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The list below gives the official minimum wage rates in 197 countries and territories: 192 United Nations member states (does not include South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011), plus the Republic of China (Taiwan), Northern Cyprus, Hong Kong, Kosovo and Western Sahara. Some countries are more effective than others at enforcing these regulations, so that the effective minimum wage may be lower than the official one. Some countries may have a very complicated minimum wage system, for example, India has more than 1200 minimum wage rates.[1]
The minimum wages given refer to a gross amount, i.e. before deduction of taxes and social security contributions, which vary from one country to another. Also excluded from calculations are regulated paid days off, including public holidays, sick pay and annual leave.
For the sake of comparison, an "annual wage" column is provided in international dollars, a hypothetical unit of currency that has the same purchasing power that the U.S. dollar had in the United States in 2011. For calculating the annual wage, the lowest general minimum wage was used.
Minimum wages by country
[edit]Note: To convert the gross annual wage to a different currency, go to this list, locate your desired currency's country of origin and then multiply the number next to the country's name by the annual gross wage in this article's table. This is necessary, because the annual wages are in international dollars, not market U.S. dollars. Note, however, that the purchasing power used here is for GDP and may differ from a private consumer purchasing power.
Country | Minimum wage | Annual (US$)[2] |
Annual PPP (Intl.$)[3] |
Length of standard workweek (hours) | Hourly (US$)[4] |
Hourly (Intl$)[5] |
% of 2011 GDP per capita[6][7] |
Effective
|
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Afghanistan | 5,000 Afghani per month for government workers. No minimum set for private sector workers, but labor law prevents paying private sector workers less than government workers. Informal sector day workers are unprotected.[8] | 780 |
2,975 |
40 | 0.38 |
1.43 |
153% | 2012[citation needed]
|
Albania | 21,000 Albanian lekë per month, nationally.[9] The law establishes a 40-hour workweek, but the actual workweek is typically set by individual or collective-bargaining agreement.[8] | 2,434 |
4,566 |
40 | 1.17 |
2.2 |
39.6% | 1 July 2011
|
Algeria | 18,000 Algerian dinars per month, nationally[8] | 1,599 |
5,622 |
40 | 0.77 |
2.7 |
37.4% | January 2012[10]
|
Andorra | €962 ($1,233) per month, €5.55 ($7.12) per hour[11] | 14,269 | 40[12] | 6.86 | January 1, 2013[11]
| |||
Angola | 11,044 kwanza per month for workers in the formal sector; workers in the informal sector are not protected.[8] | 210 |
1,001 |
40 | 0.1 |
0.48 |
15.5% |
|
Antigua and Barbuda | EC$7.50 an hour for all categories of labor.[8] | 5,778 |
7,123 |
40 | 2.78 |
3.42 |
31.4% | 2 Jan 2008[13]
|
Argentina | 2,875 Argentine pesos a month[14][15] plus a bonus equal to a twelfth of the annual wage.[16][17] | 393 |
3,457 |
48 | 0.16 |
1.39 |
17.3% | 1 Sep 2012
|
Armenia | 32,500 Armenian dram per month; set by the government by decree.[8] | 774 |
1,979 |
40 | 0.37 |
0.95 |
22.4% | January 2011[18]
|
Australia | 606.40 Australian dollars per week; set federally by Fair Work Australia[19] Junior rates of pay vary by age but are still covered by a federal minimum pay rate. | 23,709 |
19,708 |
38[8] | 12 |
9.97 |
42.8% | 1 July 2012
|
Austria | None; national collective bargaining agreements provide covered workers at least €1000 per month; wages for workers not covered by collective bargaining agreements (e.g. domestic workers, janitorial staff) are regulated by law and are generally lower.[8] | 14,192 |
14,118 |
40 | 6.82 |
6.79 |
27.9% | —
|
Azerbaijan | 93.50 Azerbaijani manat per month[8] | 660 |
3,206 |
40 | 0.32 |
1.54 |
18.6% | 1 December 2011
|
The Bahamas | In the private sector, B$4.45 per hour for hourly workers; B$35 per day for daily workers; B$150 per week for weekly workers[8] | 9,256 |
8,119 |
40 | 4.45 |
3.9 |
36.1% |
|
Bahrain | No minimum wage set nationally; public sector workers work on a standardized pay scale with the minimum set to 300 BHD per month. Citizens who earned less than this received government stipends for the difference.[8] | 9,474 |
15,652 |
48 | 3.8 |
6.27 |
33.2% |
|
Bangladesh | Set industry-by-industry by the National Minimum Wage Board in a tripartite forum every five years; 1,500 taka a month for all economic sectors not covered by an industry-specific minimum; 3,000 taka per month for garment workers.[8] | 212 |
