List of minimum wages by country

Minimum wages per hour in U.S. dollars:

  No data

  No minimum wage

  $0.00-$1.00

  $1.01–$2.00

  $2.01–$3.00

  $3.01–$5.00

  $5.01–$7.50

  $7.51–$10.00

  $10.01–$15.58

This is a list of official minimum wage rates of the 192 United Nations member states excluding 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 taxes and social security contributions, which vary from one country to another. Also excluded from calculations are regulated paid days off, including public holidays, sick pay, annual leave and social insurance contributions paid by the employer.

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		Workweek (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.		2,975	40		1.43	151.2%	2014
Albania	22,000 Albanian lekë per month, nationally. The law establishes a 40-hour workweek, but the actual workweek is typically set by individual or collective-bargaining agreement.		4,783	40		2.3	45.9%	3 July 2013
Algeria	18,000 Algerian dinars per month, nationally.		5,622	40		2.7	40.7%	1 January 2012
Andorra	€975.87 per month, €5.63 per hour.			40			%	1 January 2016
Angola	15,003.00 kwanza per month; paid thirteen times a year.		1,474	40		0.71	18.6%	1 June 2014
Antigua and Barbuda	EC$8.20 per hour.		7,788	40		3.74	35.7%	1 November 2014
Argentina	6,060 Argentine pesos or equivalent in US dollars ($606) per month for up to 192 hours; paid thirteen times a year.		7,288	48		2.92	32.3%	1 August 2015
Armenia	50,000 Armenian dram ($107) per month.		3,044	40		1.46	37.4%	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$17.29 per hour, A$656.90 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.		21,349	38		10.8	48.6%	1 July 2015
Austria	National collective bargaining agreements set minimum wages by job classification for each industry and provide for a minimum wage of €1,200 per month. Wages where no such collective agreements exist, such as for domestic workers, janitorial staff and au pairs, are regulated by relevant legislation and are generally lower than those covered by collective bargaining. The national minimum wage legislation has lapsed, although is still in force by convention.			40				2014
Azerbaijan	105 Azerbaijani manat per month.		3,600	40		1.73	20.6%	1 September 2013
The Bahamas	B$4.00 ($4.00) per hour, B$30 ($30) per day, and B$210 ($210) per week.		7,298	40		3.51	31%	21 January 2002
Bahrain	None; 300 BHD ($800) for the public sector workers (only applies to Bahraini nationals).			47				2014
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.		564	48		0.23	18%	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.		5,285	40		2.54	39.3%	1 March 2012
Belarus	2,300,000Belarusian rubles per month.		5,633	40		2.71	31%	1 January 2016
Belgium	€1,501.82 ($1,673) per month, €9.12 ($10.16) per hour for workers 21 years of age and over; €1,541.67 ($1,718) per month for workers 21 and a half years of age, with six months of service; €1,559.38 ($1,738) per month for workers 22 years of age, with 12 months of service; coupled with extensive social benefits.		20,479	38		10.36	47.9%	1 April 2013
Belize	BZ$3.30 ($1.65) per hour.		6,774	45		2.89	79.8%	26 May 2012
Benin	40,000 CFA francs per month; the government set minimum wage scales for a number of occupations.		2,149	40		1.03	115.2%	1 April 2014
Bhutan	3,750 Bhutanese ngultrum per month.		2,020	40		0.97	25.7%	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.		5,442	48		2.18	84.4%	1 May 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina	361 convertible marks ($230) per month in Republika Srpska except in the textile and footwear sectors, where it was 313 convertible marks per month ($199); 350 ($223) convertible marks per month in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.		4,637	40		2.23	46.8%	2014
Botswana	3.8 Botswana pula ($0.58) an hour for most full-time labor in the private sector; 2.7 ($.28) Botswana pula per hour for domestic workers or approximately 21.6 pula ($2.28) a day; 550 Botswana pula ($58) per month for workers in the agriculture sector.		1,248	48		0.5	7.1%	2014
