Minimum official wages by country

This is a list of official minimum wage rates of the 192 United Nations member statesexcluding South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011, plus the Republic of China (Taiwan), Northern Cyprus, Hong Kong, and Kosovo. Some countries may have a very complicated minimum wage system; for example, India has more than 1200 minimum wage rates.

Methodology

The minimum wages given refer to a gross amount, that is before deduction of taxesand social security contributions, which vary from one country to another. Also excluded from calculations are regulated paid days off, including public holidays, sick pay and annual leave.

For the sake of comparison, an annual wage column is provided in international dollars, a hypothetical unit of currency calculated based on the purchasing power parity of household final consumption expenditure. For calculating the annual wage, the lowest general minimum wage was used.

Countries

Country

Minimum wage

Annual

Work-week
(hours)

Hourly

Percent of
GDP per capita

Effective per

Nominal (US$)

PPP (Int$)

Nominal (US$)

PPP (Int$)

Afghanistan

5,000 Afghani per month for government workers. No minimum set for private sector workers, but labor law prevents paying private sector workers less than government workers. Informal sector day workers are unprotected.

1,083

3,039

0.52

1.46

156.1%

2013

Albania

22,000 Albanian leke per month, nationally. The law establishes a 40-hour workweek, but the actual workweek is typically set by individual or collective-bargaining agreement.

2,498

4,652

1.2

2.24

44.8%

3 July 2013

Algeria

18,000 Algerian dinars per month, nationally.

2,721

6,262

1.31

3.01

47%

1 January 2012

Andorra

ˆ962 ($1,233) per month, ˆ5.55 ($7.12) per hour.

14,800

9,783

7.12

4.7

26.3%

1 January 2015

Angola

15,003.00 kwanza per month; paid thirteen times a year.

2,021

2,280

0.88

29.5%

1 June 2014

Antigua and Barbuda

EC$8.20 per hour.

6,317

7,655

3.04

3.68

36.4%

1 November 2014

Argentina

4,716 Argentine pesos or equivalent in US dollars ($551) per month for up to 200 hours; paid thirteen times a year.

11,229

20,839

4.5

8.35

115.1%

1 January 2015

Armenia

50,000 Armenian dram($107) per month.

1,465

3,116

0.7

1.5

40.1%

1 July 2014

Australia

Most workers are covered by an award, which may vary by employee age, geographical location and industry. For adults not covered by an award or agreement, the minimum wages is A$16.87 per hour, A$640.90 per week; set federally by Fair Work Australia. Junior workers, apprentices and trainees not covered by an award each have a minimum wage level set nationally.

32,045

21,641

16.22

10.95

49.7%

1 July 2014

Austria

None; instead, nationwide collective bargaining agreements set minimum wages by job classification for each industry and provide for a minimum wage of ˆ1,000 per month—Wages where no such collective agreements exist, such as for domestic workers, janitorial staff, and au pairs, are regulated in pertinent law and are generally lower than those covered by collective bargaining.

2013

Azerbaijan

105 Azerbaijani manat per month.

1,615

3,829

0.78

1.84

22.3%

1 September 2013

The Bahamas

B$4.00 ($4.00) per hour, B$30 ($30) per day, and B$150 ($150) per week.

8,320

7,236

3.48

31.1%

21 January 2002

Bahrain

None; 300 BHD ($800) for the public sector workers (only applies to Bahraini nationals).

2013

Bangladesh

1,500 taka ($19) per month for all economic sectors not covered by industry-specific wages; in the garment industry the minimum wage is 5,300 taka ($68) per month. The minimum wage is set nationally every five years by the National Minimum Wage Board in a tripartite forum industry by industry.

230

657

0.09

0.26

22.3%

1 December 2013

Barbados

BDS$6.25 ($3.13) per hour for household domestics and shop assistants; the Ministry of Labor recommends all other sectors use this as the de facto minimum wage.

6,500

5,243

3.13

2.52

33.7%

1 March 2012

Belarus

2,100,100 Belarusian rublesper month.

2,838

7,561

1.36

3.64

42.9%

1 January 2015

Belgium

ˆ1,501.82 ($1,925) per month, ˆ9.12 ($11.69) per hour for workers 21 years of age and over; ˆ1,541.67 ($1,977) per month for workers 21 and a half years of age, with six months of service; ˆ1,559.38 ($1,999) per month for workers 22 years of age, with 12 months of service; coupled with extensive social benefits.

24,028

20,336

12.16

10.29

48.8%

1 April 2013

Belize

BZ$3.30 ($1.65) per hour.

3,861

6,632

1.65

2.83

78.1%

26 May 2012

Benin

40,000 CFA francs per month; the government set minimum wage scales for a number of occupations.