564 |
48 | 0.08 |
0.23 |
15.8% | 2010
|
Barbados | BDS$5 per hour for household domestics and shop assistants; the government recommends this as a minimum wage for other occupations.[8] | 5,200 |
4,228 |
40 | 2.5 |
2.03 |
23.4% |
|
Belarus | Effective 1 January 2013, the monthly minimum is 1,395,000 Belarusian rubles; 8,340 Belarusian rubles per hour.[20] | 659 |
3,416 |
40[8] | 0.32 |
1.64 |
18.9% | 1 January 2013
|
Belgium | €1,501.82 a month for workers 21 years of age and over; €1,541.67 a month for workers 21 and a half years of age, with six months of service; €1,559.38 a month for workers 22 years of age, with 12 months of service; coupled with extensive social benefits.[8][21] | 21,314 |
20,479 |
38 | 10.79 |
10.36 |
44.1% | 1 December 2012
|
Belize | BZ$3.30 an hour for those in agriculture and agro-industry; BZ$3.30 for manual and domestic workers[22] | 3,861 |
6,774 |
45[8] | 1.65 |
2.89 |
80.1% | 2012
|
Benin | 30,000 CFA francs per month;[23] the government set minimum wage scales for a number of occupations[8] | 684 |
1,699 |
40 | 0.33 |
0.82 |
78.4% | March 2009
|
Bhutan | 100 Bhutanese ngultrum per day[24] | 352 |
1,167 |
40 | 0.17 |
0.56 |
13.1% | 1 August 2011
|
Bolivia | 1000 Bolivian bolivianos per month[25] | 1,737 |
3,488 |
40 | 0.83 |
1.68 |
48.2% | 1 May 2012 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 320 convertible maraka per month in Republika Srpska; 343 convertible maraka per month in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[26] | 4,770 | 62 | January 1, 2009 | ||||
Botswana | 3.8 Botswana pula an hour for most full-time labor in the private sector[26] | 2,963[27] | 21 | — | ||||
Brazil | US$331.07 or R$678.00 reais per month[28] | 4,304 | 37 | January 1, 2013 | ||||
Brunei | none[26] | — | — | — | ||||
Bulgaria | 310 Bulgarian lev($205 or €158.50) per month [29] | 2,480 | 33 | January 1, 2013 | ||||
Burkina Faso | 30,684 CFA francs a month in the formal sector; does not apply to subsistence agriculture or other informal occupations[26] | 1,736 | 133 | — | ||||
Burundi | 160 Burundian francs per day for unskilled workers; in practice, some employers voluntarily pay their unskilled laborers a minimum of 1,500 Burundian francs per day[26] | 82 | 21 | — | ||||
Cambodia | Equivalent to US$50 per month, plus a minimum $6 living allowance, for the garment sector; none for any other industry.[30] | 672 | 34 | April 1, 2008 | ||||
Cameroon | 28,246 CFA francs per month; applicable in all sectors[30] | 1,382 | 64 | June 2008 | ||||
Canada | Set by each province and territory; ranges from C$9.27 to C$11.00 per hour (see List of minimum wages in Canada) | 16,710[27] | 44 | March 31, 2010 | ||||
Cape Verde | 12,000 Cape Verdean escudos per month for an entry‑level worker in the public sector; none in the private sector.[30] | 2,047 | 59 | — | ||||
Central African Republic | Set in the public sector by decree and varies by sector and by kind of work; for example, approximately 8,500 CFA francs a month for agricultural workers; approximately 26,000 CFA francs a month for office workers.[30] | 360 | 48 | — | ||||
Chad | 28,000 CFA francs per month[30] | 1,671 | 104 | — | ||||
Chile | 182,000 Chilean pesos per month for workers aged 18–65; 128,402 pesos for workers younger than 18 and older than 65; and 110,950 pesos for 'non remunerative' purposes;[31] 92% of the 18–65 minimum wage for domestic servants[32] | 5,484 | 38 | July 1, 2012 | ||||
China | None, nationally; set locally according to standards laid out by the central government.[30] (see List of minimum wages in People's Republic of China) | — | — | — | ||||
Colombia | 566,700 (net) Colombian pesos a month ; established by the government every January, serving as a benchmark for wage bargaining[33] | 4,983 | 55 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
Comoros | 30,000 Comorian francs per month[30] | 1,474 | 126 | — | ||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 500 Congolese francs per day[30] | 306 | 93 | — | ||||
Republic of the Congo | 54,000 CFA francs per month in the formal sector[30] | 2,225 | 54 | — | ||||
Costa Rica | Ranging from 235,286 Costa Rican colones ($471) a month for unskilled employees to 428,670 colones ($857) for university graduates; set biannually by the National Wage Council[30] | 4,502 | 51 | 2012 | ||||
