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List of minimum wages by country

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The list below gives the official minimum wage rates in 197 countries and territories: 192 United Nations member states (does not include South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011), plus the Republic of China (Taiwan), Northern Cyprus, Hong Kong, Kosovo and Western Sahara. Some countries are more effective than others at enforcing these regulations, so that the effective minimum wage may be lower than the official one.

The minimum wages given refer to a gross amount, i.e. before deduction of taxes and social security contributions, which vary from one country to another.

For the sake of comparison, an "annual wage" column is provided in International dollars, a hypothetical unit of currency that has the same purchasing power that the U.S. dollar had in the United States in 2009. For calculating the annual wage, the lowest general minimum wage was used.

Contents [hide] 1 Minimum wages by country 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Minimum wages by country

Note: To convert the gross annual wage to a different currency, go to this list, locate your desired currency's country of origin and then multiply the number next to the country's name by the annual gross wage in this article's table. This is necessary, because the annual wages are in International dollars, not market U.S. dollars. Note, however, that the purchasing power used here is for GDP and may differ from a private consumer purchasing power.

Country	Minimum wage	Gross annual wage (Intl. dollars)[1][2]	% of 2010 GDP per capita[1][3]	Effective
Afghanistan	4,000 Afghani (€61) per month for government workers; 2,000 Afghani for private sector workers[4]	907	97	2009
Albania	18,000 Albanian lekë (€127) per month, nationally[4]	4,266	60	May 2009
Algeria	15,000 Algerian dinars (€146) per month, nationally[4]	4,277	62	January 1, 2010
Andorra	€ per month, nationally; set by the government and adjusted twice a year[4]	N/A	N/A	2009
Angola	8,600 kwanza (€65) per month[4]	1,844	30	2008
Antigua and Barbuda	EC$7.00 an hour for all categories of labor[4]	8,519[5]	49	N/A
Argentina	1,840 Argentine pesos (€310) a month, nationally[6]	5,332	33	January 1, 2011
Armenia	30,000 Armenian dram (€56) per month; set by the government by decree[4]	1,888	38	N/A
Australia	570.00 Australian dollars (€417) per week; set federally by the Fair Work Australia[7]	29,640	52	July 1, 2010
Austria	none; instead, nationwide collective bargaining agreements set minimum wages by job classification for each industry; the accepted unofficial annual minimum wage is €12,000 to [4]	14,101	37	N/A
Azerbaijan	75 Azerbaijani manat (€67) per month[4]	2,228	23	N/A
The Bahamas	B$4.00 per hour for the private sector; B per hour for government employees[4]	9,917[8]	38	2002
Bahrain	None [4]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bangladesh	1,800 Taka (€17) a month; set nationally every five years by the National Minimum Wage Board in a tripartite forum industry by industry[4]	798	54	2007
Barbados	BDS$5 per hour for household domestics and shop assistants[4]	8,208[8]	37	N/A
Belarus	220,080 Belarusian rubles (€30) a month nationally[4]	2,334	18	N/A
Belgium	€1,415.24 a month for workers 21 years of age and over; a month for workers 21 and a half years of age, with six months of service; a month for workers 22 years of age, with 12 months of service; coupled with extensive social benefits[9][10]	18,813	53	September 1, 2010
Belize	BZ$2.50 an hour for those in agriculture and agro-industry; BZ for manual and domestic workers[4]	5,571[11]	71	N/A
Benin	30,000 CFA francs (€46) per month; the government set minimum wage scales for a number of occupations[4]	1,553	108	N/A
Bhutan	100 Bhutanese ngultrum (€1.57) per day plus various allowances paid in cash or kind[4]	1,520	29	N/A
