The average net salary in the public sector will increase to 10,100 dirhams in early 2026
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The average net monthly salary will drop from 8,237 dirhams in 2021 to 10,100 dirhams in early 2026, said the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Enterprise, Employment and Skills, Mr. Younes Sekkouri.
Intervening on May 1, Sekkouri explained that the minimum net monthly salary in the public sector amounted to 3,000 dirhams in the past five years, adding that thanks to the government’s efforts, in execution of King Mohammed VI, the minimum wage will go from 3,000 dirhams to 4,500 dirhams.
The Minister said that agreements have been concluded in several sectors due to the injustices suffered by certain categories, citing the education sector in this regard, for which a budget of 17 billion dirhams was mobilized.
The Minister recalled the agreements concluded at the end of 2023, which allowed the disbursement of a general increase of 1,500 dirhams benefiting to 330,000 officials from the Ministry of Education, including teaching staff, in addition to a set of compensation such as allowances for the increase in the value of grade 3 and more compensation for officials of the excellent grade, who benefited from around 12,000 people.
The implementation rate reached 80% for the last agreement concluded in December 2023, said Sekkouri, noting that sectoral dialogue continues to follow up on all the commitments made “in order to correct an inappropriate situation and to repair the injustice that affected the teaching family”.
As for the health sector, which has “brought a lot to Morocco”, the overall financial cost of social dialogue in this sector has been 3.5 billion dirhams that allowed a salary increase of 500 dirhams for the benefit of nurses, as well as an increase in salary for administrative staff.
And the Minister to continue that the promotion process has been improved, with an increase in the value of the indemnity of occupational risks for nursing, administrative and technical staff, adding that this compensation, granted for the first time to affiliated researchers to the Ministry of Health, was enrolled in a decree adopted in government council last week.
In addition, Mr. Sekkouri recalled that a special status has been approved for the authority of scientific attachés at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, which provides for a net increase of 1,800 dirhams of monthly wages, effective retroactively from January 1, 2023, and divided into three sections.
In its approach to the social question, the government has introduced a series of important reforms to allow the hospital to fulfill its function, in particular with the royal project of generalization of social protection aimed at ensuring that all citizens benefit from the same basket of services, whether they are able to contribute or that they are registered in the “Amo Tadamoun” solidarity system, said the Minister.
Addressing the higher education sector, Mr. Sekkouri noted that the cost of sectoral dialogue has been around 2 billion dirhams, with salary increases benefiting some 15,000 researchers.
Mr. Sekkouri also stopped on the two important royal projects, namely direct social assistance and direct housing assistance.
Regarding the first project, the Minister said that “the number of beneficiaries reached 3.9 million families across Morocco, according to a clear and precise procedure wanted by His Majesty the King”, noting that the budget allocated to this project amounted to around 27.1 billion dirhams at the end of 2025, to reach 29.4 billion dirhams from 2026.
Regarding direct housing assistance, the Minister stressed that since its launch in January 2024, around 130,000 requests have been recorded, including around 25% from Moroccans residing abroad.
The overall budget devoted to the implementation of this program reached 3.5 billion dirhams, pending the processing of other requests addressed to this important royal program, concluded Mr. Sekkouri.