Côte d'Ivoire | Varies by occupation, with the lowest set to 36,607 CFA franc per month for the industrial sector; a slightly higher minimum wage rate is applied for construction workers[30] | 1,443 | 86 | — | ||||
Croatia | 2,814.00 Croatian kuna (gross) per month for full-time workers; HRK 2,701.44 in the textile, wood-processing and leather industries[34] | 7,951 | 45 | June 1, 2009 | ||||
Cuba | Varies by occupation; on average, 448 Cuban pesos a month; supplemented by the government with free education, subsidized medical care (daily pay is reduced by 40 percent after the third day of a hospital stay), housing, and some subsidized food[30][35][36] | 229[37] | 2[37] | May 1, 2005 | ||||
Cyprus | €743 per month for shop assistants, nurses' assistants, clerks, hairdressers, and nursery assistants; it rises to €789 after six months' employment[30] | 11,952 | 42 | — | ||||
Czech Republic | 8,000 Czech korun a month[30] | 6,695 | 28 | January 1, 2007 | ||||
Denmark | None, nationally; instead, negotiated between unions and employer associations; the average minimum wage for all private and public sector collective bargaining agreements was 103.15 kroner per hour, according to statistics released on March 1, 2009[26] | — | — | — | ||||
Djibouti | None; canceled by the 2006 Labor Code for occupational categories, establishing that wages be set after common agreement between employers and employees[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Dominica | EC$5.00 per hour for all public and private workers[30] | 7,909[38] | 77 | 2008 | ||||
Dominican Republic | 4,900 Dominican pesos a month in the FTZs and between 4,485 and 7,360 pesos outside the FTZs, depending upon the size of the company; 2,600 pesos per month for the public sector; 150 pesos a day for farm workers who are covered by minimum wage regulations, based on a 10-hour day; 95 pesos per day for cane workers in the sugar industry[30] | 1,491 | 18 | — | ||||
Ecuador | US$292 (gross) per month plus mandated bonuses [26][39] | 5,680 | 73 | 2012 | ||||
Egypt | None; set by the government for the public sector / National Salary 4.000 L.E.[30] | 6,590 | 36 | February 2012 | ||||
El Salvador | US$192.10 a month for retail employees; US$187.73 for industrial laborers; US$166.82 for apparel assembly workers; US$89.86 for agriculture industry workers[30] | 2,187 | 30 | — | ||||
Equatorial Guinea | Set by statute for all sectors of the formal economy; varies from sector to sector.[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Eritrea | 360 Eritrean nakfa per month in the civil service sector[30] | 526 | 77 | — | ||||
Estonia | 290 euros per month[40] | 5,709 | 32 | January 1, 2008 | ||||
Ethiopia | None, nationally; some government institutions and public enterprises set their own minimum wages: public sector employees, the largest group of wage earners, earned a monthly minimum wage of 320 birr; employees in the banking and insurance sector had a minimum monthly wage of 336 birr[30] | 902 | 95 | — | ||||
Federated States of Micronesia | US$2.64 per hour for employment with the national government; all states have a minimum hourly wage for government workers: $2.00 in Pohnpei, $1.25 in Chuuk, $1.49 in Kosrae, and $1.60 in Yap; $1.35 for private sector workers in Pohnpei[30] | 2,600[38] | 118 | — | ||||
Fiji | None, nationally; set by the Wages Councils for certain sectors[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Finland | None in law; however, the law requires all employers, including non-unionized ones, to pay minimum wages agreed to in collective bargaining agreements; almost all workers are covered under such arrangements.[30] | — | — | — | ||||
France | €9.40 per hour; €1,425.67 per month for 151.67 hours worked (or 7 hours every weekday of the month)[41] | 17,108[42] | 53 | December 23, 2011 | ||||
Gabon | 80,000 CFA francs per month; government workers received an additional monthly allowance of 20,000 CFA francs per child; government workers also received transportation, housing, and family benefits; the law does not mandate housing or family benefits for private sector workers[30] | 3,892 | 27 | — | ||||
The Gambia | 19.55 dalasi per day for unskilled labor; 50 dalasi, in practice[30] | 1,610 | 84 | — | ||||
Georgia | 115 Georgian lari a month for public employees; 20 lari a month for private sector workers[30] | 279 | 6 | — | ||||
Germany | No statutory minimum wage, except for construction workers, electrical workers, janitors, roofers, painters, and letter carriers. Minimum wage is often set by collective bargaining agreements in other sectors of the economy and enforceable by law[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Ghana | 4.48 Ghanaian cedis a day[43] | 689 | 44 | February 9, 2012 | ||||
