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This is a list of the official
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This is a list of the official minimum wage
A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor. List of countries by minimum wage, Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation b ...
rates of the 193 United Nations member states and former members of the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
, also including the following territories and states with limited recognition (Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...
, Kosovo
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, etc.) and other independent countries. Some countries may have a very complicated minimum wage system; for example, India has more than 1202 minimum wage rates for different types of industries and skill levels. Meanwhile, other countries may have a national rate which often is superseded by state, provincial, cantonal, county and city minimum wage rates. For example, 33 states in the United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
have higher minimum wages than the federal rate (plus military rates on federal bases) – on top of this an additional 42 city-level subdivisions having different minimum wage rates and 53 countries. In effect, the United States has over 100 different minimum wages across the nation. This is common in federalist
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History Europe federation
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nations such as Canada
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, and minimum wage in China also has numerous different rates. In the table below, only the lowest minimum wage is cited, or the highest-level subdivision where it applies.
Methodology
The minimum wages listed refer to a gross amount, that is before deduction of taxes andsocial security
Welfare spending is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifically to social insurance ...
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
Social insurance is a form of Social protection, social welfare that provides insurance against economic risks. The insurance may be provided publicly or through the subsidizing of private insurance. In contrast to other forms of Welfare spend ...
contributions paid by the employer.
For comparison, an annual wage column is provided in international dollars, a hypothetical unit of currency
A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition is that a currency is a ''system of money'' in common use within a specific envi ...
calculated based on the purchasing power parity
Purchasing power parity (PPP) is a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currency, currencies. PPP is effectively the ratio of the price of a market bask ...
(PPP) of household final consumption expenditure
Household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) is a transaction of the national account's use of income account representing consumer spending. It consists of the expenditure incurred bresidenthouseholds on individual consumption goods and servic ...
. For calculating the annual wage, the lowest general minimum wage was used.
List
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Canton may refer to:
Administrative divisions
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and entertainment
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of Jura; (US$) per hour in the canton of Neuchâtel
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, (US$) in the canton of Geneva
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; the rest of the country has no minimum wage. There are 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 to (US$ to US$) per month for unskilled workers and to (US$ to US$) per month for skilled employees. On 18 May 2014, Swiss voters rejected a federal initiative
Popular initiative
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(by 76.3%) that would have enforced ''GLCs'' for every sector and set the hourly minimum wage at (US$, or PPP-adjusted US$12.55).
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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*Note: "Annual working hours" = Annual wages divided by hourly wages.
See also
* Kaitz index *List of ASEAN country and subdivisions by Wage
This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the Top 10 cities with the largest economies in ASEAN. Some cities may have a complicated minimum wage system. For example, in Vietnam, both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi has 2 types of minimum ...
* List of countries by average annual labor hours
The average length of working time in different countries depends on a number of economic, social and societal factors. Another important factor is the extent to which part-time work is widespread, which is less common in developing countries. In 2 ...
* List of countries by average wage
The average wage is a measure of total income after taxes divided by total number of employees employed. In this article, the average wage is adjusted for living expenses "purchasing power parity" (PPP). This is not to be confused with the averag ...
* List of countries by median wage
The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of under ...
* List of countries by labour productivity
* List of countries by wealth per adult
This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult, from UBS's ''Global Wealth Databook.'' See table 3-1 for all countries, on pages 123-126, for mean and median wealth, Gini coefficient, distribution of adults (%) by wealth range, ...
* List of minimum wage laws
* List of European countries by minimum wage
The following list provides information relating to the minimum wages (gross) of countries in Europe. →
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), Belg ...
* List of US states by minimum wage
This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the 50 US states and the federal district of Washington, D.C.List of minimum wages in Canada
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List of minimum wages in China (PRC)
As different parts of China have very different standards of living, China does not set one minimum wage for the entire nation. Instead, the task of setting minimum wages is delegated to the local governments. Each province, municipality, or reg ...
* The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
The Minimum Wages Act 1948 is an act of parliament concerning Indian labour law that sets the minimum wages that must be paid to skilled and unskilled workers.
Constitution of India, The Indian Constitution has defined a 'living wage' that is ...
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minimum Wages By Country *Minimum wages
A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor. Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation by the end of the 20th century. Bec ...
Minimum wages
A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor. Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation by the end of the 20th century. Bec ...