Labour market

Minimum wages

Map 1: Minimum wages, 1 January 2015

(EUR per month)

START

(EUR per month)

Belgium
1,502
184
Bulgaria
332
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
1,473
390
Estonia
Ireland
1,462
684
Greece
757
Spain
France
1,458
396
Croatia
Italy
Cyprus
360
Latvia
Lithuania
300
Luxembourg
1,923
333
Hungary
720
Malta
Netherlands
1,502
Austria
410
Poland
589
Portugal
218
Romania
791
Slovenia
380
Slovakia
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
1,379
Iceland
Norway
Switzerland
157
Albania
288
Montenegro
214
FYR of Macedonia
235
Serbia
424
Turkey

Class
3
1
1
3
1
3
2
2
3
1

Classes
1 < 500
2 500 < 1 000
3 >= 1 000
4 No national minimum wage
Data not available

1
1
3
1
2
3
1
2
1
2
1

1
1
1
1
1

Source: Eurostat (online data code: earn_mw_cur)

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Labour market
Minimum wages

Figure 1: Minimum wages, January 2015 ()

GROUP 3
START

2,000
1,750
1,500
1,250
1,000
750
500
250

Latvia

Czech Republic

Montenegro

0
Romania

(EUR per month)

157
Albania
184
Bulgaria
214
FYR of Macedonia
218
Romania
Serbia
235
288
Montenegro
300
Lithuania
332
Czech Republic
333
Hungary
360
Latvia
380
Slovakia
390
Estonia
396
Croatia
410
Poland
Turkey
424
Portugal
589
684
Greece
720
Malta
757
Spain
791
Slovenia
United States
1,035
1,379
United Kingdom
1,458
France
1,462
Ireland
1,473
Germany
Netherlands
1,502
Belgium
1,502
Luxembourg
1,923

Bulgaria

GROUP 2

GROUP 1

(EUR per month)

GROUP 1

() Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden: no national minimum wage.
Source: Eurostat (online data code: earn_mw_cur)
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Ireland

United Kingdom

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Poland

Estonia

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Minimum wages

Figure 2: Minimum wages, January 2015 ()

GROUP 3
START

2,000
1,750
1,500
1,250
1,000
750
500
250
Montenegro

Czech Republic

Serbia

0
FYR of Macedonia

(PPS per month)

Albania
309
380
Bulgaria
384
Romania
457
FYR of Macedonia
Lithuania
464
470
Serbia
488
Estonia
502
Czech Republic
507
Latvia
Montenegro
513
536
Slovakia
584
Croatia
593
Hungary
685
Portugal
Poland
738
Turkey
739
764
Greece
798
Spain
Malta
906
949
Slovenia
1,019
United States
1,114
United Kingdom
1,238
Ireland
1,337
France
1,363
Netherlands
Belgium
1,374
Germany
1,441
1,561
Luxembourg

Bulgaria

GROUP 2

GROUP 1

(PPS per month)

GROUP 1

() Estimates. Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden: no national minimum wage.
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France

United Kingdom

Slovenia

Spain

Turkey

Croatia

Portugal
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Figure 3: Minimum wages as proportion of the mean value of average gross monthly earnings, 2013
(%)

United States
Czech Republic
Spain
Estonia
Romania
Croatia
Slovakia
Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Ireland
Latvia
Portugal ()
Netherlands
Poland
Serbia
Belgium ()()
Hungary
Malta
Lithuania
Luxembourg
France ()
Turkey ()
Greece ()()
Slovenia
START

(%)
30.3
32.6
34.3
34.6
35.8
36.4
36.9
39.0
40.1
41.6
42.1
43.1
43.4
44.3
44.4
44.7
45.1
46.3
47.3
47.7
47.8
50.0
50.1
51.4

60
50
40
30
20
10

0
UnitedCzech
StatesRepublic
Spain Estonia
Romania
CroatiaSlov

() NACE Rev. 2 Sections BS. Denmark, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden: no national minimum wage.
() Excluding NACE Rev. 2 Sections OQ.
() 2010.
() Excluding NACE Rev.2 Section O.
() 2012.
() 2011.
Source: Eurostat (online data code: earn_mw_avgr2)

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Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Ireland Latvia
Portugal
Netherlands
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PolandSerbia
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() Greece
()
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Figure 4: Proportion of employees earning less than 105 % of the monthly minimum wage, October
(%)

Slovenia ()
Lithuania
Latvia
Luxembourg
Poland
France
Ireland
Croatia
Slovakia
Romania
Hungary
Estonia
United Kingdom
Netherlands ()
Malta
Bulgaria
Portugal
Czech Republic
Greece
Spain
Turkey

START

(%)
19.2
13.7
11.8
10.2
9.9
9.2
9.2
9.2
4.7
4.4
4.4
3.8
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.4
3.1
2.3
2.0
0.2
42.9

() Full-time employees, 21 years or older, working in enterprises with 10 employees or more, NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to S excludi
O. Belgium: not available. Denmark, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden: no national minimum wage.
() In October 2010 each business entity could pay any amount between EUR 654.69 and EUR 734.15, so the proportion given is o
() The national minimum wage applies to employees 23 years or older, but the scope of this analysis covers employees aged 21 ye
for comparability with other countries.

Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2010 and Minimum wages; special calculation made for the purpose of this publicat
are not available in Eurostat's online database

45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

Slovenia Lithuania
()
Latvia
L uxembourg
Poland France Ireland CroatiaSlovakiaRomaniaHungaryEstonia
United Kingdom
Netherlands Malta
()
B

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is only an estimate.
21 years or older

lication; data

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a BulgariaPortugal
Czech Republic
Greece Spain Turkey