Greece | €586 a month | 8,204 | January 1, 2012 | |||||
Grenada | Set for various categories of workers; for example, agricultural workers were classified into male and female workers; rates for men were EC$5.00 per hour, and for women EC$4.75 per hour; however, if a female worker performed the same task as a man, her rate of pay was the same; the minimum wage for domestic workers was set at EC$400 monthly[30] | 6,556[38] | 61 | 2002 | ||||
Guatemala | 52 Guatemalan quetzales per day for agricultural work and nonagricultural work and 47.75 quetzales for work in garment factories[30] | 2,734 | 57 | — | ||||
Guinea-Bissau | Set annually for all categories of work; approximately 19,030 CFA francs per month plus a bag of rice[30] | 993 | 93 | 2008 | ||||
Guinea | The labor code allows the government to set a minimum hourly wage; however, the government has not exercised this provision nor does it promote a standard wage[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Guyana | G$34,055 per month in the public sector; G$4,000 and over per week for certain categories of private sector workers; affected occupations include retail cashiers and clerks, printers, drivers, and conductors[30] | 2,540 | 38 | — | ||||
Haiti | 70 Haitian gourdes a day[30] | 817 | 68 | — | ||||
Honduras | Monthly minimum wage varies according to the number of workers employed; 1-20 workers: 5,500 Honduran lempiras (urban areas), 4,055 (rural); 20-50 workers: 5,665 (urban), 4,166.65 (rural); more than 50 workers: 5,886 (urban), 4,339.50 (rural)[44] | 7,915 | 182 | September 1, 2009 | ||||
Hong Kong | HK$28 per hour SAR wide; HK$3,580 per month for foreign domestic workers [45] (see Minimum wage in Hong Kong) | 7,932 | 19 | — | ||||
Hungary | 98,000 Hungarian forint per month[46] | 8,400 | 42 | January 1, 2013 | ||||
Iceland | None; minimum wages are negotiated in various collectively bargained agreements and applied automatically to all employees in those occupations, regardless of union membership; while the agreements can be either industry- or sector-wide, and in some cases firm-specific, the minimum wage levels are occupation-specific[30] | — | — | — | ||||
India | N/A; varies according to the state and to the sector of industry; state governments set a separate minimum wage for agricultural workers[30] The minimum wages are set according to Minimum Wages Act, 1948.[47] | — | — | — | ||||
Indonesia | Established by provincial and district authorities, which vary by province, district, and sector; as high as 1,100,000 rupiah per month in Papua; as low as 500,000 rupiah per month in East Java[30] | 1,027 | 25 | — | ||||
Iran | 3,900,000 Iranian rials per month; set annually for each industrial sector and region[30] | 6,618 | 61 | March 2012 | ||||
Iraq | Less than 10,500 Iraqi dinars per day for a skilled worker and less than 5,250 for an unskilled worker[30] | 1,973 | 55 | — | ||||
Ireland | €8.65 per hour[48] | 18,965[49] | 49 | July 1, 2007 | ||||
Israel | Approximately 47.5% of the average wage. As of October 2012 it is set at 4,300 Israeli new sheqel per month[30][50] | 12,493[51] | 44 | July 1, 2011
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Italy | None by law; instead set through collective bargaining agreements on a sector-by-sector basis[8] | 0 |
0 |
40 | 0 |
0 |
0% | — |
Jamaica | J$3,700 per week for all workers except private security guards, whose minimum was J$5,500 per week[30] | 4,219 | 48 | —
| ||||
Japan | Ranges from 645 Japanese yen to 837 yen per hour; set on a prefectural and industry basis[8] | 12,224 |
12,521 |
40 | 5.88 |
6.02 |
29.6% | |
Jordan | 190 Jordanian dinars per month as of February 2012. | 2,458 | 44 | — | ||||
Kazakhstan | 10,515 Kazakhstani tenge a month[30] | 1,442 | 12 | — | ||||
Kenya | Set by the government by location, age and skill level; the lowest urban minimum wage was 7,578 shillings per month, and the lowest agricultural minimum wage for unskilled employees was 2,536 shillings per month, excluding housing allowance[30] | 830 | 48 | — | ||||
Kiribati | None; estimated by government authorities to be between A$1.60 to A$1.70 per hour[30] | 11,048[52] | 183 | — | ||||
South Korea | 4,860 South Korean won per hour; reviewed annually[53] | 12,811[38] | 46 | 2012 | ||||
North Korea | Averaging 5,000 - 10,000 North Korean won per day. roughly 2000 North Korean won is 1 US Dollar | 1,080[38] | 76 | 2008 | ||||