972

2,050

0.47

0.99

114.5%

1 April 2014

Bhutan

3,750 Bhutanese ngultrumper month.

768

2,315

0.37

1.11

31.3%

1 February 2014

Bolivia

1440 Bolivian bolivianos per month. plus an obligatory Christmas bonus equal to one month’s pay, prorated for the amount of time the worker has worked in their present position.

2,709

6,034

1.09

2.42

98.4%

1 May 2014

Bosnia and Herzegovina

320 convertible marks ($216) per month in Republika Srpska; 357 ($241) convertible marks per month in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2,612

4,501

1.26

2.16

47.2%

2012

Botswana

3.8 Botswana pula ($0.58) an hour for most full-time labor in the private sector; 2.0 ($.26) Botswana pula for domestic workers or approximately 16 pula ($2.05) a day; 408 Botswana pula ($52.31) per month for workers in the agriculture sector.

583

1,003

0.23

0.4

6.4%

2012

Brazil

R$788.00 per month, paid 13 times a year. The Brazilian minimum wage is adjusted annually by the federal government. EachBrazilian state has its own minimum wage, which cannot be lower than the federal minimum wage.

4,743

5,714

2.07

2.5

38%

1 January 2015

Brunei

None

2013

Bulgaria

360 Bulgarian lev per month, 2.20 lev per hour.

3,113

5,890

1.5

2.83

37.4%

1 January 2015

Burkina Faso

34,664 CFA francs per month.

842

1,857

0.4

0.89

122.6%

1 April 2012

Burundi

None; in the past the government set the minimum wage, but during the year the minimum wage was set by market forces.

2013

Cambodia

None; US$128 per month, for the garment and shoe industry.

1 January 2015

Cameroon

36,270 CFA francs ($75) per month.

881

1,864

0.42

0.9

65.9%

30 July 2014

Canada

The minimum wage in Canada is set by each province and territory; ranges from C$10.00 to C$11.00 per hour.

20,194

16,089

9.71

7.74

37.2%

31 December 2014

Cape Verde

11,000 Cape Verdean escudos per month; in the public sector 12,000 Cape Verdean escudos per month for an entry?level worker.

1,589

2,762

0.69

1.21

43.1%

1 January 2014

Central African Republic

35 000 CFA francs per month, 218.75 CFA francs per hour.

921

1,639

0.44

0.79

271.4%

2011

Chad

59,995 CFA francs ($120) per month, 355 CFA francs per hour.

1,457

2,598

0.72

1.28

124.4%

18 October 2011

Chile

225,000 Chilean pesos per month for workers aged 18–65; 167,968 for workers younger than 18 and older than 65; and 145,139 pesos for ‘non remunerative’ purposes.

5,452

6,827

2.33

2.92

31.2%

1 July 2014

China

The minimum wage in Chinais set locally, ranges from RMB830 per month, RMB7.50 per hour in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to RMB1,820 per month, RMB17 per hour inShanghai.

2,516

4,149

1.21

1.99

34.8%

24 January 2013

Colombia

644,350 Colombian pesos per month plus 74,000 pesos per month for transportation allowance

4,138

6,356

1.66

2.55

51.2%

1 January 2015

Comoros

55,000 Comorian francs($150) per month.

1,781

2,977

0.86

1.43

205.8%

2013

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1,680 Congolese francs($1.83) per day.

475

754

0.2

0.32

93.2%

1 January 2009

Republic of the Congo

54,000 CFA francs ($109) per month in the formal sector.

1,312

2,056

0.72

1.13

35%

2013

Costa Rica

Varies for specified industries from ?9,509.34 per 8-hour work day for unskilled workers to ?11,896.82 per day for specialized workers. All other occupations not explicitly covered fall under the generic scale, which varies from ?283,799.00 per month for unskilled workers to ?609,355.75 forlicentiates.

4,947

6,773

1.98

2.71

48.8%

1 January 2015

Cote d’Ivoire

Varies by occupation, with the lowest set to 36,607 CFA franc ($72) per month for the industrial sector; a slightly higher minimum wage rate is applied for construction workers.

889

1,858

0.43

0.89

57.9%

1994

Croatia

3,029.55 Croatian kuna per month.

6,378

8,769

3.07

4.22

41%

1 January 2015

Cuba

225 Cuban pesos ($9) per month.

108

181

0.05

0.08

1.8%

1 May 2005

Cyprus

None; ˆ870 per month for shop assistants, nurses’ assistants, clerks, hairdressers, and nursery assistants; it rises to ˆ924 after six months’ employment. For asylum seekers working as unskilled workers in the agricultural sector, the minimum monthly wage was 425 euros ($570) with accommodation and food provided. For skilled workers in the agricultural sector, the minimum salary was 767 euros ($1,040) without accommodation and food.

