Morocco's Wage Gap: Women Earn 1,000-3,266 Dirhams

An official report annexed to Morocco's 2027 Finance Bill shows that 52.2% of women registered with the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) earn a monthly salary of between 1,000 and 3,266 dirhams, compared with only 34.2% of men in the same bracket — a fresh sign of the gender gap in Morocco's formal labour market.

A gap already visible in CNSS data

The figure appears in the "results-based budget" documents attached to the finance bill. It confirms a trend already seen in CNSS data in recent years. According to 2024 figures, 51.6% of women employees earned at or below the minimum wage (SMIG), compared with only 44.2% of men. The Fund's 2025 annual report put the median monthly wage for all registered employees at 3,363 dirhams, with 57% earning less than 4,000 dirhams a month.

These shares cover only employees formally registered with the CNSS — the formal sector; the situation of women in the informal sector, where they are most numerous, is not captured by this count.

What the figure means for Moroccan workers

The disclosure comes as Parliament debates the 2027 Finance Bill, which exempts 87% of salaried workers from income tax. With nearly half of women employees concentrated in a low wage bracket, the gender income gap is directly tied to households' day-to-day purchasing power, not just a statistic. The report also points to social-protection issues tied to the Fund, such as the minimum pension that benefited half a million retirees. No specific measures to narrow the gap have been announced yet, but its inclusion in budget documents makes it an official reference likely to feature in parliamentary debate on the finance law.