Brazil	R$880 per month, paid 13 times a year. The Brazilian minimum wage is adjusted annually by the federal government. Each Brazilian state has its own minimum wage, which cannot be lower than the federal minimum wage. Due to the fall in national currency exchange rate from 2.36 (2014) to 4.03 (2016),minimum wage fell from US$306 (2014) to US$218 per month (2016).		5,224	44		2.28	32.3%	1 January 2016
Brunei	None			40				2014
Bulgaria	420 Bulgarian lev per month, 2.50 lev per hour.		6,933	40		3.33	42.5%	1 January 2016
Burkina Faso	34,664 CFA francs per month.		1,905	40		0.92	113.1%	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.			40				2014
Cambodia	None; US$128 per month, for the garment and shoe industry.			48				1 January 2015
Cameroon	36,270 CFA francs ($75) per month.		1,819	40		0.87	61.3%	30 July 2014
Canada	The minimum wage in Canada is set by each province and territory; ranges from C$10.30 to C$12.50 per hour.		15,600	40		7.5	35.4%	1 October 2015
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.		2,888	44		1.26	43.4%	1 January 2014
Central African Republic	35 000 CFA francs per month, 218.75 CFA francs per hour.		1,539	40		0.74	253.9%	2011
Chad	59,995 CFA francs ($120) per month, 355 CFA francs per hour.		3,484	39		1.72	155.3%	18 October 2011
Chile	250,000 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.		5,933	45		2.54	26.6%	1 July 2014
China	The minimum wage in China is set locally, ranges from RMB1,270 per month, RMB11.20 per hour in Hainan to RMB2,030 per month, RMB18.5 per hour in Shenzhen.		7,023	40		3.38	53.1%	3 July 2015
Colombia	689,954 Colombian pesos per month		6,037	48		2.42	46.3%	1 January 2016
Comoros	55,000 Comorian francs ($150) per month.		3,037	40		1.46	198.6%	2014
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,680 Congolese francs ($1.83) per day.		741	45		0.32	92%	1 January 2009
Republic of the Congo	90,000 CFA francs ($170) per month in the formal sector.		3,663	40		1.76	59.2%	2014
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 for licentiates.		6,624	48		2.65	46.1%	1 January 2015
Côte 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.		1,868	40		0.9	53.6%	1994
Croatia	3,029.55 Croatian kuna per month.		9,089	40		4.37	42.8%	1 January 2015
Cuba	225 Cuban pesos ($9) per month.			44			%	1 May 2005
Cyprus	None; €870 per month for shop assistants, nurses' assistants, clerks, hairdressers, and nursery assistants; it rises to €924 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.			48				2014
Czech Republic	9,200 Czech koruna per month, or 55 koruna ($2.171 USD) per hour.		8,011	40		3.85	26.3%	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 ($18) per hour, exclusive of pension benefits.			37.5				2014
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.			48				2014
Dominica	EC$4.00 ($1.50) per hour.		4,223	40		2.03	39.5%	1 June 2008
Dominican Republic	6,320 Dominican pesos ($167) per month in the FTZs and 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.		1,654	44		0.72	12.6%	1 June 2013
Ecuador	US$413 per month (for a 12 month average, including 13th and 14th salaries). Minimum wage has been set by the government on US$354 per month for the year 2015. A worker that works a full year, receives a 13th (of US$354) and a 14th (of US$354) salary.		8,125	40		3.91	71.9%	30 December 2014
Egypt	None; for the public sector the minimum wage is LE 1,200 ($174) per month.			48				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.		2,188	44		0.96	27.4%	1 January 2014
Equatorial Guinea	197,611 CFA franc ($374).		6,860	35		3.77	21.3%	2014
Eritrea	None; 360 Eritrean nakfa ($24) per month in the public sector.			44.5				2014
Estonia	€430 per month, €2.44 per hour.		8,320	40		4	31.6%	1 January 2016
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 birrEthiopian birr ($21); employees in the banking and insurance sector had a minimum monthly wage of 336 birr ($18).			48				2014
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 in Pohnpei, $1.25 in Chuuk, $1.42 in Kosrae, and $1.60 in Yap; $1.75 for private sector workers in Pohnpei.			40				2014
Fiji	FJ$2.32 per hour.		4,524	48		1.81	55.8%	1 July 2015