2013

Czech Republic

9,200 Czech koruna per month, or 55 koruna ($2.171 USD) per hour.

5,846

7,746

2.81

3.72

26.9%

1 January 2015

Denmark

None; instead, negotiated between unions and employer associations; the average minimum wage for all private and public sector collective bargaining agreements was approximately DKK 110 ($20) per hour, exclusive of pension benefits.

2013

Djibouti

None; canceled by the 2006 Labor Code for occupational categories, establishing that wages be set after common agreement between employers and employees. For public sector workers, minimum wage was 35,000 DFJ ($198) per month.

2013

Dominica

EC$4.00 ($1.50) per hour.

3,081

4,111

1.48

1.98

39.7%

1 June 2008

Dominican Republic

6,320 Dominican pesos($167) per month in the FTZsand between 6,880 pesos and 11,292 pesos outside the FTZs, depending upon the size of the company; 5,117 pesos ($130) per month for the public sector; 234 pesos a day for farm workers who are covered by minimum wage regulations based on a 10-hour day, with the exception of sugarcane workers who received 129 pesos ($3.19) based on an eight-hour workday.

882

1,695

0.39

0.74

13.9%

1 June 2013

Ecuador

US$398 per month. Minimun wage has been set by the government on US$340 per month for the year 2014. A worker that works a full year, receives a 13th (of US$340) and a 14th (of US$340) sallary.

4,776

8,371

2.3

4.02

76.9%

1 January 2014

Egypt

None; for the public sector the minimum wage is LE 1,200 ($174) per month.

1 January 2014

El Salvador

Set sector by sector; for example, US$242.40 a month for retail employees; US$237.00 for industrial laborers; US$202.80 for apparel assembly workers; US$113.70 for agriculture workers. The wage for seasonal agricultural workers of cotton and sugar cane is used here.^{[dated info]}

1,138

2,165

0.5

0.95

27.9%

1 January 2014

Equatorial Guinea

129,035 CFA franc ($260).

3,134

4,420

1.72

2.43

13.1%

2013

Eritrea

None; 360 Eritrean nakfa($24) per month in the public sector.

44.5

2013

Estonia

ˆ390 per month, ˆ2.34 per hour.

6,490

7,519

3.12

3.61

29.5%

1 January 2015

Ethiopia

None; 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 420 birrbirr ($23); employees in the banking and insurance sector had a minimum monthly wage of 336 birr ($18).

2013

Federated States of Micronesia

None; US$2.65 per hour for employment with the national government; all states have a minimum hourly wage for government workers: $2.00 inPohnpei, $1.25 in Chuuk, $1.42 in Kosrae, and $1.60 inYap; $1.75 for private sector workers in Pohnpei.|

2013

Fiji

US$1.05 per hour

2,184

1.05

44.8%

1 March 2014

Finland

None; however, the law requires all employers, including non-unionized ones, to pay minimum wages agreed to in collective bargaining agreements; almost all workers are covered under such arrangements.

2013

France

ˆ1,457.52 per month, ˆ9.61 per hour.

23,320

19,785

12.81

10.87

52.2%

1 January 2015

Gabon

150,000 CFA francs ($302) per month; government workers received an additional monthly allowance of 20,000 CFA francs ($40) per child; government workers also received transportation, housing, and family benefits; the law does not mandate housing or family benefits for private sector workers.

3,643

5,031

1.75

2.42

26.1%

1 February 2010

The Gambia

50 dalasi ($1.47) per day.

362

1,176

0.14

0.47

70.8%

2013

Georgia

90 Georgian lari ($54) per month for private sector workers; 115 lari ($68) per month for public employees.

651

1,348

0.31

0.65

18.8%

2013

Germany

ˆ8.50 per hour. A higher minimum wage is often set by collective bargaining agreements and enforceable by law.

23,868

21,755

40.5

11.33

10.33

48.9%

1 January 2015

Ghana

6.00 Ghanaian cedis per day.

800

1,683

0.38

0.81

42.2%

1 May 2014

Greece

ˆ683.76 per month in 12 payments, ˆ586 per month in 14 payments.

10,940

11,314

5.26

5.44

44%

1 January 2013

Grenada

Minimum wage schedules set pay by occupation; for example, the minimum wage for domestic workers, for example, was EC $4.50 per hour, while that for a security guard was EC $6.00 ($2.22) per hour.

