Overview
- The government published Decree 931/26 in the Official Gazette, resetting salaries for ministers, secretaries and subsecretaries effective January 1, 2026, on a non‑retroactive basis.
- President Javier Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarruel are excluded from the adjustment, leaving cabinet pay above the president’s; new gross benchmarks are about ARS 6.97 million for ministers, ARS 6.38 million for secretaries and ARS 5.80 million for subsecretaries.
- From January 2026 onward, future increases homologated in national public‑sector collective bargaining will apply automatically to these posts, and a provision of Decree 235/2024 setting pay outside paritarias is revoked.
- The measure includes an automatic salary freeze if a fiscal deficit is detected and invites provinces, Buenos Aires City, and the Legislative and Judicial branches to adopt similar deficit‑triggered freezes.
- The administration cites staff retention and fiscal surplus to justify the change, while ATE criticizes the raises as roughly 90%—up to about 94.5% by its count—still trailing cumulative inflation reported for the period.