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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.

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.

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 2009. For calculating the annual wage, the lowest general minimum wage was used.

Minimum wages by country

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 Gross annual wage
(Intl. dollars)[1][2] 		% of 2010 GDP
per capita[1][3] 		Effective
 Afghanistan 4,000 Afghani (€61) per month for government workers; 2,000 Afghani for private sector workers[4] 907 97 2009
 Albania 18,000 Albanian lekë (€127) per month, nationally[4] 4,266 60 May 2009
 Algeria 15,000 Algerian dinars (€146) per month, nationally[4] 4,277 62 2009
 Andorra € per month, nationally; set by the government and adjusted twice a year[4] — — 2009
 Angola 8,600 kwanza (€65) per month[4] 1,844 30 2008
 Antigua and Barbuda EC$7.00 an hour for all categories of labor[4] 8,519[5] 49 —
 Argentina 1,840 Argentine pesos (€310) a month, nationally[6] 5,332 33 January 1, 2011
 Armenia 30,000 Armenian dram (€56) per month; set by the government by decree[4] 1,888 38 —
 Australia 570.00 Australian dollars (€417) per week; set federally by the Fair Work Australia[7] 29,640 52 July 1, 2010
 Austria none; instead, nationwide collective bargaining agreements set minimum wages by job classification for each industry; the accepted unofficial annual minimum wage is €12,000 to [4] 14,101 37 —
 Azerbaijan 75 Azerbaijani manat (€67) per month[4] 2,228 23 —
 The Bahamas B$4.00 per hour for the private sector; B per hour for government employees[4] 9,917[8] 38 2002
 Bahrain None [4] — — —
 Bangladesh 1,800 Taka (€17) a month; set nationally every five years by the National Minimum Wage Board in a tripartite forum industry by industry[4] 798 54 2007
 Barbados BDS$5 per hour for household domestics and shop assistants[4] 8,208[8] 37 —
 Belarus 220,080 Belarusian rubles (€30) a month nationally[4] 2,334 18 —
 Belgium €1,415.24 a month for workers 21 years of age and over; a month for workers 21 and a half years of age, with six months of service; a month for workers 22 years of age, with 12 months of service; coupled with extensive social benefits[9][10] 18,813 53 September 1, 2010
 Belize BZ$2.50 an hour for those in agriculture and agro-industry; BZ for manual and domestic workers[4] 5,571[11] 71 —
 Benin 30,000 CFA francs (€46) per month; the government set minimum wage scales for a number of occupations[4] 1,553 108 —
 Bhutan 100 Bhutanese ngultrum (€1.57) per day plus various allowances paid in cash or kind[4] 1,520 29 —
 Bolivia 647 Bolivian bolivianos (€66) per month for the public and private sectors[4] 2,904 65 2009
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 320 convertible maraka (€163) per month in Republika Srpska; 343 convertible maraka per month in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[4] 4,770 62 January 1, 2009
 Botswana 3.8 Botswana pula (€1.94) an hour for most full-time labor in the private sector;[4] 2,963[5] 21 —
 Brazil R$ 545.00 about US$ 348.39 per month, paid 13 times .[12] 4,529 55 January 1, 2011
 Brunei none[4] — — —
 Bulgaria 240 Bulgarian leva (€122) per month[13] 3,908 33 January 1, 2009
 Burkina Faso 30,684 CFA francs (€47) a month in the formal sector; does not apply to subsistence agriculture or other informal occupations[4] 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 (€0.86) per day[4] 82 21 —
 Cambodia US$ 61 per month for the garment sector; none for any other industry[9] 672 34 October 1, 2010
 Cameroon 28,246 CFA francs (€43) per month; applicable in all sectors[9] 1,382 64 June 2008
 Canada set by each province and territory; ranges from C$8.00 to C$11.00 per hour (see List of minimum wages in Canada) 16,710[5] 44 —