Kosovo | None adopted; €80 a month, unofficially[30] | 2,019[54] | 88[54] | — | ||||
Kuwait | 217 Kuwaiti dinars per month for public sector citizen employees and 97 dinars for public sector non-citizen employees; no legal minimum wage in the private sector; at least 40 dinars per month for domestic workers[30] | 12,341 | 33 | — | ||||
Kyrgyzstan | 340 Kyrgyzstani som per month, nominally; used for administrative purpose[30] | 251 | 11 | — | ||||
Laos | 626,000 Lao kip a month [55] | 1,057 | 46 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
Latvia | 200 Latvian latu a month[56] | 5,333 | 37 | January 1, 2009 | ||||
Lebanon | 800,000 Lebanese lira per month.[30] | 6,344 | 44 | 2012 | ||||
Lesotho | In 2012 the lowest paid sector is a textile machine operator at 883 Maluti per month. This figure is for upward review by the government before the end of 2012. The 883M/m is equivalent to US$1,202 per year"/> | 1,202 | 55 | 2012 | ||||
Liberia | 15 LD per hour not exceeding 8 hours per day, excluding benefits, for unskilled laborers; 4,200 LD per month for civil servants[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Libya | 130 Libyan dinars per month for a single person, 180 dinars for a married couple, and 220 dinars for a family of more than two; the government heavily subsidizes rent and utilities; government workers receive an additional 130 dinars per month for basic food staples[30] | 1,785 | 13 | 2006 | ||||
Liechtenstein | none[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Lithuania | 1000 Lithuanian litas per month[56] | 4,843 | 35 | August 1, 2012 | ||||
Luxembourg | €1,801.49 per month for unqualified workers over 18; increased by 20% for a qualified employee; decreased by 20% to 25% in the case of an adolescent worker.[57] | 19,426 | 25 | October 1, 2011 | ||||
Republic of Macedonia | Net 8,050 Macedonian denars per month[58] | 4,300 | — | 2012 | ||||
Madagascar | 70,025 Malagasy ariary per month for non-agricultural workers; 71,000 ariary per month for agricultural workers[30] | 981 | 104 | — | ||||
Malawi | MK 142 per day for urban workers; MK 105 per day in all other areas[30] | 494 | 57 | — | ||||
Malaysia | Monthly minimum wage for the private sector of $281.60 RM900 (for the peninsular states) and $250.31 RM800 (for Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan) on the eve of 2012 Labour Day[59] | 4,735 | 34 | — | ||||
Maldives | 2,600 Maldivian rufiyaa per month in the government sector[30] | 3,137 | 59 | — | ||||
Mali | 28,465 CFA francs per month, supplemented by a required package of benefits, including social security and health care[30] | 1,284 | 110 | 2008 | ||||
Malta | €142.39 a week, combined with an annual mandatory bonus of €270.28 and a €242 annual cost of living increase, automatically adjusted for inflation[30] | 13,556 | 57 | — | ||||
Marshall Islands | US$2.00 per hour for government and private sector employees[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Mauritania | 21,150 Mauritanian ouguiya per month for adults[30] | 2,021 | 99 | — | ||||
Mauritius | 562 Mauritian rupees per week for an unskilled worker in the Export Processing Zone (EPZ); 734 rupees per week for an unskilled factory worker outside the EPZ; set by the government by sector, and increased each year based on the inflation rate[30] | 1,737 | 14 | 2008 | ||||
Mexico | Daily minimum wages set annually by law and determined by zone; 62.33 Mexican pesos in Zona A (Baja California, Federal District, State of Mexico, and large cities), 60.57 pesos in Zone B (Sonora, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Jalisco), and 59.08 pesos in Zone C (all other states)[60] | 1,753 | 13 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
Moldova | 640 Moldovan lei guaranteed minimum income (GMI) a month [61] | 810 | 29 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
Monaco | €9.22 per hour, €1,558.18 per month (same as the French minimum wage for full-time work), plus a 5% adjustment[30][62][63] | — | — | January 2012 | ||||
Mongolia | Nearly 108,000 Mongolian tögrög per month for public and private sector workers[30] | 2,004 | 58 | January 2008 | ||||
Montenegro | €55 a month[30] | 1,460 | 14 | July 1, 2007 | ||||
Morocco | 11.70 Moroccan dirhams per hour in the industrialized sector and 52.50 dirhams per day for agricultural workers[30] | 2,696 | 59 | — | ||||
Mozambique | N/A; set by the government for nine sectors of the economy[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Myanmar | 15,000 Myanma kyat a month for salaried public employees; 500 kyat per day for day laborers, supplemented by various subsidies and allowances[30] | 401 | 33 | — | ||||
