release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly gross wage | 34,641.71 | 2024 | Labour Cost Statistics |
| Monthly gross earnings | 39,252.88 | 2024 | Labour Cost Statistics |
| Monthly labor cost to the employer | 45,776.50 | 2024 | Labour Cost Statistics |
| Monthly gross wages-salaries | 23,788.76 | November 2023 | Structure of Earnings |
| Monthly gross earnings | 26,402.44 | November 2023 | Structure of Earnings |
| Annual gross earnings | 305,784 | 2023 | Structure of Earnings |
| Annual income at main job, regular employees | 379,047 | 2024 income, 2025 survey | Income Distribution |
The first three rows nest. Gross wage is pay for time worked, regular and irregular, including bonuses and overtime. Gross earnings add paid time off, payments in kind and employer savings-scheme payments. Labor cost adds employer social security and other costs. In TÜİK's 2024 table the mean actual working week was 42.58 hours, and the same table gives hourly gross wages of TRY 187.74.
Do not read 2023 to 2024 as a growth rate across these rows. The two series use different reference periods, and the 2023 metadata is inconsistent on firm size: 10 or more employees in two fields, 1 or more in another. The Labour Cost table's own series is the comparable one: gross earnings of TRY 4,513.60 in 2020, TRY 10,068.68 in 2022 and TRY 39,252.88 in 2024, nominal figures in a period of high inflation; see the Turkish lira inflation guide.
Average net salary in Turkey: gross versus take-home
TÜİK's wage releases give gross figures only, so the nearest official take-home measure is its household survey: TRY 379,047 mean annual income at main job for regular employees in 2024, about TRY 31,587 a month (Income Distribution Statistics, 26 December 2025).
Treat that as a neighbor rather than a net version of the gross figure. It comes from a household survey, covers everyone in the sample including the public sector, and rests mainly on what people report in interviews. TÜİK's metadata defines net income as after tax and the employee's social security share and builds its gross income measure by adding those back, though the release does not label this table net. The same survey gives TRY 186,682 for casual employees, TRY 348,045 for the self-employed and TRY 1,204,791 for employers.
To turn a specific gross salary into net pay under current rules, use the Turkey salary calculator. Its worked example is hypothetical: TRY 50,000 gross gives TRY 37,736.30 net in October 2026, and the same gross gives TRY 40,207.53 in January, because income tax runs on a cumulative base. That month-to-month change is one reason a single "average net salary" is not well defined.
Wages in Turkey by sector and company size
Pay varies far more by sector and firm size than the national mean suggests: in TÜİK's 2024 table, finance averaged nearly five times construction, and firms with 1,000 or more employees over three times firms with fewer than ten.
| Sector (NACE Rev.2) | Gross earnings |
|---|---|
| Financial and insurance activities | 104,715.47 |
| Information and communication | 82,783.44 |
| Education | 62,846.07 |
| Human health and social work | 56,417.81 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 55,321.44 |
| Mining and quarrying | 50,435.42 |
| Water supply and waste | 49,620.52 |
| Electricity, gas and steam | 48,713.54 |
| Manufacturing | 40,320.38 |
| Transportation and storage | 36,307.63 |
| Professional, scientific and technical | 35,567.52 |
| Administrative and support services | 34,626.62 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 30,714.11 |
| Other service activities | 26,284.92 |
| Real estate activities | 25,566.89 |
| Accommodation and food service | 24,483.98 |
| Construction | 21,498.68 |
| Group | Gross earnings |
|---|---|
| 1 to 9 employees | 18,217.44 |
| 10 to 49 employees | 31,859.16 |
| 50 to 249 employees | 41,278.71 |
| 250 to 499 employees | 49,592.34 |
| 500 to 999 employees | 54,527.52 |
| 1,000 or more employees | 62,193.09 |
| Covered by a collective agreement | 68,729.92 |
| Not covered by a collective agreement | 35,820.93 |
The 1-to-9 mean sits below the full-month 2024 gross minimum wage of TRY 20,002.50 (Ministry of Labour), which suggests part-time or part-year work in the average; TÜİK's release does not break this down. TÜİK's Structure of Earnings for 2023 adds occupation: annual gross earnings of TRY 538,530 for managers, TRY 409,767 for professionals and TRY 202,809 for skilled agricultural workers.
