Finance Minister Clyde Caruana told Parliament that there were 2,372 people on the minimum wage in 2022.

He was responding to a Parliamentary Question posed by PN MP Graziella Attard Previ.

"The sores of this information came from the Labour Force Survey for the year 2022.

He said that the amount does not include income from bonuses and allowences, and only includes full-time employees.

Responding to a related question posed by the same PN MP, Caruana said that 47,412 people were earning up to €1,000 a month in 2022. This figure, however, includes full-time employees as well as full-time employees on reduced hours and part-time employees.