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Minimum wage
Statutory hourly minimum wage, PPP-adjusted USD. Country figures are PPP-adjusted; state figures are nominal USD. Within-US price differences are not applied to wages.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 36 countries · OECD (real minimum wages) · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 51 states · Curated from state statutes (DOL)
Countries
36 · OECD (real minimum wages)- 1stGermany$17.152024
- 2ndLuxembourg$16.792024
- 3rdAustralia$16.492024
- 4thUnited Kingdom$15.912024
- 5thFrance$15.782024
- 6thNetherlands$15.652024
- 7thNew Zealand$15.52024
- 8thBelgium$15.182024
- 9thSpain$13.952024
- 10thIreland$13.812024
- 11thCanada$13.452024
- 12thSlovenia$122024
- 13thPoland$11.862024
- 14thSouth Korea$10.572024
- 15thLithuania$10.392024
- 16thJapan$9.862023
- 17thRomania$9.572024
- 18thPortugal$9.52024
- 19thTürkiye$9.172024
- 20thIsrael$8.542024
- 21stCroatia$8.462024
- 22ndGreece$7.972024
- 23rdHungary$7.922024
- 24thSlovakia$7.642024
- 25thCzechia$7.62024
- 26thLatvia$7.392024
- 27thEstonia$7.292024
- 28thUnited States$7.252024
- 29thBulgaria$7.172024
- 30thCosta Rica$4.972024
- 31stChile$4.662024
- 32ndColombia$3.82024
- 33rdPeru$3.022024
- 34thBrazil$2.862024
- 35thMexico$2.832024
- 36thMalta$1.792024
US states
51 · Curated from state statutes (DOL)- 1stDistrict of Columbia$18.4
- 2ndWashington$17.13
- 3rdConnecticut$16.94
- 4thCalifornia$16.9
- 5thHawaii$16
- 5thNew York$16
- 5thRhode Island$16
- 8thNew Jersey$15.92
- 9thOregon$15.55
- 10thColorado$15.16
- 11thArizona$15.15
- 12thMaine$15.1
- 13thDelaware$15
- 13thIllinois$15
- 13thMaryland$15
- 13thMassachusetts$15
- 13thMissouri$15
- 13thNebraska$15
- 19thVermont$14.42
- 20thAlaska$14
- 20thFlorida$14
- 22ndMichigan$13.73
- 23rdVirginia$12.77
- 24thNevada$12
- 24thNew Mexico$12
- 26thSouth Dakota$11.85
- 27thMinnesota$11.41
- 28thArkansas$11
- 28thOhio$11
- 30thMontana$10.85
- 31stWest Virginia$8.75
- 32ndAlabama$7.25
- 32ndGeorgia$7.25
- 32ndIdaho$7.25
- 32ndIndiana$7.25
- 32ndIowa$7.25
- 32ndKansas$7.25
- 32ndKentucky$7.25
- 32ndLouisiana$7.25
- 32ndMississippi$7.25
- 32ndNew Hampshire$7.25
- 32ndNorth Carolina$7.25
- 32ndNorth Dakota$7.25
- 32ndOklahoma$7.25
- 32ndPennsylvania$7.25
- 32ndSouth Carolina$7.25
- 32ndTennessee$7.25
- 32ndTexas$7.25
- 32ndUtah$7.25
- 32ndWisconsin$7.25
- 32ndWyoming$7.25
36 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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- UnemploymentUnemployed share of the labour force.
- Labor force participationShare of the adult population working or looking for work.
- Average wagesAverage monthly pay of employees, adjusted for price levels.
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
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