Bolivia	647 Bolivian bolivianos (€66) per month for the public and private sectors[4]	2,904	65	2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina	320 convertible maraka (€163) per month in Republika Srpska; 343 convertible maraka per month in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[4]	4,770	62	January 1, 2009
Botswana	3.8 Botswana pula (€1.94) an hour for most full-time labor in the private sector;[4]	2,963[5]	21	N/A
Brazil	R$ 545.00 about US$ 348.39 per month, paid 13 times a year. States may also set a minimum, in which case the higher of the two is controlling. The federal minimum wage is also the minimum stipend paid by the federal pension fund, INSS.[12]	4,529	55	January 1, 2011
Brunei	none[4]	—	—	—
Bulgaria	270 Bulgarian leva (€137) per month[13]	3,908	33	January 1, 2009
Burkina Faso	30,684 CFA francs (€47) a month in the formal sector; does not apply to subsistence agriculture or other informal occupations[4]	1,736	133	N/A
Burundi	160 Burundian francs per day for unskilled workers; in practice, some employers voluntarily pay their unskilled laborers a minimum of 1,500 Burundian francs (€0.86) per day[4]	82	21	N/A
Cambodia	US$ 61 per month for the garment and footwear sectors; none for any other industry[9]	672	34	October 1, 2010
Cameroon	28,246 CFA francs (€43) per month; applicable in all sectors[9]	1,382	64	June 2008
Canada	set by each province and territory; ranges from C$8.00 to C$11.00 per hour (see List of minimum wages in Canada)	16,710[5]	44	N/A
Cape Verde	12,000 Cape Verdean escudos (€109) per month for an entry‑level worker in the public sector; none in the private sector[9]	2,047	59	N/A
Central African Republic	set in the public sector by decree and varies by sector and by kind of work; for example, approximately 8,500 CFA francs (€13) a month for agricultural workers; approximately 26,000 CFA francs a month for office workers[9]	360	48	N/A
Chad	28,000 CFA francs (€43) per month[9]	1,671	104	N/A
Chile	182,000 Chilean pesos (€258) per month for workers aged 18–65; 128,402 pesos for workers younger than 18 and older than 65; and 110,950 pesos for 'non remunerative' purposes;[14] 92% of the 18–65 minimum wage for domestic servants[15]	5,484	38	July 1, 2011
Colombia	535,000 Colombian pesos (€207) a month (2011); established by the government every January, serving as a benchmark for wage bargaining[9][16]	4,983	55	January 1, 2010
Comoros	30,000 Comorian francs (€61) per month[9]	1,474	126	N/A
Democratic Republic of the Congo	500 Congolese francs (€0.39) per day[9]	306	93	N/A
Republic of the Congo	54,000 CFA francs (€82) per month in the formal sector[9]	2,225	54	N/A
Costa Rica	ranging from 131,907 Costa Rican colones (€186) a month for domestic employees to 486,218 colones (€686) for university graduates; set annually by the National Wage Council[9]	3,762	36	2011
Côte d'Ivoire	it varies by occupation, with the lowest set to 36,607 CFA franc (€56) per month for the industrial sector; a slightly higher minimum wage rate is applied for construction workers[9]	1,443	86	N/A
Croatia	2,814.00 Croatian kuna (€377 gross) per month for full-time workers; HRK 2,701.44 in the textile, wood-processing and leather industries[17]	7,951	45	June 1, 2009
Cuba	it varies by occupation; on average, 225 Cuban pesos (€6.21012) a month; supplemented by the government with free education, subsidized medical care (daily pay is reduced by 40 percent after the third day of a hospital stay), housing, and some subsidized food[9][18]	229[19]	2[19]	May 1, 2005
Cyprus	As at 01/04/840 on commencement,per month for shop assistants, nurses' assistants, clerks, hairdressers, and nursery assistants; increasing to after six months' employment[9]	11,952	42	N/A
Czech Republic	8,000 Czech korun (€327) a month[9]	6,695	28	January 1, 2007
Denmark	none, nationally; instead, negotiated between unions and employer associations; 103.15 kroner (€14) per hour, according to statistics released on March 1, 2009[4]	44,252[20]	66	2009
Djibouti	none; canceled by the 2006 Labor Code for occupational categories, establishing that wages be set after common agreement between employers and employees[9]	—	—	—