 Cape Verde 12,000 Cape Verdean escudos (€109) per month for an entry‑level worker in the public sector; none in the private sector[9] 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 (€13) a month for agricultural workers; approximately 26,000 CFA francs a month for office workers[9] 360 48 —
 Chad 28,000 CFA francs (€43) per month[9] 1,671 104 —
 Chile 182,000 Chilean pesos (€258) 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;[14] 92% of the 18–65 minimum wage for domestic servants[15] 5,484 38 July 1, 2011
 Colombia 535,000 Colombian pesos (€207) a month (2011); established by the government every January, serving as a benchmark for wage bargaining[9][16] 4,983 55 January 1, 2010
 Comoros 30,000 Comorian francs (€61) per month[9] 1,474 126 —
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 500 Congolese francs (€0.39) per day[9] 306 93 —
 Republic of the Congo 54,000 CFA francs (€82) per month in the formal sector[9] 2,225 54 —
 Costa Rica ranging from 131,907 Costa Rican colones (€186) a month for domestic employees to 486,218 colones (€686) for university graduates; set annually by the National Wage Council[9] 3,762 36 2011
 Côte d'Ivoire it varies by occupation, with the lowest set to 36,607 CFA franc (€56) per month for the industrial sector; a slightly higher minimum wage rate is applied for construction workers[9] 1,443 86 —
 Croatia 2,814.00 Croatian kuna (€377 gross) per month for full-time workers; HRK 2,701.44 in the textile, wood-processing and leather industries[17] 7,951 45 June 1, 2009
 Cuba it varies by occupation; on average, 225 Cuban pesos (€6.21012) 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[9][18] 229[19] 2[19] May 1, 2005
 Cyprus As at 01/04/840 on commencement,per month for shop assistants, nurses' assistants, clerks, hairdressers, and nursery assistants; increasing to after six months' employment[9] 11,952 42 —
 Czech Republic 8,000 Czech korun (€327) a month[9] 6,695 28 January 1, 2007
 Denmark none, nationally; instead, negotiated between unions and employer associations; 103.15 kroner (€14) per hour, according to statistics released on March 1, 2009[4] 44,252[20] 66 2009
 Djibouti none; canceled by the 2006 Labor Code for occupational categories, establishing that wages be set after common agreement between employers and employees[9] — — —
 Dominica EC$5.00 per hour for all public and private workers[9] 7,909[8] 77 2008
 Dominican Republic 4,900 Dominican pesos (€91) 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[9] 1,491 18 —
 Ecuador US$264 (gross) per month paid 14 times per year plus mandated bonuses[9][21] 5,680 73 2011
 Egypt N/A; set by the government for the public sector[9] — — —
 El Salvador US$192.10 a month for retail employees; for industrial laborers; for apparel assembly workers; for agriculture industry workers[9] 2,187 30 —
 Equatorial Guinea N/A; set by statute for all sectors of the formal economy; varies from sector to sector[9] — — —
 Eritrea 360 Eritrean nakfa per month in the civil service sector[9] 526 77 —
 Estonia 4,350 Estonian krooni (€278) per month[22] 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 (€13); employees in the banking and insurance sector had a minimum monthly wage of 336 birr[9] 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: in Pohnpei, in Chuuk, in Kosrae, and in Yap; for private sector workers in Pohnpei[9] 2,600[8] 118 —
 Fiji none, nationally; set by the Wages Councils for certain sectors[9] — — —
 Finland not in law; however, the law requires all employers, including nonunionized ones, to pay minimum wages agreed to in collective bargaining agreements; almost all workers are covered under such arrangements[9] — — —
 France €9.00 per hour; per month for 151.67 hours worked (or 7 hours every weekday of the month)[23][24] 17,701[25] 53 January 1, 2011
 Gabon 80,000 CFA francs (€122) 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[9] 3,892 27 —
 The Gambia 19.55 dalasi (€0.51) per day for unskilled labor; 50 dalasi, in practice[9] 1,610 84 —
 Georgia Not Set — — —