Namibia | No statutory minimum wage law; the mining, construction, security and agricultural sectors set basic levels of pay through collective bargaining[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Nauru | N/A; there is a graduated salary system for public service officers and employees; none for private-sector workers[30] | — | — | July 2007 | ||||
Nepal | 4,600 Nepalese rupees a month for unskilled labor (3,050 rupees as a basic salary, and 1,550 rupees as an allowance); 4,650 NRS for semi-skilled labor; 4,760 NRS for skilled labor; 4,950 NRS for highly skilled labor[30] | 1,889 | 155 | September 17, 2008 | ||||
Netherlands | €1,446.60 per month, €333.85 per week or €66.77 per day for persons 23 and older;[64] between 30-85% of this amount for persons aged 15–22[65] | 23,029 | 48 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
New Zealand | NZ$13.50 per hour for workers 18 years old or older, and NZ$10.80 per hour for those aged 16 or 17 or in training; there is no statutory minimum wage for employees who are under 16 years old[66] | 16,462[38] | 62 | April 1, 2012 | ||||
Nicaragua | Set for nine different economic sectors; ranges from 1,392 Nicaraguan córdobas a month in the agricultural sector to 3,232 córdobas a month in the financial sector[30] | 2,218 | 77 | 2008 | ||||
Niger | As low as 28,000 CFA francs per month, with an additional 1,000 CFA francs added per month per child; set for each class and category within the formal sector[30] | 1,367 | 192 | — | ||||
Nigeria | 8,625 naira per month, nationally (with a 13 month year as the law mandates an extra month's pay for the Christmas holiday); some federal ministries, states, and private sector companies raised their minimum wage to 9,000 naira for all employees[30] | 1,543 | 68 | — | ||||
North Korea | —[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Norway | None; wages normally fall within a national scale negotiated by labor, employers, and local governments[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Oman | 140 Omani rials per month for citizens; none for foreign workers[30] | 7,000 | 27 | — | ||||
Pakistan | 8,000 Pakistani rupees per month, applying only to industrial and commercial establishments employing 50 or more workers[30] | 2,484 | 93 | March 2008 | ||||
Palau | US$2.50 per hour; does not include foreign workers[30] | 5,200[38][67] | 64 | — | ||||
Panama | As of January/1/2012 Minimum wages in Panama ranges from 2.25 to 2.55 USD per hour, depending on the region and sector. With a minimum wage of $490 USD for Region 1, including the provinces of Panamá, Colón, Chiriquí, Santiago, Herrera, Coclé and Bocas del Toro. The remaining provinces and comarcas of Darien, Veraguas, Ngöbe-Buglé, Emberá-Wounaan and Guna Yala will have minimum wages of $432 USD per month. These all being paid in 13 months a year.[30][68] | 6,370[27] | 35 | 2012 | ||||
Papua New Guinea | 2.29 Papua New Guinean kina per hour for adult workers in the private sector; 75% of the adult minimum wage for new entrants into the labor force between 16 and 21 years of age[30][69] | 3,304[70] | 152 | January 21, 2010 | ||||
Paraguay | 1,341,775 Paraguayan guaraníes per month; there is no public sector minimum wage; 40% of the minimum wage for domestic workers[30][71] | 6,518 | 143 | October 1, 2007 | ||||
Peru | 775 Peruvian nuevos soles per month[72] | 5,342 | 50 | January 1, 2008 | ||||
Philippines | Ranges from P188 a day for agricultural workers in the Southern Tagalog Region to P434 a day for nonagricultural workers in the National Capital Region; set by tripartite regional wage boards[30] | 2,053 | 50 | 2008 | ||||
Poland | 1,600 PLN per month[73] | 7,732 | 38 | January 1, 2013 | ||||
Portugal | €485 per month for full-time workers, rural workers, and domestic employees ages 18 and older[30] | 9,052[74] | 40 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
Qatar | None; the labor law provides the Emir with authority to set a minimum wage, but he did not do so[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Romania | 700 Romanian lei (€158.80) per month for a full-time schedule of 169.333 hours per month; 120% up to 200% of the minimum wage for skilled workers [75] [old:[30][76]] | 4,357 | 31 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
Russia | 4,330 Russian rubles per month; essentially an accounting reference for calculating transfer payments[30] | 1,558 | 19 | 2008 | ||||
