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Revision as of 08:36, 1 October 2023

The following list provides information relating to the (gross) minimum wages (before tax & social charges) of in the European Union member states.

The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours),[1] Belgium (38 hours),[2] Ireland (39 hours),[1] and Germany (39.1 hours).[1]

Most of EU countries minimum wages are fixed at a monthly rate, but there are some countries where minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate or a weekly rate.

European countries on the gross minimum wage before tax & social charges:

Countries marked on the map in green have a minimum wage above €2000, in blue in the range from €1000 to €2000, in orange from €500 to €1000, in red below €500. Countries marked on the map in purple do not have a minimum wage.

Minimum wages by EU member states

EU member state Monthly minimum wage (NCU) Monthly gross minimum wage (EUR) Hourly rate Effective per
Foo 10 10 Belgium Belgium €1,954.99 [3] €11.87 1 1 December 2022
Bulgaria Bulgaria 780 lev (minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate)[4] 398.80 €2.37 1 January 2023
Croatia Croatia €800.00 [5] 800.00 €4.04 1 January 2023
Cyprus Cyprus €885.00 (basic) / €940.00 (skilled employees)[6] 885.00 / 940.00 - 1 January 2023
Czech Republic Czech Republic 17,300.00 koruna (minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate and at a monthly rate simultaneously)[7] 721.04 103.8 koruna[7] 1 January 2023
Estonia Estonia €725.00 (minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate and at a monthly rate simultaneously)[8] 725.00 €4.32 1 January 2023
France France €1747.20 (minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate)[9][1] 1747.20 €11.52[10] 1 May 2023
Germany Germany €2,080.00 (minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate)[9][1] 2080.00 €12.00[11] 1 October 2022
Greece Greece €910.00 (€780 in 14 payments)[12] 910.00 €4.68[13] 1 April 2023
Hungary Hungary 232,000 Ft (basic) / 296,400 Ft (skilled employees)[14] 623.00 / 796.00 1,106 Ft / 1,211 Ft 1 January 2023
Republic of Ireland Ireland €1909.70 (minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate)[15] 1909.70 €11.30 1 January 2023
Latvia Latvia €620.00 [16] 620.00 €3.63 1 January 2023
Lithuania Lithuania €840.00[17][18] 840.00 €5.14 1 January 2023
Luxembourg Luxembourg €2387.40 (minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate and at a monthly rate simultaneously)[19] 2508.24 €14.50[20] 1 April 2023
Malta Malta €835.16 (minimum wage is fixed at a weekly rate) [21] 835.16 €4.82 1 January 2023
Netherlands Netherlands €1995.00 [22] 1995.00 €11.51 [23] 1 July 2023
Poland Poland 3,600 złoty[24] 791.20 23.50 złoty 1 July 2023
Portugal Portugal €886.66 (€760 in 14 payments) [25] 886.66 €5.54 1 January 2023
Romania Romania 3,300 lei[26] 663.49[27] €4.01[28] 1 October 2023
Slovakia Slovakia €700.00 (minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate and at a monthly rate simultaneously)[29] 700.00 €4.02[29] 1 January 2023
Slovenia Slovenia €1.203.36[citation needed] 1203.36 €6.92 1 January 2023
Spain Spain €1260 (€1,080 in 14 payments)[30] 1260 €7.82[31] 1 January 2023

EU member states with no minimum wage

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Minimum wage statistics". Eurostat. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Employment legislation". Federal Government of Belgium.
  3. ^ "Working- Volunteering - Career". Ku Leuven. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  4. ^ "The Minimum Wage in Bulgaria becomes 780 Leva from 1st January 2023". 29 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Uredba o visini minimalne plaće za 2023. godinu". 19 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Cyprus Minimum Wage set at 940 Euros per Month". Kathimerini Cyprus. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Jurečka increases the minimum wage by 1100 crowns" (in Czech). 16 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Estonia, it is agreed to increase the minimum wage to 725 euros per month". Baltics News. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Monthly minimum wages". Eurostat. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Le Smic revalorisé de 2,22 % au 1er mai 2023". service-public.fr (in French). 27 April 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  11. ^ "German Parliament Approves Increase in Minimum Wage to €12 per Hour, Effective October 1, 2022". National Law Review. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Μητσοτάκης: Στα 780 ευρώ ο κατώτατος μισθός". 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Monthly Gross Wage Calculator (Greek)". Vontikakis.gr. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Hungary government, employers agree on 16% minimum wage hike for 2023". Reuters. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Minimum Wage". www.citizensinformation.ie. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Minimum Wages Set to Increase in Baltic States in 2023". Reinis Fischer. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Lithuanian government endorses 2023 budget bill". lrt.lt. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Vyriausybėje pristatytas 2023 m. biudžeto projektas". Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  19. ^ "A combien s'élève la rémunération minimale ?". Government of Luxembourg. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Minimum Wage – Luxemburg". WageIndicator Foundation. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Budget 2023: Workers to receive an extra cost of 9.90 per week cost of living adjustment". Times of Malta. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  22. ^ "Amount of the minimum wage". Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Gross per hour wage calculation". The Tax.nl. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Od dziś wyższa płaca minimalna. Sprawdź, ile zyskają pracownicy". gazeta prawna.pl. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  25. ^ "Government approves new minimum wage". 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  26. ^ "Comunicat de presă ("Press release")". mmuncii.ro (in Romanian). Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (Romania). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023. The gross minimum national salary guaranteed in payment is increased to 3,300 lei monthly, starting from October 1, 2023[...] This increase... represents a net salary of 2,079 lei, compared to 1,898 lei, as it was until now. The hourly rate will be 19,960 lei/hour for a normal work schedule of 165,333 hours/month on average. (Translation)
  27. ^ "3300 Romanian leu (RON) to Euro (EUR)". WorldForexRates. 29 September 2023.
  28. ^ "19.96 Romanian leu (RON) to Euro (EUR)". WorldForexRates. 29 September 2023.
  29. ^ a b "Trade union and employers clinch agreement to boost minimum wage". The Slovak Spectator. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  30. ^ "Spanish government to increase minimum wage". 15 February 2023.
  31. ^ "Minimum Wage with effect from 1 January 2022 – Spain". wageindicator.org. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022.
  32. ^ "Minimum wages in Italy - 2021". WageIndicator Foundation. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

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