 Germany none, except for construction workers, electrical workers, janitors, roofers, painters, and letter carriers; set by collective bargaining agreements in other sectors of the economy and enforceable by law[9] — — —
 Ghana 1.60 Ghanaian cedis (€0.74) a day[9] 689 44 —
 Greece €740.00 a month[26] 11,454[27] 38 March 1, 2010
 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 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 monthly[9] 6,556[8] 61 2002
 Guatemala 52 Guatemalan quetzales (€4.78) per day for agricultural work and non-agricultural work and 47.75 quetzales for work in garment factories[9] 2,734 57 —
 Guinea-Bissau set annually for all categories of work; approximately 19,030 CFA francs (€29) per month plus a bag of rice[9] 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[9] — — —
 Guyana G$34,055 (€116) per month in the public sector; G and over per week for certain categories of private sector workers; affected occupations include retail cashiers and clerks, printers, drivers, and conductors[9] 2,540 38 —
 Haiti 70 Haitian gourdes (€1.20) a day[9] 817 68 —
 Honduras monthly minimum wage varies according to the number of workers employed; 1-20 workers: 5,500 Honduran lempiras (€240, 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)[28] 7,915 182 September 1, 2010
 Hong Kong Hourly minimum wages in Hong Kong is HK$28 per hour, effective from 1 May 2011. HK$3740 per month for foreign domestic workers;[9] bill for city-wide minimum wage introduced[29] (see Minimum wage in Hong Kong)HK per working hour for all workers. 10,770 23 May 1, 2011
 Hungary 78,000 Hungarian forint (€289) per month[30] 6,274 34 January 1, 2011
 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[9] — — —
 India N/A; varies according to the state and to the sector of industry; state governments set a separate minimum wage for agricultural workers[9][31] — — —
 Indonesia established by provincial and district authorities, which vary by province, district, and sector; as high as 1,410,000 rupiah (€116) per month in Papua; as low as 675,000 rupiah per month in West Java[9] 2,103 25 —
 Iran 3,030,480 Iranian rials per month or roughly US $303 per month; Revised annually[32][33][34] 6,700 60 2009
 Iraq less than 10,500 Iraqi dinars (€6.32) per day for a skilled worker and less than 5,250 for an unskilled worker[9] 1,973 55 —
 Ireland €7.65 per hour.[35] 16,567[36] 49 February 1, 2011
 Israel 4,100.00 Israeli new sheqel (€836) (this is per month; per hour it is 22.04 Israeli new sheqel)[37] — — July 1, 2011
 Italy none by law; instead set through collective bargaining agreements on a sector-by-sector basis[9] — — —
 Jamaica J$4,500 (€37) per week for a 40-hour workweek, and from J to J per week for a 40-hour workweek in the case of industrial security guards[38] Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported February 28, 2011
 Japan Prefectural minimum wages range from ¥642 (€5.52) to ¥821 (€7.06) per hour for all workers.[39] Industrial minimum wages applies for certain industries and usually set higher than the prefectural minimum.[39] If prefectural and industrial minimum wages differ, higher of two will apply.[9] Cost for commuting, extra pays (such as working on holidays, at night, overtime, etc.) and temporary pays (bonus, tips, etc.) must be paid exclusively and cannot be used to calculate towards minimum wage. 11,254[8] 35 —
 Jordan 110 Jordanian dinars (€109) per month[9] 2,458 44 —
 Kazakhstan 10,515 Kazakhstani tenge (€51) a month[9] 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 (€21) per month, excluding housing allowance[9] 830 48 —
 Kiribati none; estimated by government authorities to be between A$1.60 to A per hour[9] 11,048[40] 183 —
 Kuwait 217 Kuwaiti dinars (€554) 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[9] 12,341 33 —
 Kyrgyzstan 340 Kyrgyzstani som (€5.17) per month, nominally; used for administrative purpose[9] 251 11 —