2013

Guatemala

74.97 Guatemalan quetzalesper day for agricultural and nonagricultural work and 68.91 quetzales per day for work in export-sector regime factories. Minimum wage earners also are due a mandatory monthly bonus of 250 quetzales, and salaried workers receive two mandatory yearly bonuses (the bono 14 and the Christmas bonus), each equivalent to one month’s salary.

2,987

5,797

1.2

2.32

79.4%

1 January 2014

Guinea

The labor code allows the government to set a minimum hourly wage; however, the government has not exercised this provision except for setting the minimum wage for domestic workers at 440,000 GNF ($63.36) per month.

2013

Guinea-Bissau

19,030 CFA francs ($38) per month plus a bag of rice

462

926

0.2

0.4

65.8%

2012

Guyana

G$35,000 per month, G$1,616 per day and G$202 per hour.

2,046

3,132

0.98

1.51

47.8%

1 July 2013

Haiti

125 Haitian gourdes per day for servants for an eight-hour workday; 225 Haitian gourdes per day for segment A industies; 240 Haitian gourdes per day for segment B industries; 260 Haitian gourdes per day for segment C industries; 225 Haitian gourdes per day for companies with piece work that re-export; and 300 Haitian gourdes per day for companies with piece work that exports.

897

1,734

0.36

0.69

101.8%

1 May 2014

Honduras

Minimum wages ranged from a low of 5,114.46 Honduran lempiras per month, 21.31 lempiras per hour to 8,224.35 lempiras per month, 34.27 lempiras per hour.

2,500

4,528

1.09

1.98

98.6%

1 January 2014

Hong Kong

HK$32.50 per hour is theminimum wage in Hong Kong.

8,711

11,206

4.19

5.39

21.1%

1 May 2015

Hungary

105,000 HUF (ˆ350) per month for unskilled labor, 122,000 HUF (ˆ405) per month for skilled labor.

5,445

8,479

2.62

4.08

36.1%

1 January 2015

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.

2013

India

Varied from 118 rupees ($2.18) per day in Bihar to 1000 rupees per day in Kerala ($16.6)(with local cost of living allowance included). State governments set a separate minimum wage for agricultural workers. The minimum wages are set according to Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

628

2,100

0.25

0.84

38.8%

2012

Indonesia

Established by provincial and district authorities, which vary by province, district, and sector; the lowest minimum wage was in the province of Central Java at rupiah 910,000 per month and the highest was in Jakarta at rupiah 2,441,301 per month.

1,044

2,491

0.5

1.2

26%

1 January 2014

Iran

The minimum wage was raised to 609,000 Iranian tomans ($187) (equal to 6,090,000 rials) effective on the 2014 Persian New year; set annually for each industrial sector and region. The standard workweek is 44 hours, and any work over 48 entitles the worker to overtime.

3,969

8,532

1.73

3.73

54.7%

21 March 2014

Iraq

Less than 12,000 Iraqi dinars($10) per day for a skilled worker and less than 5,250 dinars ($4.50) per day for an unskilled worker.

2011

Ireland

ˆ1,461.85 per month and ˆ8.65 ($11.09) per hour.

23,390

18,327

11.53

9.04

39.7%

1 July 2011

Israel

4,650 Israeli new shekel($1,177) per month, 25 Israeli new shekel ($6.32) per hour.

15,485

12,853

6.93

5.75

39.2%

1 April 2015

Italy

None; instead set through collective bargaining agreements on a sector-by-sector basis.

2013

Jamaica

J$5,600 per week.

2,905

4,072

1.4

1.96

45.8%

6 January 2014

Japan

Ranges from 677 Japanese yen to 888 yen per hour; set on a prefectural and industry basis.

14,428

12,544

6.94

6.03

34.4%

1 October 2014

Jordan

190 Jordanian dinars ($268) per month.

3,211

6,692

1.29

2.68

56.8%

1 February 2012

Kazakhstan

21,364 Kazakhstani tenge per month.

1,685

2,854

0.81

1.37

12.3%

1 January 2015

Kenya

Set by the government by location, age and skill level; the lowest urban minimum wage was 11,995 shillings($139) per month, and the lowest agricultural minimum wage for unskilled employees was 4,854 shillings ($57) per month, excluding housing allowance.

676

1,472

0.25

0.54

52.7%

1 May 2013

Kiribati

None; informal minimum wage estimated by government authorities to be between A$1.60 ($1.66) to A$1.70 ($1.77) per hour

2013

South Korea

5,580 South Korean won per hour; reviewed annually.

10,601

12,682

5.1

6.1

38.3%

1 January 2015

North Korea

Averaging 5,000 — 10,000North Korean won per day. roughly 2000 North Korean won is 1 US Dollar.

2008

Kosovo

ˆ170 ($224) per month for workers between 35 and 65 years of age; ˆ130 for workers under 35 years of age.

