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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), Belgium (38 hours), Ireland (39 hours), and Germany (39.1 hours).
The map below shows adult, minimum monthly income before the deduction of taxes and social charges; some countries have a different rate for certain age brackets (e.g. under 21). Purple. €1,500 and above. Light blue. €800 to €1,499. Yellow. €400 to €799. Red. below €400.
General minimum wage by territory, as of February 2023. This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the 193 United Nations member states and former members of the United Nations, also including the following territories and states with limited recognition (Northern Cyprus, Kosovo, etc.) and other independent countries.
Minimum wage law. Minimum wage law is the body of law which prohibits employers from hiring employees or workers for less than a given hourly, daily or monthly minimum wage. More than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation. [1]
Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) is $7.25 for employers with ten or more full time employees at any one location or employers with annual gross sales over $100,000 irrespective of number of full time employees. All other employers: Basic Minimum Rate (per hour): $2.00. Unless the employers are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act, in which case ...
In the European Union, 21 out of 27 member states currently have national minimum wages. Other countries, such as Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy, have no minimum wage laws, but rely on employer groups and trade unions to set minimum earnings through collective bargaining.
Minimum wage in Germany. Germany's minimum wage is €12.41 per hour, pre-tax since 1 January 2024. The legislation ( German: Gesetz zur Regelung eines allgemeinen Mindestlohns) was introduced on January 1, 2015, by Angela Merkel's third government, a coalition between the SPD and the CDU. The implementation of a minimum wage was the SPD's main ...
Lithuania has the smallest average wage and monthly minimum wage in the eurozone. Luxembourg has the highest average wage in the European Union and eurozone as well as the highest monthly minimum wage in the entirety of Europe. Russia has the largest surplus of those European countries not a member of either (or both) the EU or eurozone.