 Laos 11,154 Lao kip (€0.97) a day for private sector workers; 290,000 Lao kip (€25) a month; 405,000 kip for civil servants and state enterprise employees, often complemented with government benefits and housing subsidies[9] 1,057 46 2008
 Latvia 200 Latvian lati (€282) a month[30] 5,333 42 January 1, 2011
 Lebanon 500,000 Lebanese lira (€233) per month[9] 6,344 44 2008
 Lesotho 252 maloti (€26) per month for lower-skilled jobs; 686 maloti per month for textile machine operator trainees; 738 maloti per month for textile general workers; set annually[9] 664 55 2008
 Liberia 15 LD (€0.15) per hour not exceeding 8 hours per day, excluding benefits, for unskilled laborers; 4,200 LD (€41) per month for civil servants[9] — — —
 Libya 130 Libyan dinars (€75) 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[9] 1,785 13 2006
 Liechtenstein none[9] — — —
 Lithuania 800 Lithuanian litas (€232c) per month[30] 5,759 35 January 1, 2008
 Luxembourg €1,570.28 per month for unqualified workers over 18; for those aged 17–18; for those aged 15–17; for qualified workers[41] 19,426 25 October 1, 2007
 Madagascar 70,025 Malagasy ariary (€25) per month for nonagricultural workers; 71,000 ariary per month for agricultural workers[9] 981 104 —
 Malawi MK142 per day for urban workers; MK 105 (€0.49) per day in all other areas[9] 494 57 —
 Malaysia none, nationally; 350 Malaysian ringgit (€82) per month for plantation workers; raised to 700 ringgit by productivity incentives and bonuses[9] 4,735 34 —
 Maldives 2,600 Maldivian rufiyaa (€120) per month in the government sector[9] 3,137 59 —
 Mali 28,465 CFA francs (€43) per month, supplemented by a required package of benefits, including social security and health care[9] 1,284 110 2008
 Malta a week, combined with an annual mandatory bonus of and a annual cost of living increase, automatically adjusted for inflation[9] 13,556 57 —
 Marshall Islands US$2.00 per hour for government and private sector employees[9] — — —
 Mauritania 21,150 Mauritanian ouguiya (€56) per month for adults[9] 2,021 99 —
 Mauritius 562 Mauritian rupees (€14) 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[9] 4,600 14 2010
 Mexico daily minimum wages set annually by law and determined by zone; 57.46 Mexican pesos (€3.49) in Zona A (Baja California, Federal District, State of Mexico, and large cities), 55.84 pesos in Zone B (Sonora, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Jalisco), and 54.47 pesos in Zone C (all other states)[42] 1,753 13 January 1, 2010
 Moldova 400 Moldovan lei (€24.31) a month[9] 810 29 —
 Monaco per hour (same as the French minimum wage for full-time work), plus a 5% adjustment[9] — — —
 Mongolia nearly 108,000 Mongolian tögrög (€63) per month for public and private sector workers[9] 2,004 58 January 2008
 Montenegro €55 a month[9] 1,460 14 July 1, 2007
 Morocco 10.14 Moroccan dirhams (€0.90) per hour in the industrialized sector and 52.50 dirhams (€4.65) per day for agricultural workers[9] 2,696 59 —
 Mozambique N/A; set by the government for nine sectors of the economy;[9] vary from 2,005 meticals () to 5,320 meticals () a month[43] — — April 1, 2011
 Myanmar 15,000 Myanma kyat (€1663) a month for salaried public employees; 500 kyat per day for day laborers, supplemented by various subsidies and allowances[9] 401 33 —
 Namibia no statutory minimum wage law; the mining, construction, security and agricultural sectors set basic levels of pay through collective bargaining[9] — — —
 Nauru N/A; there is a graduated salary system for public service officers and employees; none for private-sector workers[9] — — July 2007
   Nepal 4,600 Nepalese rupees (€45) 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[9] 1,889 155 September 17, 2008
 Netherlands €1,398.60 per month, €322.75 per week and per day for persons 23 and older; between 30-85% of this amount for persons aged 15–22[44] 19,335 48 July 1, 2009