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.			40				2014
France	€1,466.62 per month, €9.67 per hour.		20,229	35		11.11	52.1%	1 January 2016
Gabon	150,000 CFA francs ($285) per month; government workers received an additional monthly allowance of 20,000 CFA francs ($38) per child; government workers also received transportation, housing, and family benefits; the law does not mandate housing or family benefits for private sector workers.		4,865	40		2.34	25.9%	1 February 2010
The Gambia	50 dalasi ($1.16) per day.		958	48		0.38	58.8%	2014
Georgia	20 Georgian lari ($11) per month for private sector workers which has remained unchanged since the early 1990s; 115 lari ($67) per month for public employees.		282	40		0.14	3.7%	2014
Germany	€8.50 per hour ($9.47). A higher minimum wage is often set by collective bargaining agreements and enforceable by law.		21,567	40.5		10.24	47.3%	1 January 2015
Ghana	7.00 Ghanaian cedis per day.		1,273	40		0.61	30.7%	1 August 2015
Greece	€683.76 per month ($762) in 12 payments, €586 per month ($653) in 14 payments, or €4.23 per hour.		12,066	40		5.8	46.2%	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 $9.00 per hour.			40				2014
Guatemala	74.97 Guatemalan quetzales per 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.		5,397	48		2.16	71.7%	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.			48				2014
Guinea-Bissau	19,030 CFA francs ($38) per month plus a bag of rice		935	45		0.4	65.4%	2014
Guyana	G$35,000 per month, G$1,616 per day and G$202 per hour.		3,204	40		1.54	46.7%	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.		1,377	48		0.55	78.7%	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.		4,150	44		1.81	93.9%	1 January 2014
Hong Kong	HK$32.50 per hour is the minimum wage in Hong Kong.		10,481	40		5.04	19%	1 May 2015
Hungary	111,000 HUF (€370) per month for unskilled labor, 129,000 HUF (€430) per month for skilled labor.		8,153	40		3.92	33.3%	1 January 2016
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.			40				2014
India	Varied from 150 rupees ($2.40) per day in Bihar to 361 rupees ($5.80) per day in Delhi. State governments set a separate minimum wage for agricultural workers. The minimum wages are set according to Minimum Wages Act, 1948.		2,342	48		0.94	40.2%	2014
Indonesia	Established by provincial and district authorities, which vary by province, district, and sector; the current 2015 lowest minimum wage is in the province of Central Java at rupiah 1,100,000 per month and the highest is in Jakarta at rupiah 3,100,000 per month.		2,648	40		1.27	25%	1 January 2016
Iran	The minimum wage was raised to 712,000 Iranian tomans ($215) (equal to 7120000 rials) effective on the 2015 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.		2,021	44		0.88	12.4%	21 March 2014
Iraq	250,000 Iraqi dinars ($214) per month.		5,222	40		2.51	35.5%	2014
Ireland	€9.15 per hour, with sub-minimal rates for those under 18 (70% of minimum), and for those over 18 in first year of employment (80%), in second year of employment (90%), and in certain types of training (75% to 90%).		18,556	39		9.15	38.8%	1 January 2016
Israel	₪5,300 Israeli new shekel ($1,375) per month, ₪25 Israeli new shekel ($6.62) per hour.		12,647	43		5.66	38.2%	1 April 2015
Italy	None; instead set through collective bargaining agreements on a sector-by-sector basis.			40				2014
Jamaica	J$5,600 per week.		3,651	40		1.76	41.1%	6 January 2014
Japan	Ranges from 693 Japanese yen to 907 yen per hour; set on a prefectural and industry basis.		13,453	40		6.47	36.9%	18 October 2015
Jordan	190 Jordanian dinars ($268) per month.		6,909	48		2.77	57.3%	1 February 2012
Kazakhstan	21,364 Kazakhstani tenge per month.		2,257	40		1.08	9.3%	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.		1,253	52		0.46	43.1%	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							2014
South Korea	6,030 South Korean won per hour; reviewed annually.		12,496	40		6.01	36.4%	1 January 2016
North Korea	Averaging 5,000 – 10,000 North Korean won per day. roughly 2000 North Korean won is 1 US Dollar.							2014