Dominica	EC$5.00 per hour for all public and private workers[9]	7,909[8]	77	2008
Dominican Republic	4,900 Dominican pesos (€91) a month in the FTZs and between 4,485 and 7,360 pesos outside the FTZs, depending upon the size of the company; 2,600 pesos per month for the public sector; 150 pesos a day for farm workers who are covered by minimum wage regulations, based on a 10-hour day; 95 pesos per day for cane workers in the sugar industry[9]	1,491	18	N/A
Ecuador	US$264 (gross) per month paid 14 times per year plus mandated bonuses[9][21]	5,680	73	2011
Egypt	N/A; set by the government for the public sector[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A
El Salvador	US$192.10 a month for retail employees; for industrial laborers; for apparel assembly workers; for agriculture industry workers[9]	2,187	30	N/A
Equatorial Guinea	N/A; set by statute for all sectors of the formal economy; varies from sector to sector[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eritrea	360 Eritrean nakfa per month in the civil service sector[9]	526	77	N/A
Estonia	4,350 Estonian krooni (€278) per month[22]	5,709	32	January 1, 2008
Ethiopia	none, nationally; 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 320 birr (€13); employees in the banking and insurance sector had a minimum monthly wage of 336 birr[9]	902	95	N/A
Federated States of Micronesia	US$2.64 per hour for employment with the national government; all states have a minimum hourly wage for government workers: in Pohnpei, in Chuuk, in Kosrae, and in Yap; for private sector workers in Pohnpei[9]	2,600[8]	118	N/A
Fiji	none, nationally; set by the Wages Councils for certain sectors[9]	—	—	—
Finland	not in law; however, the law requires all employers, including nonunionized ones, to pay minimum wages agreed to in collective bargaining agreements; almost all workers are covered under such arrangements[9]	—	—	—
France	€9.00 per hour; per month for 151.67 hours worked (or 7 hours every weekday of the month)[23][24]	17,701[25]	53	January 1, 2011
Gabon	80,000 CFA francs (€122) per month; government workers received an additional monthly allowance of 20,000 CFA francs per child; government workers also received transportation, housing, and family benefits; the law does not mandate housing or family benefits for private sector workers[9]	3,892	27	N/A
The Gambia	19.55 dalasi (€0.51) per day for unskilled labor; 50 dalasi, in practice[9]	1,610	84	N/A
Georgia	Not Set	N/A	N/A	N/A
Germany	none, except for construction workers, electrical workers, janitors, roofers, painters, and letter carriers; set by collective bargaining agreements in other sectors of the economy and enforceable by law[9]	—	—	—
Ghana	4.11 Ghanaian cedis (€1.95) a day[26]	704	44	N/A
Greece	€740.00 a month[27]	11,454[28]	38	March 1, 2010
Grenada	set for various categories of workers; for example, agricultural workers were classified into male and female workers; rates for men were EC$5.00 per hour, and for women EC per hour; however, if a female worker performed the same task as a man, her rate of pay was the same; the minimum wage for domestic workers was set at EC monthly[9]	6,556[8]	61	2002
Guatemala	52 Guatemalan quetzales (€4.78) per day for agricultural work and non-agricultural work and 47.75 quetzales for work in garment factories[9]	2,734	57	N/A
Guinea-Bissau	set annually for all categories of work; approximately 19,030 CFA francs (€29) per month plus a bag of rice[9]	993	93	2008
Guinea	the labor code allows the government to set a minimum hourly wage; however, the government has not exercised this provision nor does it promote a standard wage[9]	—	—	—
Guyana	G$34,055 (€116) per month in the public sector; G and over per week for certain categories of private sector workers; affected occupations include retail cashiers and clerks, printers, drivers, and conductors[9]	2,540	38	N/A
Haiti	70 Haitian gourdes (€1.20) a day[9]	817	68	N/A