 New Zealand NZ$13.00 (€7.23) per hour for persons aged 18 or over, and people aged 16 or 17 who have completed 3 months or 200 hours service (whichever comes first). NZ per hour for persons aged 16 or 17 under 3 months/200hours and for persons who are in training. There is no minimum wage for persons under 16. Minimum wage is reviewed annually.[45] 16,462[8] 62 April 1, 2010
 Nicaragua set for nine different economic sectors; ranges from 1,392 Nicaraguan córdobas (€44) a month in the agricultural sector to 3,232 córdobas a month in the financial sector[9] 2,218 77 2008
 Niger as low as 28,000 CFA francs (€43) per month, with an additional 1,000 CFA francs added per month per child; set for each class and category within the formal sector[9] 1,367 192 —
 Nigeria 18,000 naira (€81) per month, nationally (with a 13 month year as the law mandates an extra month's pay for the Christmas holiday); some states, and private sector companies are yet to raise their minimum wage to 18,000 naira for all employees[9] 1,543 68 November 2010
 North Korea —[9] — — —
 Northern Cyprus 1,190 Turkish lira per month[9] — — August 2008
 Norway none; wages normally fall within a national scale negotiated by labor, employers, and local governments[9] — — —
 Oman 140 Omani rials (€256) per month for citizens; none for foreign workers[9] 7,000 27 —
 Pakistan 7,000 Pakistani rupees (€57) per month, applying nationally to all industrial and commercial establishments[46] 2,484 93 2010
 Palau US$2.50 per hour; does not include foreign workers[9] 5,200[8][47] 64 —
 Panama ranges from 1.01 to 1.87 Panamanian balboas per hour (from (€0.71 to (€1.31 per hour), depending on the region and sector[9] 4,140[5] 35 2007
 Papua New Guinea 2.29 Papua New Guinean kina (€0.66) 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[9][48] 3,304[49] 152 January 21, 2010
 Paraguay 1,341,775 Paraguayan guaraníes (€235) per month; there is no public sector minimum wage; 40% of the minimum wage for domestic workers[9][50] 6,518 143 October 1, 2007
 People's Republic of China Minimum wages are set by local governments according to local conditions. (see List of minimum wages in China (PRC) for a list) — — —
 Peru 550 Peruvian nuevos soles (€139) per month[51] 4,342 50 January 1, 2008
 Philippines ranges from P178 (€2.90) a day for agricultural workers in the MIMAROPA Region to P404 (€6.58) a day for nonagricultural workers in the National Capital Region;[52] set by tripartite regional wage boards;[9] ranges from €58 to €132 per month 2,053 58 August 2010
 Poland 1,386 Polish złotych (€350) per month[53] 8,753 45 January 1, 2011
 Portugal €485 per month for full-time workers, rural workers, and domestic employees ages 18 and older, paid 14 times.[9][54] 9,052[27] 40 January 1, 2009
 Qatar none; the labor law provides the emir with authority to set a minimum wage, but he did not do so[9] — — —
 Republic of China (Taiwan) NT$17,880 (€434) a month; NT$ 98 per hour 12,175 38 January 1, 2011
 Republic of Macedonia none[9] — — —
 Romania 670 Romanian lei (€162) per month for a full-time schedule of 170 hours per month for workers in the public sector and 700 Romanian lei per month for workers in the private sector; 110% of the minimum wage for skilled workers; 172% of the minimum wage for workers with post secondary studies[55] 4,170 31 January 1, 2011
 Russia 4,611 Russian rubles (€114) per month; essentially an accounting reference for calculating transfer payments[56] 2,812 19 June 1, 2011
 Rwanda ranges from 500 to 750 Rwandan francs per day (from €0.58 to €0.88 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[9] 496 43 —
 Saint Kitts and Nevis EC$8.00 an hour[9] 7,954[8] 60 October 2008
 Saint Lucia EC$300 a month for office clerks; EC for shop assistants; EC for messengers[9] 1,274 13 —
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines EC$25 per day for agriculture workers (shelter provided); EC per day for industrial workers earned[9] 4,574 45 2003
