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Ministerial Regulation No. 15 (B.E. 2567) took effect 30 April 2024 under the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541. It brought Thailand's domestic workers under minimum wage, a written contract, paid sick leave, a weekly rest day and paid public holidays. It did not grant social security or full overtime and severance rights.
Read →A Filipino cannot be lawfully hired by a private Thai household as a maid. Thailand admits domestic foreign labour only through MOUs with Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, and the Philippines has none. The Philippine side also bans direct hiring of domestic workers. The common visa workarounds are illegal.
Read →The MOU channel is the only legal route to hire a Burmese, Lao, Cambodian or Vietnamese domestic worker in Thailand. It runs in five stages through the Department of Employment. An employer who deals directly pays about 3,700 to 4,200 baht per worker in official fees. By law the employer pays, not the worker.
Read →A benchmark of domestic helper pay in Thailand compiled from named public agency listings and expat guides, anchored to the statutory minimum wage. The legal floor is ฿400/day in Bangkok and top-tier provinces since 1 July 2025; market live-in maid pay runs ฿12,000–20,000/month. Last compiled June 2026.
Read →Two facts decide a Thai maid hire: who you can legally employ (Thai needs no permit; foreign workers only via the MOU channel with Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam; a Filipino household maid is not lawful) and the two non-negotiable documents — an MR 15 contract and, for migrants, a work permit. Budget a live-in Bangkok maid at roughly 15,000–25,000 baht/month all-in.
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Get an intro →We do not run a secret survey. We compile the published ranges from named agencies and expat resources, then anchor every figure to the legal floor: ฿400 a day in Bangkok since 1 July 2025, which Ministerial Regulation No. 15 now extends to domestic workers. Where a number is an estimate, we say so.
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