Rwanda | Ranges from 500 to 750 Rwandan francs per day in the tea industry and 1000 to 1500 francs a day in the construction industry; the government set minimum wages in the small formal sector[30] | 496 | 43 | — | ||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | EC$8.00 an hour[30] | 7,954[38] | 60 | October 2008 | ||||
Saint Lucia | EC$300 a month for office clerks; EC$200 for shop assistants; EC$160 for messengers[30] | 1,274 | 13 | — | ||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | EC$25 per day for agriculture workers (shelter provided); EC$30 per day for industrial workers earned[30] | 4,574 | 45 | 2003 | ||||
Samoa | WST$2.00 per hour for the private sector; WST$2.40 for the public sector[30] | 2,838[38] | 49 | — | ||||
San Marino | €7.04 per hour[30] | 15,707[77][78] | 37[78] | — | ||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | 650,000 São Tomé and Príncipe dobras per month for civil servants[30] | 747 | 41 | 2007 | ||||
Saudi Arabia | None; 1,500 Saudi riyals a month unofficially for citizen workers in the private sector, based on the minimum monthly contribution to the pension system[30] | 7,585 | 33 | — | ||||
Senegal | 209 CFA francs per hour, nationally[30] | 1,638[38] | 93 | — | ||||
Serbia | 13,572 dinars per month[30] | 4,377 | 41 | July 2008 | ||||
Seychelles | SR2,325 per month in the public sector; none in the private sector[30] | 5,276 | 22 | — | ||||
Sierra Leone | 25,000 Sierra Leonean leones per month[30] | 211 | 27 | — | ||||
Singapore | No laws or regulations[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Slovakia | 337,70 € per month[79] | 6,446 | 30 | January 1, 2013
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Slovenia | €748 per month[8] | 10,616 |
13,397 |
40 | 5.1 |
6.44 |
40.9% | |
Slovenia | €584,29 (net) per month[56] | 8,778 | 35 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
Solomon Islands | SI$1.50 per hour for all workers except those in the fishing and agricultural sectors, who receive SI$1.25[30] | 1,005[80] | 34 | — | ||||
Somalia | none[30] | — | — | — | ||||
South Africa | R1,041 a month for farm workers in urban areas and R989 a month in rural areas; for domestic workers employed more than 27 hours per week it ranges from R1,067 a month to R1,167 a month[30] | 2,471 | 24 | — | ||||
Spain | €744.92 in 12 payments, €638.50 in 14 payments [81] | 11,426[74] | 39 | January 1, 2012 | ||||
Sri Lanka | 6,750 rupees per month in 43 trades[30] | 1,619 | 34 | — | ||||
Sudan | 124 Sudanese pounds per month[30] | 1,100 | 46 | — | ||||
Suriname | No legislation; SRD 600 per month is the lowest wage for civil servants[30] | 3,998 | 46 | — | ||||
Swaziland | 300 Swazi emalangeni a month for a domestic worker; 420 emalangeni a month for an unskilled worker; 600 emalangeni a month for a skilled worker[30] | 848 | 15 | — | ||||
Sweden | none; set by annual collective bargaining contracts[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Switzerland | None; however, a majority of the voluntary collective bargaining agreements contain clauses on minimum compensation, ranging from 2,200 to 4,200 francs per month for unskilled workers and from 2,800 to 5,300 francs per month for skilled employees[30] | 15,457 | 38 | — | ||||
Syria | 6,110 Syrian pounds per month, plus benefits, including compensation for meals, uniforms, and transportation[30] | 2,984 | 60 | —
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Taiwan | NT$17,880 a month; NT$98 per hour. Legal working hours were 338 hours over an 8 week period.[8] | 7,682 |
14,172 |
42.25 | 3.5 |
6.45 |
29.4% | January 2011 |
Tajikistan | 60 Tajikistani somoni per month, plus certain government subsidies for workers and their families[30] | 477 | 26 | — | ||||
Tanzania | Set by categories covering eight employment sectors; ranges from 65,000 Tanzanian shillings per month for hotel workers to 350,000 shillings per month for the mineral sector[30] | 1,593 | 112 | January 2008 | ||||
Thailand | Ranges from 222 Thai baht to 300 baht per day, depending on the cost of living in various provinces; set by provincial tripartite wage committees that sometimes include only employer representatives[30] | 4,318 | 50 | April 1, 2012 | ||||
Timor-Leste | Not stipulated in law; in practice, US$85 per month[30] | 1,020 | 40 | — | ||||
Togo | 28,000 CFA francs a month[30] | 1,283 | 154 | August 2008 | ||||
Tonga | none[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | TT$12.50 per hour[30] | 3,898[38] | — | 1 January 2011 | ||||