 Samoa WST$2.00 (€0.62) per hour for the private sector; WST for the public sector[9] 2,838[8] 49 —
 San Marino €7.04 per hour[9] 15,707[57][58] 37[58] —
 São Tomé and Príncipe 650,000 São Tomé and Príncipe dobras (€27) per month for civil servants[9] 747 41 2007
 Saudi Arabia 3,000 Saudi riyals (€562) a month for citizen workers in the public sector; 3,000 Saudi riyals (€562) a month unofficially for citizen workers in the private sector, based on the minimum monthly contribution to the pension system[9] 15,170 — June 2011
 Senegal 209 CFA francs (€0.32) per hour, nationally[9] 1,638[8] 93 —
 Serbia 13,572 dinars (€139) per month[9] 4,377 41 July 2008
 Seychelles SR2,325 (€133) per month in the public sector; none in the private sector[9] 5,276 22 —
 Sierra Leone 25,000 Sierra Leonean leones (€4.03) per month[9] 211 27 —
 Singapore no laws or regulations[9] — — —
 Slovakia 317, 25 Euro per month[9] — 30 January 1, 2011
 Slovenia (net) per month. Under strictly defined rules, employers can pay sums lower than this till 31 December 2011 if they made an agreement with their employees in the two-month period after the new minimum wage act became valid in February 2010, but in 2011 no lower than net per month.[59] — 35 January 1, 2011
 Solomon Islands SI$1.50 (€0.14) per hour for all workers except those in the fishing and agricultural sectors, who receive SI[9] 1,005[11] 34 —
 Somalia none[9] — — —
 South Africa R1,041 (€106) 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[9] 2,471 24 —
 South Korea 4,320 South Korean won (€2.80) per hour; reviewed annually[60] 10,955[8] 38 2011
 Spain €641.40 per month paid 14 times per year[61] 11,426[27] 39 January 1, 2010
 Sri Lanka 6,750 rupees (€43) per month[9] 1,619 34 —
 Sudan 124 Sudanese pounds (€32.54) per month[9] 1,100 46 —
 Suriname no legislation; SRD 600 (€128) per month is the lowest wage for civil servants[9] 3,998 46 —
 Swaziland 300 Swazi emalangeni a month for a domestic worker; 420 emalangeni (€43) a month for an unskilled worker; 600 emalangeni a month for a skilled worker[9] 848 15 —
 Sweden none; set by annual collective bargaining contracts[9] — — —
  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 (€1749 to €3339 per month) for unskilled workers and from 2,800 to 5,300 francs per month for skilled employees[9] 15,457 38 —
 Syria 6,110 Syrian pounds (€90) per month, plus benefits, including compensation for meals, uniforms, and transportation[9] 2,984 60 —
 Tajikistan 60 Tajikistani somoni (€9.34) per month, plus certain government subsidies for workers and their families[9] 477 26 —
 Tanzania set by categories covering eight employment sectors; ranges from 65,000 Tanzanian shillings (€30) per month for hotel workers to 350,000 shillings (€160) per month for the mineral sector[9] 1,593 112 January 2008
 Thailand ranges from 159 Thai baht (€3.69) to 221 baht (€5.13) per day, depending on the cost of living in various provinces; set by provincial tripartite wage committees that sometimes include only employer representatives[9] [62] 2,293 28 January 2011
 Timor-Leste not stipulated in law; in practice, US$85 per month[9] 5,152 205 —
 Togo 28,000 CFA francs (€43) a month[9] 1,283 154 August 2008
 Tonga none[9] — — —
 Trinidad and Tobago TT$12.50 (€1.38) per hour[9] 3,898[8] — —
 Tunisia for the industrial sector: 272.48 Tunisian dinars per month for a 48-hour workweek and 235.04 dinars (€119) per month for a 40‑hour workweek; 8.38 dinars per day for agricultural workers[63] 3,543 41 July 1, 2010
 Turkey 796 Turkish new lira per month[64] 10,300 2011
 Turkmenistan 330 Turkmenistani manat (new manat) per month in the state sector[9][65] 2,446 40 —
 Tuvalu A$130 biweekly in the public sector[9] 2,795[66] 175[66] —
 Uganda 6,000 Ugandan shillings (€1.77) per month;[9] Uganda's minimum wage was last changed in 1984. 95 8 1984
 Ukraine 922 Ukrainian hryven' (€81) per month[9] 2,296 36 December 1, 2010
