Europe

The salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance is indexed by law, rising automatically with inflation and also by government...

Germany legislated its first general minimum wage only in 2015, a landmark after years of belief that collective bargaining alone ...

The Low Pay Commission recommends rates each year for uprating in April, and the 21-and-over rate reached 11.44 pounds in 2024, a ...

Dutch law sets the floor monthly but has moved to hourly application to end part-time loopholes, with upratings now twice yearly, ...

The salario minimo interprofesional is negotiated between government and social partners and has risen by more than half in real p...

Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland legislate no general minimum, instead relying on sectoral bargaining between strong unions an...

Entry positions at large corporates commonly start near 50,000 euros, mid-career engineers land in the 60s and 70s, and staff leve...

Graduates start around 30,000 to 40,000 pounds nationally, with London adding a 10 to 25 percent premium and fintech, hedge funds ...

Hospital pay follows the collective agreement with the physicians' union, Marburger Bund: residents start around 60,000 to 70,000,...

Newly registered nurses start around 29,970 pounds, progress within band, and can move to Band 6 specialist and Band 7 management ...

Education is cantonal, so pay varies meaningfully: primary teachers start around 85,000 to 100,000 francs depending on canton, and...

Wage evidence comes from building accounts of cathedrals and castles, which record day rates for masons, carpenters and their help...

Pay was annual, deducted for food, clothing and gear, meaning net cash could be thin, but the system's real economics were the com...

Nominal weekly pay for adult men in textile districts ran around one to two pounds for skilled roles and far less for women and ch...

The Black Death killed a large share of the English population in 1348 and 1349, and surviving workers demanded much higher pay. T...