2,720

5,821

1.31

2.8

65.5%

17 August 2011

Kuwait

60 Kuwaiti dinars ($216) per month.

2,571

3,899

1.03

1.56

4.4%

14 April 2010

Kyrgyzstan

970 Kyrgyzstani som per month, nominally; used for administrative purpose.

240

628

0.12

0.3

19.5%

1 January 2015

Laos

626,000 Lao kip ($79) per month; additionally, employers were required to pay an 8,500-kip ($1) meal allowance per day. The minimum wage for civil servants and state enterprise employees was last increased to 500,000 kip ($63) per month.

762

1,922

0.31

0.77

39.9%

1 January 2012

Latvia

ˆ360 per month, ˆ2,166 per hour, and ˆ2,477 for teenagers and people working in dangerous conditions.

6,007

11,131

2.89

5.35

49.3%

1 January 2015

Lebanon

675,000 pounds ($450) per month, 30,000 pounds per day.

1,433

2,180

0.57

0.87

12.7%

1 February 2012

Lesotho

1,029 maloti ($119) per month to 1,122 maloti ($130) per month; varied by sector.

1,278

2,972

0.55

1.27

115.4%

2012

Liberia

15 Liberian dollars ($0.31) per hour not exceeding 8 hours per day, excluding benefits, for unskilled laborers; 5,600 LD ($114) per month for civil servants.

483

823

0.19

0.33

93.7%

2012

Libya

450 Libyan dinars per month; the government heavily subsidizes rent and utilities.

4,252

7,813

2.04

3.76

37.1%

1 March 2011

Liechtenstein

None

2013

Lithuania

ˆ300 per month, ˆ1.82 per hour.

5,047

2,131

2.43

1.02

8.4%

1 January 2015

Luxembourg

ˆ1,922.96 per month, ˆ11.1154 per hour for unskilled workers over 18; increased by 20% for a skilled employee; decreased by 20% to 25% in the case of an adolescent worker.

30,827

23,148

14.82

11.13

25.6%

1 January 2015

Republic of Macedonia

10,990 Macedonian denarsper month in the textile and leather industries; 12,268 Macedonian denars per month in other sectors.

2,069

4,078

0.99

1.96

35.1%

1 January 2013

Madagascar

124,243.00 Malagasy ariaryper month, 716.80 ariary per hour for non-agricultural workers; 126,000.00 ariary per month, 630.00 ariary per hour for agricultural workers.

638

1,839

0.29

0.82

130%

1 March 2014

Malawi

MK 551 per day.

472

1,478

0.19

0.59

189.5%

1 January 2014

Malaysia

RM900 per month, RM4.33 per hour on the peninsula; and RM800 per month, RM3.85 per hour for the states of Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan. To be fully enforced on Jan 1, 2014 after deferment and relaxation given since January 2013

3,051

6,045

1.22

2.42

25.9%

1 January 2013

Maldives

None; 3,100 Maldivian rufiyaa($242) per month in the government sector.

2013

Mali

28,465 CFA francs ($57), supplemented by a required package of benefits, including social security and health care.

691

1,521

0.28

0.61

92.7%

2012

Malta

ˆ720.46 per month, ˆ166.26 per week; combined with an annual mandatory bonus of ˆ270.20 and a ˆ242.32 annual cost of living increase, automatically adjusted for inflation.

12,211

13,701

5.87

6.59

47%

1 January 2015

Marshall Islands

US$2.00 per hour for government and private sector employees.

4,160

11,492

5.52

294.6%

6 March 1986

Mauritania

30,000 Mauritanian ouguiya($100) per month for adults.

1,214

3,025

0.52

1.29

99.4%

1 September 2011

Mauritius

607 Mauritian rupees ($20) per week for an unskilled worker in the Export Processing Zone(EPZ); 794 rupees ($26) 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.

1,028

1,662

0.44

0.71

9.7%

2012

Mexico

70.10 Mexican pesos per day for Zone A and 66.45 pesos per day for Zone B.

1,624

2,211

0.65

0.89

13.4%

1 January 2015

Moldova

1400 Moldovan lei in the private sector; 1000 lei per month in the public sector.

953

2,082

0.46

44.6%

1 October 2014

Monaco

ˆ1,624.09 per month and ˆ9.61 per hour (same as the French minimum wage), plus a 5% adjustment.

27,285

13.45

17%

1 January 2015

Mongolia

192,000 Mongolian togrogper month.

1,512

3,237

0.73

1.56

34.3%

1 September 2013

Montenegro

ˆ193 per month.

3,088

5,032

1.48

2.42

35.6%

1 May 2013

Morocco

97 Moroccan dirhams($11.50) per day in the industrialized sector, 63.39 dirhams ($7.50) per day for agricultural workers.