Honduras	monthly minimum wage varies according to the number of workers employed; 1-20 workers: 5,500 Honduran lempiras (€240, urban areas), 4,055 (rural); 20-50 workers: 5,665 (urban), 4,166.65 (rural); more than 50 workers: 5,886 (urban), 4,339.50 (rural)[29]	7,915	182	September 1, 2010
Hong Kong	Hourly minimum wages in Hong Kong is HK$28 per hour, effective from 1 May 2011. HK$3740 per month for foreign domestic workers;[9] bill for city-wide minimum wage introduced[30] (see Minimum wage in Hong Kong)HK per working hour for all workers.	10,770	23	May 1, 2011
Hungary	78,000 Hungarian forint (€289) per month[31]	6,274	34	January 1, 2011
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[9]	—	—	—
India	N/A; varies according to the state and to the sector of industry; state governments set a separate minimum wage for agricultural workers[9][32]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Indonesia	established by provincial and district authorities, which vary by province, district, and sector; as high as 1,410,000 rupiah (€116) per month in Papua; as low as 675,000 rupiah per month in West Java[9]	2,103	25	N/A
Iran	3,030,480 Iranian rials per month or roughly US $303 per month; Revised annually[33][34][35]	6,700	60	2009
Iraq	less than 10,500 Iraqi dinars (€6.32) per day for a skilled worker and less than 5,250 for an unskilled worker[9]	1,973	55	—
Ireland	€8.65 per hour.[36]	16,567[37]	49	February 1, 2011
Israel	4,300.00 Israeli new sheqel (€859) (this is per month; per hour it is 22.04 Israeli new sheqel)[38]	N/A	N/A	July 1, 2011
Italy	none by law; instead set through collective bargaining agreements on a sector-by-sector basis[9]	—	—	—
Jamaica	J$4,500 (€37) per week for a 40-hour workweek, and from J to J per week for a 40-hour workweek in the case of industrial security guards[39]	N/A	N/A	February 28, 2011
Japan	Prefectural minimum wages range from ¥642 (€5.52) to ¥821 (€7.06) per hour for all workers.[40] Industrial minimum wages applies for certain industries and usually set higher than the prefectural minimum.[40] If prefectural and industrial minimum wages differ, higher of two will apply.[9] Cost for commuting, extra pays (such as working on holidays, at night, overtime, etc.) and temporary pays (bonus, tips, etc.) must be paid exclusively and cannot be used to calculate towards minimum wage.	11,254[8]	35	N/A
Jordan	110 Jordanian dinars (€109) per month[9]	2,458	44	N/A
Kazakhstan	15,999 Kazakhstani tenge (€80.88888) a month[9]	1,442	12	2011
Kenya	set by the government by location, age and skill level; the lowest urban minimum wage was 7,578 shillings per month, and the lowest agricultural minimum wage for unskilled employees was 2,536 shillings (€21) per month, excluding housing allowance[9]	830	48	N/A
Kiribati	none; estimated by government authorities to be between A$1.60 to A per hour[9]	11,048[41]	183	N/A
Kuwait	217 Kuwaiti dinars (€554) per month for public sector citizen employees and 97 dinars for public sector non-citizen employees; no legal minimum wage in the private sector; at least 40 dinars per month for domestic workers[9]	12,341	33	N/A
Kyrgyzstan	340 Kyrgyzstani som (€5.17) per month, nominally; used for administrative purpose[9]	251	11	N/A
Laos	11,154 Lao kip (€0.97) a day for private sector workers; 290,000 Lao kip (€25) a month; 405,000 kip for civil servants and state enterprise employees, often complemented with government benefits and housing subsidies[9]	1,057	46	2008
Latvia	200 Latvian lati (€282) a month[31]	5,333	42	January 1, 2011
Lebanon	500,000 Lebanese lira (€233) per month[9]	6,344	44	2008
Lesotho	252 maloti (€26) per month for lower-skilled jobs; 686 maloti per month for textile machine operator trainees; 738 maloti per month for textile general workers; set annually[9]	664	55	2008