Kosovo	€170 ($224) per month for workers between 35 and 65 years of age; €130 for workers under 35 years of age.		5,667	40		2.72	61.4%	17 August 2011
Kuwait	60 Kuwaiti dinars ($216) per month.		3,600	48		1.44	4.4%	14 April 2010
Kyrgyzstan	970 Kyrgyzstani som per month, nominally; used for administrative purpose.		563	40		0.27	16.9%	1 January 2015
Laos	800,000 Lao kip ($100) per month; additionally, employers were required to pay an 30,000-kip ($3.74) meal allowance per day. The minimum wage for civil servants and state enterprise employees was last increased to 1,400,000 kip ($170) per month.		5,180	48		2.08	100.3%	2014
Latvia	€360 per month, €2,166 per hour, and €2,477 for teenagers and people working in dangerous conditions.		7,904	40		3.8	33.9%	1 January 2015
Lebanon	675,000 pounds ($450) per month, 30,000 pounds per day.		8,947	48		3.58	50.8%	1 February 2012
Lesotho	1,178 maloti ($102) per month to 1,285 maloti ($112) per month; varied by sector.		3,027	45		1.29	115.8%	2014
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.		474	48		0.19	48.4%	2014
Libya	450 Libyan dinars per month; the government heavily subsidizes rent and utilities.		9,643	40		4.64	61.8%	1 March 2011
Liechtenstein	None			48				2014
Lithuania	€325 per month ($362), €2.03 per hour ($2.26).		7,423	40		3.57	27.9%	1 January 2015
Luxembourg	€1,922.96 per month ($2,142.90), €11.12 per hour ($12.39) for unskilled workers over 18; increased by 20% for a skilled employee; decreased by 20% to 25% in the case of an adolescent worker.		22,891	40		11.01	25.1%	1 January 2016
REDIRECT Template:Country data North Macedonia	10,990 Macedonian denars per month in the textile and leather industries; 12,268 Macedonian denars per month in other sectors.			40			%	1 January 2013
Madagascar	124,243.00 Malagasy ariary per month, 716.80 ariary per hour for non-agricultural workers; 126,000.00 ariary per month, 630.00 ariary per hour for agricultural workers.		1,496	41		0.7	104.1%	1 March 2014
Malawi	MK 551 per day.		830	48		0.33	101.8%	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		5,789	48		2.32	23.4%	1 January 2013
Maldives	None; 3,100 Maldivian rufiyaa ($242) per month in the government sector.			48				2014
Mali	28,465 CFA francs ($57), supplemented by a required package of benefits, including social security and health care.		1,560	48		0.62	90%	2014
Malta	€728.04 per month, €168.01 per week; combined with an annual mandatory bonus of €270.20 and a €242.32 annual cost of living increase, automatically adjusted for inflation.		14,014	40		6.74	48.1%	1 January 2016
Marshall Islands	US$2.00 per hour for government and private sector employees.		3,852	40		1.85	98.7%	6 March 1986
Mauritania	30,000 Mauritanian ouguiya ($100) per month for adults.		2,952	40		1.42	75.7%	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.		1,622	45		0.69	8.7%	2014
Mexico	70.10 Mexican pesos per day for Zone A and 66.45 pesos per day for Zone B.		2,051	48		0.82	11.9%	1 January 2015
Moldova	1650Moldovan lei in the private sector; 1000 lei per month in the public sector.		1,749	40		0.84	35.1%	1 October 2014
Monaco	€1,715.94 per month and €10.15 per hour; same as the French minimum wage, plus a 5% adjustment.	27,319		39	13.47		17%	1 January 2016
Mongolia	192,000 Mongolian tögrög per month.		2,774	40		1.33	23%	1 September 2013
Montenegro	€193 per month ($215).		5,386	40		2.59	37.6%	1 May 2013
Morocco	97 Moroccan dirhams ($1.01) per day in the industrialized sector, 10.03 dirhams ($1.50) per day for agricultural workers.		4,709	48		1.89	63.8%	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.		1,818	40		0.87	155.5%	1 May 2014
Myanmar	3,600 Myanma kyat per day.		3,011	44		1.32	64%	1 September 2015
Namibia	None; the mining, construction, security and agricultural sectors set basic levels of pay through collective bargaining.			45				2014
Nauru	None; there is a graduated salary system for public service officers and employees, none for private-sector workers.			40				2014
Nepal	8,000 Nepalese rupees per month.		2,620	48		1.05	110.3%	10 June 2013