2,352

4,734

0.94

1.9

65.8%

1 July 2012

Mozambique

Set for nine different economic sectors; ranges from 3,002 Mozambican meticias a month in the public sector to 7,465 meticias a month in the financial sector.

1,197

2,258

0.58

1.09

204.4%

1 May 2014

Myanmar

None; 60,000 Myanma kyatper month for salaried public employees; 2,000 kyat per day for day laborers, supplemented by various subsidies and allowances.

2011

Namibia

None; the mining, construction, security and agricultural sectors set basic levels of pay through collective bargaining.

2013

Nauru

None; there is a graduated salary system for public service officers and employees, none for private-sector workers.

2013

Nepal

8,000 Nepalese rupees per month.

1,026

3,234

0.41

1.3

144.1%

10 June 2013

Netherlands

ˆ1,501.80 per month, ˆ346.55 per week, ˆ69.31 per day, and ˆ8.66 per hour for persons 23 and older; between 30-85% of this amount for persons aged 15–22.

24,029

20,184

11.55

9.7

43.6%

1 January 2015

New Zealand

NZ$14.75 per hour for workers 18 years old or older, and NZ$11.80 per hour for those aged 16 or 17 or in training; there is no statutory minimum wage for employees who are under 16 years old.

25,148

19,544

12.09

9.4

56.1%

1 April 2015

Nicaragua

Set for nine different economic sectors; ranges from 2,705.11 Nicaraguan cordobas per month in the agricultural sector to 6,096.93 cordobas per month in the financial sector.

1,313

3,196

0.53

1.28

68.8%

1 March 2014

Niger

30,047 CFA francs ($60) per month.

730

1,589

0.35

0.76

173.4%

17 August 2012

Nigeria

18,000 naira per month ($115).

1,373

2,311

0.66

1.11

41.2%

1 January 2011

Norway

None; wages normally fall within a national scale negotiated by labor, employers, and local governments.

37.5

2013

Oman

225 Omani rials ($592) per month plus allowances of 100 rials ($263) per month for citizens; does not apply to foreign workers.

10,263

19,379

4.39

8.28

42.3%

1 July 2013

Pakistan

10,000 Pakistani rupees per month.

1,181

4,140

0.47

1.66

90%

1 July 2013

Palau

US$3.00 per hour; does not include foreign workers.

6,240

11,005

5.29

72.9%

1 October 2014

Panama

1.2222 to 2.3636 balboas ($1.2222 to $2.3636) per hour, depending on region and sector. Food and the use of housing facilities were considered part of the salary for some workers, such as domestic and agricultural workers. Salaries for domestic workers ranged from 175 to 200 balboas ($175 to $200) per month. The agricultural and construction sectors received the lowest and highest minimum wages, respectively.

3,051

5,192

1.22

2.08

26.7%

1 January 2012

Papua New Guinea

100.80 Papua New Guinean kina ($40) per week, 2.29 kina per hour.

2,339

2,313

1.02

1.01

91.1%

5 February 2010

Paraguay

1,824,055 Paraguayan guaranies per month; The law discriminates against domestic workers, who are legally entitled to only 40 percent of the minimum wage. The law mandates that housing and food be counted towards domestic worker’s salary.

5,066

9,220

2.03

3.69

113.9%

1 March 2014

Peru

750 Peruvian nuevos soles($294) per month.

3,333

5,575

1.34

2.23

47.4%

1 June 2012

Philippines

205 pesos per day in nonplantation agricultural sector in the Ilocos Region to 466 pesos per day in the nonagricultural sector in the National Capital Region.

1,507

3,303

0.72

1.59

50.5%

25 July 2012

Poland

1,750 PLN (ˆ405) per month.

6,646

10,923

3.19

5.25

46.2%

1 January 2015

Portugal

ˆ589.17 per month in 12 payments, ˆ505 per month in 14 payments; for full-time workers, rural workers, and domestic employees ages 18 and older.

9,427

10,139

4.53

4.87

37.9%

1 October 2014

Qatar

None; the labor law provides the emir with authority to set a minimum wage, but he did not do so.

2013

Romania

975 RON Romanian lei per month, 5.871 Romanian lei per hour for a full-time schedule of 168 hours per month.]

3,514

6,049

1.69

2.91

31.9%

1 January 2015

Russia

5,965 rubles per month.

2,248

3,921

1.08

1.88

16.3%

1 January 2015

Rwanda

None; ranges from 500 to 1,000 Rwandan francs ($0.83 to $1.66) per day in the tea industry and 1500 to 5000 francs ($2.50 to $8.30) per day in the construction industry.