Average salary in Istanbul and other regions
Istanbul had the highest regional mean in TÜİK's most recent regional table, TRY 29,838.61 in monthly gross earnings for November 2023, about 13% above the national TRY 26,402.44.
| Region | Gross wages-salaries | Gross earnings |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul | 26,603.77 | 29,838.61 |
| West Anatolia (includes Ankara) | 25,718.12 | 28,169.95 |
| East Marmara | 23,126.55 | 25,642.07 |
| Northeast Anatolia | 23,070.72 | 25,462.40 |
| West Black Sea | 21,624.94 | 24,120.21 |
| Middle East Anatolia | 21,314.39 | 23,684.39 |
| Aegean (includes Izmir) | 21,087.89 | 23,437.40 |
| Central Anatolia | 21,026.16 | 22,986.63 |
| West Marmara | 20,666.35 | 22,887.12 |
| East Black Sea | 20,667.87 | 22,657.37 |
| Southeast Anatolia | 20,552.02 | 22,462.42 |
| Mediterranean (includes Antalya) | 20,480.56 | 22,380.32 |
These are 2023 values and regions rather than cities, and the 2024 Labour Cost release has no regional table. The same 2023 release gives monthly gross earnings of TRY 26,638 for men and TRY 25,931 for women, with paid hours of 205 and 190 respectively, and a gap of up to 20% within education levels on annual earnings.
Average salary in Turkey in USD and euro
The honest dollar figure for 2024 pay uses a 2024 exchange rate: TRY 39,252.88 is about USD 1,196 at the mean of 12 mid-month forex buying rates of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (TCMB) for 2024 (USD 1 = TRY 32.8259), not the USD 786 you get with the rate of 5 November 2026.
| Measure | TRY | At mean 2024 rate | At 5 November 2026 rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross wage | 34,641.71 | USD 1,055 / EUR 976 | USD 693 / EUR 617 |
| Gross earnings | 39,252.88 | USD 1,196 / EUR 1,106 | USD 786 / EUR 699 |
| Labor cost | 45,776.50 | USD 1,395 / EUR 1,290 | USD 916 / EUR 815 |
Why the right-hand column misleads. It pairs 2024 pay with a 2026 exchange rate (bulletin 2026/208: USD 1 = TRY 49.9589, EUR 1 = TRY 56.1513), and it says nothing about what people earn in 2026. The middle column uses the first bulletin on or after the 15th of each month in 2024 (2024/10 to 2024/237), a simple mean of USD 32.8259 and EUR 35.4968 calculated for this page. TCMB's rates are indicative and any figure here is illustrative; see how to read TCMB rates.
A dollar value also ignores purchasing power, so it cannot tell you what a salary buys in Turkey.
What the official salary data does not cover
TÜİK's Labour Cost and Structure of Earnings series describe employees in sections B to S except O, so they leave out several groups and say nothing about the current year.
- Sectors. Agriculture (A) and public administration and defense (O) are outside the scope, as are households as employers and international bodies.
- People. Owners and partners paid through profit, unpaid family workers and, in the Labour Cost series, apprentices and interns are excluded.
- Unreported pay. The Labour Cost series draws on SGK and tax filings, so work or pay that is never reported cannot appear. These releases describe no estimate of it.
- The middle of the distribution. These releases publish means, not medians, so high earners pull the figure up. The only official median found in this family is for household income in TÜİK's poverty statistics, which is not a wage measure.
- Foreign employees. The definitions do not exclude foreign employees, but no separate figure for foreigners was found.
- The current year. The 2024 figure appeared in December 2025, and TÜİK dates the next Structure of Earnings release to December 2027.
Newer official data exists, but none of it is a monthly salary. SGK's insured statistics give average daily earnings subject to premiums (prime esas kazanç) of TRY 2,320.45 for August 2026, for 17.27 million employees on service contracts, civil servants excluded (Table 13). The figure is per reported day, floored at the daily minimum wage and capped at the contribution ceiling, so it understates high pay. TÜİK's gross wages-salaries index rose 35.8% in the second quarter of 2026 from a year earlier (Labour Input Indices, 21 August 2026; next release dated 23 November 2026), but it measures the total wage bill across industry, construction and trade-services, while the employment index rose 1.7%. Multiplying the 2024 average by it, or by the 27.01% rise in the 2026 minimum wage reported by the Ministry of Labour, would give an invented number, so this page does not do it. Other current indicators are on the Turkey economic data page.
