The Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia regions have published the new minimum annual gross salary amounts for 2024 for some categories of work and single permits.
Compliance with the annual gross salary thresholds is crucial, not only to obtain new permits for employment as of 2024, but also for the continuation of current employment: the salary must meet the new thresholds as of 1 January 2024.
Depending on the region and the category of employee, different thresholds apply. In the table below we summarize the current annual gross salary threshold amounts for 2023 and the new amounts that will be applicable as of 1 January 2024:
| Type of permit | Flanders 2023 | Flanders 2024 | Brussels 2023 | Brussels 2024 | Wallonia 2023 | Wallonia 2024 |
| Highly skilled | 45.984 € (36.787,20 € for local employee < 30 or nurse) | 46.632 € (37.305,60 € for local employee < 30 or nurse) | 47.174 € | 50.310 € | 47.175 € | 50.310 € |
| Executive | 73.574 € | 74.611 € | 78.704 € | 83.936 € | 78.704 € | 83.936 € |
| Blue Card | 55.181 € | 55.958 € | 60.998 € | 65.053 € | 60.998 € | 65.053 € |
| ICT (Intra-Corporate Transferee) | 73.574 € (executive) 45.984 € (specialist) 45.984 € (trainee) | 74.611 € (executive) 46.632 € (specialist) 46.632 € (trainee) | 60.998 € (executive) 48.798 € (specialist) 30.499 € (trainee) | 65.053 € (executive) 52.042 € (specialist) 32.526 € (trainee) | 60.998 € (executive) 48.799 € (specialist) 30.499 € (trainee) | 65.053 € (executive) 52.042 € (specialist) 32.327 € (trainee) |
The gross salary as such includes all payments to the employee in consideration for work: the amounts must be known with certainty to employer, employee and the Belgian authorities prior to the start of the employment in Belgium. The fact that the amount must be certain excludes discretionary bonuses. In the event of assignment, allowances, directly linked/specific to the assignment, are considered part of the salary, provided they are not paid in reimbursement of expenditure actually incurred on account of the assignment, such as expenditure on travel, lodging, and board: travel, lodging, and board allowances are thus not considered salary. Moreover, employers are required to guarantee the salary in €, regardless of payroll location and/or exchange rate fluctuations.