2013

Saint Kitts and Nevis

EC$9.00 per hour.

6,933

8,547

3.33

4.11

39.9%

1 November 2014

Saint Lucia

Minimum wage for some sectors; EC$300 ($111) per month for office clerks; EC$200 ($74) for shop assistants; EC$160 ($59) for messengers.

2013

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Set sector by sector; for example, EC$56 ($20.74) per day for agriculture workers (shelter not provided); EC$40 ($14.81) per day for industrial workers; and EC$25 per day for household domestic workers.

2,407

3,192

1.16

1.53

30.4%

1 July 2008

Samoa

WST$2.00 ($0.89) per hour for the private sector; WST$2.65 ($1.18) for the public sector.

1,801

2,208

0.87

1.06

38.3%

2012

San Marino

ˆ1582.57 per month; ˆ9.74 per hour.

25,321

24,344

37.5

12.99

12.48

58%

1 January 2014

Sao Tome and Principe

None; 750,000 Sao Tome and Principe dobras ($40) per month for civil servants

2013

Saudi Arabia

3,000 Saudi riyals ($720) per month for public sector; does not apply to foreign workers. There are no minimum wage in private sector.

9,600

19,610

3.85

7.86

36.6%

2 February 2013

Senegal

209.10 CFA francs ($0.42) per hour for general workers and 182.95 CFA francs ($0.37) per hour for agricultural workers.

770

1,568

0.37

0.75

69.9%

1 January 1996

Serbia

121 dinars per hour net, 163 dinars per hour gross.

3,981

6,860

1.91

3.3

52.7%

1 January 2015

Seychelles

SR26.70 per hour for all workers other than casual workers; SR30.78 per hour for casual workers.

4,605

6,518

2.21

3.13

26.5%

1 January 2014

Sierra Leone

500,000 Sierra Leonean leones per month.

1,385

2,825

0.67

1.36

183%

1 January 2015

Singapore

None. However, two exceptions were made recently: 1) Cleaner jobs to have a minimum wage of $1,000/month effective January 2014. 2) Security guards to have a minimum wage of $1,100/month effective September 2016.

2013

Slovakia

ˆ380 per month, ˆ2.184 per hour.

6,057

7,933

2.91

3.81

29.8%

1 January 2015

Slovenia

ˆ790.73 per month.

12,652

14,054

6.08

6.76

48.5%

1 January 2015

Solomon Islands

SI$4.00 ($0.55) per hour for all workers except those in the fishing and agricultural sectors, who received SI$3.20 per hour.

1,026

974

0.44

0.42

47.1%

1 May 2008

Somalia

None

2013

South Africa

None; the minimum wage for domestic workers was 8.95rand ($0.90) per hour for employers in the urban areas and 7.65 rand ($0.77) for employers in the semiurban and rural areas. The minimum wage for farm workers was 7.71 rand ($0.77) per hour. The minimum hourly wage for domestic workers employed more than 27 hours per week ranged from 4.85 rand ($0.49) to 7.06 rand ($0.71).

2013

Spain

ˆ756.70 per month in 12 payments, ˆ648.60 per month in 14 payments.

12,107

11,812

5.82

5.68

35.9%

1 January 2015

Sri Lanka

6,500 rupees per month.

604

1,664

0.26

0.71

17.1%

1 January 2013

Sudan

425 Sudanese pounds per month.

1,071

1,991

0.52

0.96

59%

2008

Suriname

None; SRD 600 ($180) per month is the lowest wage for civil servants.

2013

Swaziland

531.6 Swazi emalangeni($76.50) per month for a domestic worker; 420 emalangeni ($60.50) a month for an unskilled worker; 600 emalangeni ($86.50) a month for a skilled worker.

694

1,128

0.33

0.54

19%

2011

Sweden

None; set by annual collective bargaining contracts.

2013

Switzerland

None; however, a minority of the voluntary General Labour Contracts (GLC, collective labour agreements), reached on a sector-by-sector basis, contain minimum compensation clauses, which provide for compensation ranging from CHF 2,200 to 4,200 ($2,363 to $4,511) per month for unskilled workers and CHF 2,800 to 5,300 ($3,010 to $5,693) per month for skilled employees. On 18 May 2014, Swiss voters rejected am initiative (by 76.3%) that would have enforced GLCs for every sector and set the hourly minimum wage at CHF 22 ($24.65) or (PPP-adjusted: $12.55).

41.7

2014

Syria

9,765 to 14,760 Syrian pounds ($176–$266) per month, plus benefits, including compensation for meals, uniforms, and transportation.

2,112

2,850

1.02

1.37

54%

2013

Taiwan

The minimum wage in Taiwanis NT$19,273 per month; NT$115 per hour.