Liberia	15 LD (€0.15) per hour not exceeding 8 hours per day, excluding benefits, for unskilled laborers; 4,200 LD (€41) per month for civil servants[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Libya	130 Libyan dinars (€75) per month for a single person, 180 dinars for a married couple, and 220 dinars for a family of more than two; the government heavily subsidizes rent and utilities; government workers receive an additional 130 dinars per month for basic food staples[9]	1,785	13	2006
Liechtenstein	none[9]	—	—	—
Lithuania	800 Lithuanian litas (€232c) per month[31]	5,759	35	January 1, 2008
Luxembourg	€1,570.28 per month for unqualified workers over 18; for those aged 17–18; for those aged 15–17; for qualified workers[42]	19,426	25	October 1, 2007
Madagascar	70,025 Malagasy ariary (€25) per month for nonagricultural workers; 71,000 ariary per month for agricultural workers[9]	981	104	N/A
Malawi	MK142 per day for urban workers; MK 105 (€0.49) per day in all other areas[9]	494	57	N/A
Malaysia	none, nationally; 350 Malaysian ringgit (€82) per month for plantation workers; raised to 700 ringgit by productivity incentives and bonuses[9]	4,735	34	N/A
Maldives	2,600 Maldivian rufiyaa (€120) per month in the government sector[9]	3,137	59	N/A
Mali	28,465 CFA francs (€43) per month, supplemented by a required package of benefits, including social security and health care[9]	1,284	110	2008
Malta	a week, combined with an annual mandatory bonus of and a annual cost of living increase, automatically adjusted for inflation[9]	13,556	57	N/A
Marshall Islands	US$2.00 per hour for government and private sector employees[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mauritania	21,150 Mauritanian ouguiya (€56) per month for adults[9]	2,021	99	N/A
Mauritius	562 Mauritian rupees (€14) per week for an unskilled worker in the Export Processing Zone (EPZ); 734 rupees 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[9]	4,600	14	2010
Mexico	daily minimum wages set annually by law and determined by zone; 57.46 Mexican pesos (€3.49) in Zona A (Baja California, Federal District, State of Mexico, and large cities), 55.84 pesos in Zone B (Sonora, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Jalisco), and 54.47 pesos in Zone C (all other states)[43]	1,753	13	January 1, 2010
Moldova	400 Moldovan lei (€24.31) a month[9]	810	29	N/A
Monaco	per hour (same as the French minimum wage for full-time work), plus a 5% adjustment[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mongolia	nearly 108,000 Mongolian tögrög (€63) per month for public and private sector workers[9]	2,004	58	January 2008
Montenegro	€55 a month[9]	1,460	14	July 1, 2007
Morocco	11,70 Moroccan dirhams (€1.05) per hour in the industrialized sector and 60,63 dirhams (€5.37) per day for agricultural workersLe Maroc décide une augmentation de 15% du SMIG dans différents secteurs.	2,696	59	July 1, 2011
Mozambique	N/A; set by the government for nine sectors of the economy;[9] vary from 2,005 meticals () to 5,320 meticals () a month[44]	N/A	N/A	April 1, 2011
Myanmar	15,000 Myanma kyat (€1663) a month for salaried public employees; 500 kyat per day for day laborers, supplemented by various subsidies and allowances[9]	401	33	N/A
Namibia	no statutory minimum wage law; the mining, construction, security and agricultural sectors set basic levels of pay through collective bargaining[9]	—	—	—
Nauru	N/A; there is a graduated salary system for public service officers and employees; none for private-sector workers[9]	N/A	N/A	July 2007
Nepal	4,600 Nepalese rupees (€45) a month for unskilled labor (3,050 rupees as a basic salary, and 1,550 rupees as an allowance); 4,650 NRS for semi-skilled labor; 4,760 NRS for skilled labor; 4,950 NRS for highly skilled labor[9]	1,889	155	September 17, 2008
Netherlands	€1,398.60 per month, €322.75 per week and per day for persons 23 and older; between 30-85% of this amount for persons aged 15–22[45]	19,335	48	July 1, 2009
New Zealand	NZ$13.00 (€7.23) per hour for persons aged 18 or over, and people aged 16 or 17 who have completed 3 months or 200 hours service (whichever comes first). NZ per hour for persons aged 16 or 17 under 3 months/200hours and for persons who are in training. There is no minimum wage for persons under 16. Minimum wage is reviewed annually.[46]	16,462[8]	62	April 1, 2010