 United Arab Emirates none[9] — — —
 United Kingdom £5.93 per hour (aged 21 and older), per hour (aged 18–20), per hour (under 18 and finished compulsory education) or per hour (the apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship) [67] 22,597[5] 66 October 1, 2010
 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[68] (see Minimum wage in the United States, List of U.S. minimum wages) 15,080[8] 33 July 24, 2009
 Uruguay 4,150 Uruguayan pesos (€155) per month; functioning more as an index for calculating wage rates than as a true measure of minimum subsistence levels[9] 3,079 23 2008
 Uzbekistan 25,040 Uzbekistani som (€10.35) per month[9] 490 17 —
 Vanuatu 26,000 Vanuatu vatu per month[9] 5,254 111 October 2008
 Venezuela 1,407.47 Venezuelan bolívares (€230) per month[69] 8,406.98 60 May 1, 2011
 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 (€18) in the provinces and 620,000 VND in the urban districts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City[9] 1,002 34 —
 Western Sahara identical to those in Morocco[9] — — —
 Yemen none[9] — — —
 Zambia 268,000 Zambian kwacha (€39) 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[9] 917 60 —
 Zimbabwe N/A; none, nationally, except for agricultural and domestic workers; government regulations for each of the 22 industrial sectors specify minimum wages[9] — — —

See also

References

  1. ^ a b GDP (PPP) per capita and PPP conversion rate for all IMF member countries, from the IMF's World Economic Outlook Database, October 2010 Edition.
  2. ^ Annual wages were calculated by multiplying monthly wages by 25, weekly wages by 62, daily wages by 6x52 and hourly wages by Wx52, where W is the legal maximum (or the practical, if lower) working week length in hours. A purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion rate from 2009 —obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s World Economic Outlook Database, October 2010 Edition— was used to convert the annual wage from national currency to international dollars.
  3. ^ Percentages were calculated by dividing the annual wage in local currency by the country's 2009 gross domestic product per capita, obtained from the IMF's World Economic Outlook Database, October 2010 Edition.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, United States Department of State.
  5. ^ a b c d e 48 hours a week
  6. ^ "El salario mínimo es de $ 1.840". Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  7. ^ "''Sydney Morning Herald'' 3 June 2010". Smh.com.au. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 40 hours a week
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, United States Department of State.
  10. ^ Rémunération du travail, Service public fédéral Emploi, Travail et Concertation sociale.
  11. ^ a b 45 hours a week
  12. ^ Salário Mínimo Brasileiro.
  13. ^ byElena Koinova (2008-05-22). "''Sofia Echo'' Thu 22 may 2008". Sofiaecho.com. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  14. ^ "Chilean Law 20,449". Leychile.cl. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  15. ^ "Chilean Labor Code" (PDF). Bcn.cl. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  16. ^ Salario mínimo legal para 2010, Revista Dinero, December 31, 2009.
  17. ^ "Mijenja Se Iznos Minimalne Plaće". Sindtokg.hr. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  18. ^ Cuba eleva el salario mínimo, BBC Mundo
  19. ^ a b CIA - The World Factbook - Cuba was used for PPP Conversion rate and GDP PPP per capita. A 25:1 rate was used to convert Cuban pesos into Cuban convertible pesos.[1]
  20. ^ 37 hours a week
  21. ^ Ecuador eleva salario mínimo en 10 pct a 264 dólares para 2011, Reuters.
  22. ^ "Social partners reach agreement on minimum wage for 2008". Eironline. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  23. ^ Salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance (SMIC), INSEE.