Netherlands	€1,524.60 per month, €351.85 per week, €70.37 per day, and €8.80 per hour for persons 23 and older; between 30-85% of this amount for persons aged 15–22.		20,556	40		9.88	43.6%	1 January 2016
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.		18,707	40		8.99	53.1%	1 April 2015
Nicaragua	Set for nine different economic sectors; ranges from 2,705.11 Nicaraguan córdobas per month in the agricultural sector to 6,096.93 córdobas per month in the financial sector.		2,883	48		1.16	60.1%	1 March 2014
Niger	30,047 CFA francs ($60) per month.		1,633	40		0.78	168.8%	17 August 2012
Nigeria	18,000 naira per month ($115).		1,747	40		0.84	29.7%	1 January 2011
Norway	None; wages normally fall within a national scale negotiated by labor, employers, and local governments.			37.5				2014
Oman	225 Omani rials ($592) per month plus allowances of 100 rials ($263) per month for citizens; does not apply to foreign workers.		19,500	45		8.33	45.2%	1 July 2013
Pakistan	13000 Pakistani rupees per month.		4,863	48		1.95	100.4%	1 June 2015
Palau	US$3.00 per hour; does not include foreign workers.		6,638	40		3.19	45%	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.		5,171	48		2.07	25.1%	1 January 2012
Papua New Guinea	3.20 Papua New Guinean kina per hour.		2,795	44		1.22	105.7%	1 August 2014
Paraguay	1,824,055 Paraguayan guaraníes 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.		8,426	48		3.38	100%	1 March 2014
Peru	750 Peruvian nuevos soles ($294) per month.		5,172	48		2.07	42.9%	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.		3,166	40		1.52	45.8%	25 July 2012
Poland	1,750 PLN (€405) monthly.Concerns "Umowa o prace" only.There are two other types of job contracts "Umowa Zlecenie" and "Umowa o dzieło" that has no minimum wage at all.Employers use these types of job contracts to legally omit the minimum wage.		11,170	40		5.37	44.9%	1 January 2015
Portugal	€589.17 per month ($656) in 12 payments, €505 per month ($562) in 14 payments; for full-time workers, rural workers, and domestic employees ages 18 and older.		10,397	40		5	36.7%	1 October 2014
Qatar	None; the labor law provides the emir with authority to set a minimum wage, but he did not do so.			48				2013
Romania	1050 RON Romanian lei per month, 6.25 Romanian lei per hour for a full-time schedule of 168 hours per month (see Minimum wage in Romania).]		6,667	40		3.21	34.4%	1 July 2015
Russia	5,965 rubles per month.		2,877	40		1.38	11.2%	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.			45				2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis	EC$9.00 per hour.		9,087	40		4.37	40%	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.			40				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.		3,351	40		1.61	31.6%	1 July 2008
Samoa	WST$2.00 ($0.89) per hour for the private sector; WST$2.65 ($1.18) for the public sector.		2,237	40		1.08	38.6%	2012
San Marino	€1582.57 per month ($1,763); €9.74 per hour ($10.85).		24,663	37.5		12.65	58.8%	1 January 2014
São Tomé and Príncipe	None; 750,000 São Tomé and Príncipe 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.		18,557	48		7.43	34%	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.		1,617	40		0.78	69.9%	1 January 1996
Serbia	121 dinars per hour net, 163 dinars per hour gross.		6,888	40		3.31	54.4%	1 January 2015
Seychelles	SR26.70 per hour for all workers other than casual workers; SR30.78 per hour for casual workers.		6,435	40		3.09	24.5%	1 January 2014
Sierra Leone	500,000 Sierra Leonean leones per month.		2,602	40		1.25	126.7%	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.			44				2013
Slovakia	€405 per month, €2.33 per hour.		8,812	40		4.24	31.9%	1 January 2016
Slovenia	€790.73 per month ($881).		14,162	40		6.81	47.3%	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.		955	45		0.41	44.9%	1 May 2008
Somalia	None			48				2013
South Africa	None; the minimum wage for domestic workers was 8.95 rand ($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).			45				2013
Spain	€756.70 per month ($843) in 12 payments, €648.60 per month ($723) in 14 payments.		12,271	40		5.9	36.3%	1 January 2015
Sri Lanka	7,500 rupees per month.		1,811	45		0.77	17.2%	1 August 2013