Nicaragua	set for nine different economic sectors; ranges from 1,392 Nicaraguan córdobas (€44) a month in the agricultural sector to 3,232 córdobas a month in the financial sector[9]	2,218	77	2008
Niger	as low as 28,000 CFA francs (€43) per month, with an additional 1,000 CFA francs added per month per child; set for each class and category within the formal sector[9]	1,367	192	N/A
Nigeria	18,000 naira (€81) per month, nationally (with a 13 month year as the law mandates an extra month's pay for the Christmas holiday); some states, and private sector companies are yet to raise their minimum wage to 18,000 naira for all employees[9]	1,543	68	November 2010
North Korea	N/A[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northern Cyprus	1,190 Turkish lira per month[9]	N/A	N/A	August 2008
Norway	none; wages normally fall within a national scale negotiated by labor, employers, and local governments[9]	—	—	—
Oman	140 Omani rials (€256) per month for citizens; none for foreign workers[9]	7,000	27	N/A
Pakistan	7,000 Pakistani rupees (€57) per month, applying nationally to all industrial and commercial establishments[47]	2,484	93	2010
Palau	US$2.50 per hour; does not include foreign workers[9]	5,200[8][48]	64	N/A
Panama	ranges from 1.01 to 1.87 Panamanian balboas per hour (from (€0.71 to (€1.31 per hour), depending on the region and sector[9]	4,140[5]	35	2007
Papua New Guinea	2.29 Papua New Guinean kina (€0.66) per hour for adult workers in the private sector; 75% of the adult minimum wage for new entrants into the labor force between 16 and 21 years of age[9][49]	3,304[50]	152	January 21, 2010
Paraguay	1,341,775 Paraguayan guaraníes (€235) per month; there is no public sector minimum wage; 40% of the minimum wage for domestic workers[9][51]	6,518	143	October 1, 2007
People's Republic of China	Minimum wages are set by local governments according to local conditions. (see List of minimum wages in China (PRC) for a list)	—	—	—
Peru	550 Peruvian nuevos soles (€139) per month[52]	4,342	50	January 1, 2008
Philippines	ranges from P178 (€2.90) a day for agricultural workers in the MIMAROPA Region to P404 (€6.58) a day for nonagricultural workers in the National Capital Region;[53] set by tripartite regional wage boards;[9] ranges from €58 to €132 per month	2,053	58	August 2010
Poland	1,386 Polish złotych (€350) per month[54]	8,753	45	January 1, 2011
Portugal	€485 per month for full-time workers, rural workers, and domestic employees ages 18 and older, paid 14 times.[9][55]	9,052[28]	40	January 1, 2009
Qatar	none; the labor law provides the emir with authority to set a minimum wage, but he did not do so[9]	—	—	—
Republic of China (Taiwan)	NT$17,880 (€434) a month; NT$ 98 per hour	12,175	38	January 1, 2011
Republic of Macedonia	none[9]	—	—	—
Romania	670 Romanian lei (€162) per month for a full-time schedule of 170 hours per month for workers in the public sector and 700 Romanian lei per month for workers in the private sector; 110% of the minimum wage for skilled workers; 172% of the minimum wage for workers with post secondary studies[56]	4,170	31	January 1, 2011
Russia	4,611 Russian rubles (€114) per month; essentially an accounting reference for calculating transfer payments	2,812	19	June 1, 2011
Rwanda	ranges from 500 to 750 Rwandan francs per day (from €0.58 to €0.88 per day) in the tea industry and 1000 to 1500 francs a day in the construction industry; the government set minimum wages in the small formal sector[9]	496	43	N/A
Saint Kitts and Nevis	EC$8.00 an hour[9]	7,954[8]	60	October 2008
Saint Lucia	EC$300 a month for office clerks; EC for shop assistants; EC for messengers[9]	1,274	13	N/A
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	EC$25 per day for agriculture workers (shelter provided); EC per day for industrial workers earned[9]	4,574	45	2003
Samoa	WST$2.00 (€0.62) per hour for the private sector; WST for the public sector[9]	2,838[8]	49	N/A
