Minimum Wage

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Minimum Wage in France

Minimum WageEurope

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

Minimum Wage in Germany

Minimum WageEurope

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

Minimum Wage in the United Kingdom

Minimum WageEurope

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 ...

Minimum Wage in the Netherlands

Minimum WageEurope

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

Minimum Wage in Spain

Minimum WageEurope

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

Nordic Minimum Wage Model

Minimum WageEurope

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

Minimum Wage in Japan

Minimum WageAsia

Minimums are set prefecture by prefecture through councils, revised each October, and the weighted national average crossed the sy...

Minimum Wage in South Korea

Minimum WageAsia

The minimum wage commission, with worker, employer and public members, sets the rate yearly after famously loud negotiations. The ...

Minimum Wage in China

Minimum WageAsia

Provinces and major cities set their own monthly and hourly minimums under national guidance, adjusted periodically. Enforcement c...

Minimum Wage in India

Minimum WageAsia

The 2019 Code on Wages aims to consolidate multiple laws and set a national floor, but implementation has moved slowly. In practic...

Minimum Wage in Vietnam

Minimum WageAsia

Vietnam sets minimums by region, with region one covering Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City urban cores paying around 4.96 million dong a...

Federal Minimum Wage (United States)

Minimum WageAmericas

The longest freeze in the federal rate's history has let inflation erode its purchasing power by roughly a third since 2009. Rough...

Minimum Wage in Canada

Minimum WageAmericas

Labor law is provincial, so floors differ: British Columbia and Ontario set rates in the 16 to 17 dollar range, prairie and Atlant...

Minimum Wage in Brazil

Minimum WageAmericas

The adjusted floor covers formal workers and anchors pension calculations, a fiscal linkage that makes each increase expensive for...

Minimum Wage in Mexico

Minimum WageAmericas

Mexico quotes the minimum as a daily rate, and the zone system gives border manufacturing areas a premium recognizing US-side labo...

Minimum Wage in Australia

Minimum WageOceania

The rate is set each year by the Fair Work Commission in its annual wage review, which also adjusts the minimum rates in more than...

Minimum Wage in New Zealand

Minimum WageOceania

The minister responsible for workplace relations sets the rate annually after advice from officials, with changes usually taking e...

Tipped Minimum Wage (United States)

Minimum WageAmericas

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers may take a tip credit, paying a lower cash wage as long as tips lift the worker to t...