Sudan	425 Sudanese pounds per month.		1,087	40		0.52	26.3%	2008
Suriname	None; SRD 600 ($180) per month is the lowest wage for civil servants.			45				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	48	0.33	0.54	19%	2011
Sweden	None; in Sweden the law provides for the right of workers to form and join independent unions to bargain wages collectively, and it prohibits antiunion discrimination.			40				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	40	1.02	1.37	54%	2013
Taiwan	The minimum wage in Taiwan is NT$20,008 per month; NT$120 per hour.		17,310	42		7.93	37.8%	1 July 2015
Tajikistan	250 Tajikistani somoni per month, plus certain government subsidies for workers and their families.		1,288	40		0.62	48.5%	1 September 2013
Tanzania	Varies by sector from 40,000 Tanzanian shillings per month to 400,000 shillings per month.		593	45		0.25	22.9%	1 July 2013
Thailand	Ranges from 300 Thai baht per day and up, depending on the cost of living in various provinces; set by provincial tripartite wage committees that sometimes include only employer representatives.		7,301	48		2.93	49.8%	1 January 2013
Timor-Leste	US$115 per month.		2,123	44		0.93	93.2%	22 June 2012
Togo	35,000 ($70) CFA francs per month.		1,796	40		0.86	123.6%	1 January 2012
Tonga	None			40				2013
Trinidad and Tobago	TT$15.00 ($2.36) per hour.		5,503	40		2.65	18.1%	1 January 2015
Tunisia	For the industrial sector: 340 Tunisian 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.		3,007	48		1.2	27%	2011
Turkey	1273.50 Turkish lira (€412) per month (gross minimum wage) Net minimum wage in Turkey is 1000.54 Turkish lira (€323.85) per month. Employer pays 1.496.36 Turkish Lira (€484.33) including taxes and health insurance .		9,242	45		3.95	48%	1 January 2015
Turkmenistan	535 Turkmenistani manat per month.		3,988	40		1.92	25.8%	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.		60	40		0.03	3.5%	1 January 1984
Ukraine	7.80 Ukrainian hryven' per hour or 1301 Ukrainian hryven' per month.		2,745	40		1.32	31.7%	1 October 2014
United Arab Emirates	None			48				2013
United Kingdom	£6.70 per hour ($10.16) (aged 21+), £5.30 per hour ($8.04) (aged 18–20), £3.87 per hour ($5.87) (under 18), £3.30 per hour ($5.00) (apprentices aged 16 to 18 and those aged 19 or over who are in their first year).		16,636	38.2		8.38	42.5%	1 October 2015
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	40		7.25	27.6%	24 July 2009
Uruguay	10,000 Uruguayan pesos per month, 500 pesos per day, 50 pesos per hour.		5,327	48		2.13	25.5%	1 January 2015
Uzbekistan	107,635 Uzbekistani som per month.		1,005	40		0.48	18%	1 September 2014
Vanuatu	30,000 Vanuatu vatu ($323) per month, 170 vatu per hour.		3,041	40		1.46	101.7%	20 August 2012
Venezuela	Bolívares (BsF) 9.648,18 Venezuelan bolívares per month. Bolívares (BsF) 9.648,18 is $11,84 at the open market exchange rate, which the government considers illegal, and $714,68 at the individually inaccessible for the citizens government exchange rate of 13,50.		51	40		0.02	0.3%	1 December 2014
Vietnam	Varies by region; Region I: VND 3,100,000 per month; Region II: VND 2,750,000 per month; Region III: VND 2,400,000 per month and Region IV: VND 2,150,000 per month.		2,864	40		1.38	50.9%	1 January 2015
Yemen	None; the minimum civil service wage was 21,000 rials ($100) per month.		48					2013
Zambia	Varies by sector; 522,400 Zambian 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).		1,671,680	48		669.74	40,911.9%	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

See also

• List of countries by average wage
• List of minimum wage laws
• List of sovereign states in Europe by minimum wage
• List of sovereign states in Europe by net average wage
• List of U.S. minimum wages
• List of minimum wages in Canada
• List of minimum wages in China (PRC)
• The Minimum Wages Act, 1948

External links

• FedEE review of minimum wage rates, Federation of European Employers.
• C131 Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970, International Labour Organization.
• Minimum Wages around the World
• Currency converter
• Database Central Europe; minimum wages in CEE region