San Marino	€7.04 per hour[9]	15,707[57][58]	37[58]	N/A
São Tomé and Príncipe	650,000 São Tomé and Príncipe dobras (€27) per month for civil servants[9]	747	41	2007
Saudi Arabia	3,000 Saudi riyals (€562) a month for citizen workers in the public sector; 3,000 Saudi riyals (€562) a month unofficially for citizen workers in the private sector, based on the minimum monthly contribution to the pension system[9]	15,170	N/A	June 2011
Senegal	209 CFA francs (€0.32) per hour, nationally[9]	1,638[8]	93	N/A
Serbia	13,572 dinars (€139) per month[9]	4,377	41	July 2008
Seychelles	SR2,325 (€133) per month in the public sector; none in the private sector[9]	5,276	22	N/A
Sierra Leone	25,000 Sierra Leonean leones (€4.03) per month[9]	211	27	N/A
Singapore	no laws or regulations[9]	—	—	—
Slovakia	317, 25 Euro per month[9]	—	30	January 1, 2011
Slovenia	(net) per month. Under strictly defined rules, employers can pay sums lower than this till 31 December 2011 if they made an agreement with their employees in the two-month period after the new minimum wage act became valid in February 2010, but in 2011 no lower than net per month.[59]	—	35	January 1, 2011
Solomon Islands	SI$1.50 (€0.14) per hour for all workers except those in the fishing and agricultural sectors, who receive SI[9]	1,005[11]	34	N/A
Somalia	none[9]	—	—	—
South Africa	R1,041 (€106) a month for farm workers in urban areas and R989 a month in rural areas; for domestic workers employed more than 27 hours per week it ranges from R1,067 a month to R1,167 a month[9]	2,471	24	N/A
South Korea	4,320 South Korean won (€2.80) per hour; reviewed annually[60]	10,955[8]	38	2011
Spain	€641.40 per month paid 14 times per year[61]	11,426[28]	39	January 1, 2010
Sri Lanka	6,750 rupees (€43) per month[9]	1,619	34	N/A
Sudan	124 Sudanese pounds (€32.54) per month[9]	1,100	46	N/A
Suriname	no legislation; SRD 600 (€128) per month is the lowest wage for civil servants[9]	3,998	46	N/A
Swaziland	300 Swazi emalangeni a month for a domestic worker; 420 emalangeni (€43) a month for an unskilled worker; 600 emalangeni a month for a skilled worker[9]	848	15	N/A
Sweden	none; set by annual collective bargaining contracts[9]	—	—	—
Switzerland	none; however, a majority of the voluntary collective bargaining agreements contain clauses on minimum compensation, ranging from 2,200 to 4,200 francs per month (€1749 to €3339 per month) for unskilled workers and from 2,800 to 5,300 francs per month for skilled employees[9]	15,457	38	N/A
Syria	6,110 Syrian pounds (€90) per month, plus benefits, including compensation for meals, uniforms, and transportation[9]	2,984	60	N/A
Tajikistan	60 Tajikistani somoni (€9.34) per month, plus certain government subsidies for workers and their families[9]	477	26	N/A
Tanzania	set by categories covering eight employment sectors; ranges from 65,000 Tanzanian shillings (€30) per month for hotel workers to 350,000 shillings (€160) per month for the mineral sector[9]	1,593	112	January 2008
Thailand	ranges from 159 Thai baht (€3.69) to 221 baht (€5.13) per day, depending on the cost of living in various provinces; set by provincial tripartite wage committees that sometimes include only employer representatives[9] [62]	2,293	28	January 2011
Timor-Leste	not stipulated in law; in practice, US$85 per month[9]	5,152	205	N/A
Togo	28,000 CFA francs (€43) a month[9]	1,283	154	August 2008
Tonga	none[9]	—	—	—
Trinidad and Tobago	TT$12.50 (€1.38) per hour[9]	3,898[8]	N/A	N/A
Tunisia	for the industrial sector: 272.48 Tunisian dinars per month for a 48-hour workweek and 235.04 dinars (€119) per month for a 40‑hour workweek; 8.38 dinars per day for agricultural workers[63]	3,543	41	July 1, 2010
Turkey	837.00 Turkish lira per month. Net income after taxes is minimum 658,95 Turkish Lira [64]	10,300		2011
Turkmenistan	330 Turkmenistani manat (new manat) per month in the state sector[9][65]	2,446	40	N/A
Tuvalu	A$130 biweekly in the public sector[9]	2,795[66]	175[66]	N/A