Tunisia | For the industrial sector: 252 Tunisian dinars per month for a 48-hour workweek and 218 dinars per month for a 40‑hour workweek; 7-8 dinars per day for agricultural workers; supplemented with transportation and family allowances[30] | 2,959 | 32 | May 2, 2008 | ||||
Turkey | 886,50Turkish new lira per month[30] | 7,069 | 57 | 2012 | ||||
Turkmenistan | 330 Turkmenistani manat (new manat) per month in the state sector[30][82] | 2,446 | 40 | — | ||||
Tuvalu | A$130 biweekly in the public sector[30] | 2,795[83] | 175[83] | — | ||||
Uganda | 6,000 Ugandan shillings per month[30] | 95 | 8 | 1984 | ||||
Ukraine | 1197 Ukrainian hryven' per month[30] | 2,296 | 36 | December 1, 2008 | ||||
United Arab Emirates | none[30] | — | — | — | ||||
United Kingdom | £6.19 per hour (aged 21 and older), £4.98 per hour (aged 18–20) or £3.68 per hour (under 18 and finished compulsory education)[84] | 22,597[27] | 66 | October 1, 2011 | ||||
United States | The federal minimum wage is US$7.25 per hour. States may also set a minimum, in which case the higher of the two is controlling;[85] some territories are exempt and have lower rates (see Minimum wage in the United States). | 15,080[38] | 33 | July 24, 2009 | ||||
Uruguay | 4,150 Uruguayan pesos per month; functioning more as an index for calculating wage rates than as a true measure of minimum subsistence levels[30] | 3,079 | 23 | 2008 | ||||
Uzbekistan | 25,040 Uzbekistani som per month[30] | 490 | 17 | — | ||||
Vanuatu | 26,000 Vanuatu vatu per month[30] | 5,254 | 111 | October 2008 | ||||
Venezuela | 2047.52 Venezuelan bolívares per month[86] | 8,495 | 70 | September 1, 2012 | ||||
Vietnam | Official monthly minimum wage for unskilled laborers at foreign-invested joint ventures and foreign and international organizations: 1,000,000 VND in the urban districts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; 900,000 VND in the suburban districts of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and several other industrial districts and towns; and 800,000 VND elsewhere; the government may temporarily exempt certain joint ventures from paying the minimum wage during the first months of an enterprise's operations or if the enterprise is located in a very remote area, but the minimum monthly wage in these cases can be no lower than 800,000 VND; the official monthly minimum wage for unskilled labor in the state sector was 540,000 VND in the provinces and 620,000 VND in the urban districts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City[30] | 1,002 | 34 | — | ||||
Yemen | none[30] | — | — | — | ||||
Zambia | 268,000 Zambian kwacha per month in the formal sector; for nonunionized workers, whose wages and conditions of employment are not regulated through collective bargaining, is determined by category of employment[30] | 917 | 60 | — | ||||
Zimbabwe | None, nationally, except for agricultural and domestic workers; government regulations for each of the 22 industrial sectors specify minimum wages[30] | — | — | — |
See also
[edit]- List of minimum wage laws
- List of sovereign states in Europe by minimum wage
- List of sovereign states in Europe by net average wage
- List of U.S. minimum wages
- List of minimum wages in Canada
- List of minimum wages in China (PRC)
- The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
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- ^ Annual wages were calculated by multiplying monthly wages by 12, weekly wages by 52, daily wages by 5x52 and hourly wages by Wx52, where W is the legal maximum (or the practical, if lower) workweek length in hours. A purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion rate from 2011 —obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s World Economic Outlook Database, October 2012 Edition— was used to convert the annual wage from national currency to international dollars.
- ^ Hourly wages were calculated by dividing the nominal annual rate by 52 weeks and then a the length of the standard hour workweek.
- ^ Hourly wages were calculated by dividing the PPP annual rate by 52 weeks and then by the length of the standard workweek.
- ^ GDP (PPP) per capita and PPP conversion rate for all IMF member countries, from the IMF's World Economic Outlook Database, October 2012 Edition.
- ^ Percentages were calculated by dividing the annual wage in International dollars by the country's 2011 gross domestic product (PPP) per capita, obtained from the IMF's World Economic Outlook Database, October 2012 Edition.
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