  24. ^ "Le Smic". Travail-solidarite.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  25. ^ 35 hours a week
  26. ^ Greece shows other countries their future Workers' Liberty, 9 June 2010
  27. ^ a b c The monthly minimum wage is paid 14 times a year in this country. "Summary of statutory national minimum wages in the European Union, Turkey and the USA (Situation as at 1 January 2009)" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  28. ^ "Aumento al mínimo es entre L 111 y L 386" (in Template:Es icon). LaPrensa.hn. Retrieved 2010-11-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  29. ^ "Minimum wage enforced in Hong Kong". China daily. 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  30. ^ a b c FedEE review of minimum wage rates, Federation of European Employers, 2008
  31. ^ "Minimum Wages India – Current Minimum Wage Rate India". Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  32. ^ http://www.hesabdary.com/news/detail.asp?id=1402
  33. ^ http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8812221177
  34. ^ http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/rms_mth.aspx?SelectDate=2010-01-31&reportType=REP
  35. ^ "Minimum wage". Citizens Information. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  36. ^ 39 hours a week
  37. ^ 189 hours a month, 5 days a week
  38. ^ [2], The Jamaica Gleaner.
  39. ^ a b 厚生労働省：地域別・特定(産業別)最低賃金の全国一覧
  40. ^ 36¼ hours a week
  41. ^ The Minimum Wage in Luxembourg.
  42. ^ "Salarios mínimos 2010". Sat.gob.mx. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  43. ^ The Minimum Wage in Mozambique.
  44. ^ http://docs.minszw.nl/pdf/27/2009/27_2009_2_21809.pdf
  45. ^ "Minimum pay". Department of Labour. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  46. ^ http://www.eobi.gov.pk/announcement/labour+poilcy+2010.pdf
  47. ^ There is no legislation concerning maximum hours of work [3]; 40 hours a week was used for the purpose of calculating an annual wage.
  48. ^ PNG APPROVES HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE, PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT.
  49. ^ 44 hours a week
  50. ^ EJECUTIVO DISPONE EL AUMENTO DEL SALARIO MINIMO EN UN 10 POR CIENTO, Viva Paraguay.
  51. ^ "Sueldo mínimo en Perú subirá a S/.550 desde enero de 2008 Noticias y Chismes de la Farandula, Deportes e Información Mundial: Chismes - Farandula - Musica - Videos - Cine - Television - Espectaculos - Deportes". Cuscoinca.net. 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  52. ^ http://www.nwpc.dole.gov.ph/pages/statistics/stat_current_regional.html
  53. ^ "Płaca minimalna wzrośnie w 2011 roku do 1386 zł". gazetaprawna.pl. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  54. ^ "Summary of statutory national minimum wages in the European Union, Turkey and the USA (Situation as at 1 January 2009)" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-10-10.Eurostat.
  55. ^ "Salariu_minim_pe_economie". Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  56. ^ Cite error: The named reference CRHRP-2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  57. ^ 37½ hours a week
  58. ^ a b PPP conversion rate for Italy (2009) was used for annual wage calculation, while a San Marino GDP (PPP) per capita for 2007 was obtained from the CIA's The World Factbook.[4]
  59. ^ "Minimalna plača" (in Slovene). Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 28 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  60. ^ Minimum wage in 2011 is confirmed at 4,320 won per hour (LABOR TODAY 712), Korea International Labour Foundation.
  61. ^ Real Decreto 2030/2009 del 30-12-2009, Boletín Oficial del Estado
  62. ^ [5]
  63. ^ "Salaires: augmentation du SMIG, Tunisian Official Press Agency TAP". Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  64. ^ Turkey: New Minimum Wage
  65. ^ Due to a currency revaluation, data was divided by 5000.
  66. ^ a b CIA - The World Factbook - Tuvalu was used for PPP Conversion rate and GDP PPP per capita. Data from 2002.
  67. ^ "The National Minimum wage rates". Directgov.
  68. ^ "U.S. Department of Labor Topic: Minimum Wage". Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  69. ^ Chávez anunció aumento de 25% de salario mínimo en dos partes, El Tiempo. Annual salary calculated with official regulated dollar 4.3 bsF, therefore it isn't a true measure of the quality of life in Venezuela which is dictated by the black market dollar.
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