Uganda	6,000 Ugandan shillings (€1.77) per month;[9] Uganda's minimum wage was last changed in 1984.	95	8	1984
Ukraine	922 Ukrainian hryven' (€81) per month[9]	2,296	36	December 1, 2010
United Arab Emirates	none[9]	—	—	—
United Kingdom	£5.93 per hour (aged 21 and older), per hour (aged 18–20), per hour (under 18 and finished compulsory education) or per hour (the apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship) [67]	22,597[5]	66	October 1, 2010
United States	the federal minimum wage is US$7.25 per hour; states may also set a minimum, in which case the higher of the two is controlling[68] (see Minimum wage in the United States, List of U.S. minimum wages)	15,080[8]	33	July 24, 2009
Uruguay	4,150 Uruguayan pesos (€155) per month; functioning more as an index for calculating wage rates than as a true measure of minimum subsistence levels[9]	3,079	23	2008
Uzbekistan	25,040 Uzbekistani som (€10.35) per month[9]	490	17	N/A
Vanuatu	26,000 Vanuatu vatu per month[9]	5,254	111	October 2008
Venezuela	1,407.47 Venezuelan bolívares (€230) per month[69]	8,406.98	60	May 1, 2011
Vietnam	official monthly minimum wage for unskilled laborers at foreign-invested joint ventures and foreign and international organizations: 1,000,000 VND in the urban districts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; 900,000 VND in the suburban districts of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and several other industrial districts and towns; and 800,000 VND elsewhere; the government may temporarily exempt certain joint ventures from paying the minimum wage during the first months of an enterprise's operations or if the enterprise is located in a very remote area, but the minimum monthly wage in these cases can be no lower than 800,000 VND; the official monthly minimum wage for unskilled labor in the state sector was 540,000 VND (€18) in the provinces and 620,000 VND in the urban districts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City[9]	1,002	34	N/A
Western Sahara	identical to those in Morocco[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yemen	none[9]	—	—	—
Zambia	268,000 Zambian kwacha (€39) per month in the formal sector; for nonunionized workers, whose wages and conditions of employment are not regulated through collective bargaining, is determined by category of employment[9]	917	60	N/A
Zimbabwe	N/A; none, nationally, except for agricultural and domestic workers; government regulations for each of the 22 industrial sectors specify minimum wages[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A

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List of minimum wages in China (PRC)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 region sets its own minimum wage in accordance with its own local conditions.

The table below lists the minimum monthly wages for some of the provinces or regions in China. The US$ column is based on the 20th April 2011 conversion rate of US$1 = RMB¥6.52. The table is correct as of 20th April 2011.

Note: The following table can be sorted by Jurisdiction, Wage, or Effective date using the icon.

Province / Municipality	Monthly ( Yuan )	Monthly ( US$ )	Comments
Shanghai	1280[1]	195.69
Beijing	1160[2]	177.34
Tianjin	1070[2]	163.58
Zhejiang	1310[1]	200.28
Chongqing	710 – 870[2]	108.55 – 133.01	Class A District: 870/Month; Class B District: 750/Month; Class C District: 710/Month
Guangdong (* Excluding Shenzhen *)	850 – 1300[2]	129.95 – 198.75	Class A District: 1,300/Month; Class B District: 1,100/Month; Class C District: 950/Month; Class D District: 850/Month (* See below for Shenzhen *)
Guangzhou (Guangdong)	1300[2]	198.75
Shenzhen (Guangdong)	1320[3]	201.81
Wuhai ( Inner Mongolia )	900[2]	137.59
Jiangsu	800 – 1140[2]	122.31 – 174.29	Class A District: 1,140/Month; Class B District: 930/Month Class C District: 800/Month
Nanjing (Jiangsu)	930 – 1140[2]	142.18 – 174.29
Changzhou (Jiangsu)	930 – 1140[2]	142.18 – 174.29
Suzhou (Jiangsu)	1140[2]	174.29

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