Why salary sites and crowd data show different numbers
Crowd sites report what their users submit, so their figures reflect who chooses to answer, often skewed by city, sector and language, and they are not statistics about all employees.
Numbeo, for example, says it "leverages crowdsourcing" alongside manually gathered data, and it records salaries after income tax. No published sample frame tells you how far such data represents Turkey, and such sites rarely state a reference month, so their figures are not used here. Data aggregators are a different case: a figure of TRY 34,642 for 2024 is TÜİK's gross wage, not gross earnings, and TRY 25,482 is its 2023 annual gross earnings divided by 12, not the November 2023 monthly figure of TRY 26,402.44.
Before relying on any salary number for Turkey, ask four things:
- Who collected it, and from whom?
- Which month or year does it describe?
- Is it gross, net or employer cost?
- If it is in dollars or euros, whose rate on what date?
An employer setting pay needs more than a national mean: sector, size and role data plus the full cost in Turkey payroll and employer cost. Job offers and work permits are outside this guide.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average salary in Turkey per month?
TÜİK's latest figure is TRY 39,252.88 in monthly gross earnings for 2024, or TRY 34,641.71 in gross wages, published on 25 December 2025. For 2026, SGK's average daily earnings subject to premiums were TRY 2,320.45 in August, a capped daily figure rather than a salary.
What is the average net salary in Turkey?
TÜİK's wage releases do not give one. Its household survey shows mean annual income at main job of TRY 379,047 for regular employees in 2024, about TRY 31,587 a month, on a different basis from the gross figures.
What is the average salary in Turkey in USD?
TRY 39,252.88 is about USD 1,196 at a mean of 2024 TCMB rates, or USD 786 at the 5 November 2026 rate. Only the first pairs 2024 pay with a 2024 rate, and both are illustrative.
What is the basic salary in Turkey?
If you mean the legal minimum, it is TRY 33,030.00 gross and TRY 28,075.50 net per month for 2026. Average base pay is a different thing, and TÜİK's published means include other regular and irregular payments.
When will the next official salary data come out?
TÜİK dates its next Structure of Earnings release to December 2027. The 2024 Labour Cost release gives no next date, so check TÜİK's data calendar.
Sources
- TÜİK: Labour Cost Statistics, 2024, press release and tables, 25 December 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- TÜİK: Structure of Earnings Statistics, 2023, press release, tables and metadata, 25 December 2024 (opens in a new tab)
- TÜİK: Income Distribution Statistics, 2025, 26 December 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- TÜİK: Poverty and Living Conditions Statistics, 2025, 30 December 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- TÜİK: Labour Input Indices, Quarter II 2026, 21 August 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- SGK: Monthly insured statistics, August 2026, Table 13 (Turkish spreadsheet) (opens in a new tab)
- SGK: Insured statistics metadata, which lists average daily earnings (Turkish) (opens in a new tab)
- Ministry of Labour and Social Security: Wage and union statistics bulletin, September 2026 (Turkish) (opens in a new tab)
- Ministry of Labour and Social Security: Minimum wage, net pay and employer cost, 1 January to 31 December 2024 (Turkish PDF) (opens in a new tab)
- TCMB: Indicative exchange rates, 5 November 2026, bulletin 2026/208 (opens in a new tab)
- TCMB: Indicative exchange rates, 15 January 2024, bulletin 2024/10 (first of the 12 mid-month 2024 bulletins used) (opens in a new tab)
- TCMB: Indicative exchange rates, 16 December 2024, bulletin 2024/237 (last of the 12 mid-month 2024 bulletins used) (opens in a new tab)
- Numbeo: Motivation and methodology (how crowd data is collected) (opens in a new tab)
This guide is general information, not investment, legal or tax advice. Amounts, rates and rules in Turkey change often: check the date given for each figure and the official source before you rely on it, and ask a licensed adviser about your own situation. Sources, checks and corrections: see the editorial policy.