8,481

16,001

3.88

7.33

41.3%

1 January 2014

Tajikistan

250 Tajikistani somoni per month, plus certain government subsidies for workers and their families.

630

1,485

0.3

0.71

59.1%

1 September 2013

Tanzania

Varies by sector from 40,000Tanzanian shillings per month to 400,000 shillings per month.

300

678

0.13

0.29

38.2%

1 July 2013

Thailand

Ranges from 300 Thai bahtper day and up, depending on the cost of living in various provinces; set by provincial tripartite wage committees that sometimes include only employer representatives.

3,046

7,169

1.22

2.87

49.8%

1 January 2013

Timor-Leste

US$115 per month.

1,380

2,049

0.6

0.9

98.7%

22 June 2012

Togo

35,000 ($70) CFA francs per month.

850

1,793

0.41

0.86

129%

1 January 2012

Tonga

None

2013

Trinidad and Tobago

TT$15.00 ($2.36) per hour.

4,845

6,085

2.33

2.93

20%

1 January 2015

Tunisia

For the industrial sector: 340Tunisian dinars ($220) per month for a 48-hour workweek and 290 dinars ($199) per month for a 40?hour workweek; 9 dinars ($6.50) to 14 dinars ($10) per day for agricultural workers; supplemented with transportation and family allowances.

1,541

3,315

0.62

1.33

29.8%

2011

Turkey

1201.50 Turkish lira (ˆ424) per month (gross minimum wage)Net minimum wage in Turkey is 949,07 Turkish lira(ˆ330.48) per month. Employer pays 1.411,76Turkish Lira (ˆ491.59) including taxes and health insurance .

7,588

10,941

3.24

4.68

57.5%

1 January 2015

Turkmenistan

535 Turkmenistani manat per month.

2,253

3,107

1.08

1.49

22.2%

1 January 2015

Tuvalu

None; the minimum annual salary in the public sector was approximately A$3,000 to A$4,000 ($3,120 to $4,160).

2013

Uganda

6,000 Ugandan shillings per month.

0.01

0.03

4.6%

1 January 1984

Ukraine

7.80 Ukrainian hryven’ per hour or 1301 Ukrainian hryven’ per month.

2,031

5,060

0.98

2.43

57.6%

1 October 2014

United Arab Emirates

None

2013

United Kingdom

?6.50 per hour (aged 21+), ?5.13 per hour (aged 18–20), ?3.79 per hour (under 18), ?2.73 per hour (apprentices aged 16 to 18 and those aged 19 or over who are in their first year).

20,174

16,523

38.2

10.16

8.32

43%

1 October 2014

United States

The federal minimum wage in the United States is US$7.25 per hour. States may also set a minimum, in which case the higher of the two is controlling; some territories are exempt and have lower rates.

15,080

7.25

28.4%

24 July 2009

Uruguay

10,000 Uruguayan pesos per month, 500 pesos per day, 50 pesos per hour.

6,094

6,705

2.44

2.69

34.2%

1 January 2015

Uzbekistan

107,635 Uzbekistani som per month.

683

1,386

0.33

0.67

26.8%

1 September 2014

Vanuatu

30,000 Vanuatu vatu ($323) per month, 170 vatu per hour.

3,740

3,075

1.8

1.48

102.8%

20 August 2012

Venezuela

Bolivares (BsF) 4.889,11Venezuelan bolivares per month. Bolivares (BsF) 4.889,11 is $32.60 at the open market exchange rate, which the government considers illegal, and $97.82 at the individually inaccessible for the citizens government exchange rate of 49.98.

496

626

0.24

0.3

3.4%

1 December 2014

Vietnam

Varies by region; Region I: VND 2.7 million (US$ 128); Region II: VND 2.4 million (US4 114); Region III: VND 2.1 million (US$ 100) and Region IV: VND 1.9 million (US$ 90); VND 1.05 million ($50) per month for civil servants and state employees.

602

1,472

0.29

0.71

27.8%

1 January 2014

Yemen

None; the minimum civil service wage was 21,000 rials ($100) per month.

2013

Zambia

Varies by sector; 522,400Zambian kwacha per month for domestic workers, K1,132,400 per month for shopkeepers, and between K1,132,400 and K2,101,039 for general workers’ in categories one to five—which includes receptionists and clerks, among others (wages are inclusive transportation, lunch, and housing allowances).

1,161

2,273

0.47

0.91

57.9%

4 July 2012

Zimbabwe

None, except for agricultural and domestic workers; government regulations for each of the 22 industrial sectors specify minimum wages. The minimum wage for all mine workers is currently pegged at $227 per month.

2012

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