Minimum wage by country
Monthly minimum wage (EUR equivalent), highest to lowest
- 1🇱🇺Luxembourg€2,638
- 2🇦🇺Australia€2,490
- 3🇬🇧United Kingdom€2,488
- 4🇳🇱Netherlands€2,468
- 5🇮🇪Ireland€2,282
- 6🇳🇿New Zealand€2,263
- 7🇩🇪Germany€2,222
- 8🇨🇦Canada€2,078
- 9🇧🇪Belgium€2,070
- 10🇫🇷France€1,802
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- 11🇮🇱Israel€1,562
- 12🇰🇷South Korea€1,407
- 13🇪🇸Spain€1,381
- 14🇸🇮Slovenia€1,278
- 15🇺🇸United States€1,161
- 16🇯🇵Japan€1,154
- 17🇵🇱Poland€1,085
- 18🇱🇹Lithuania€1,038
- 19🇵🇹Portugal€1,015
- 20🇨🇾Cyprus€1,000
- 21🇸🇦Saudi Arabia€988
- 22🇭🇷Croatia€970
- 23🇬🇷Greece€968
- 24🇲🇹Malta€961
- 25🇭🇰Hong Kong€955
- 26🇪🇪Estonia€886
- 27🇨🇿Czechia€832
- 28🇹🇼Taiwan€817
- 29🇸🇰Slovakia€816
- 30🇷🇴Romania€815
- 31🇱🇻Latvia€740
- 32🇭🇺Hungary€736
- 33🇹🇷Turkey€684
- 34🇲🇪Montenegro€670
- 35🇧🇬Bulgaria€551
- 36🇲🇽Mexico€429
- 37🇨🇳China€351
- 38🇲🇾Malaysia€340
- 39🇹🇭Thailand€308
- 40🇿🇦South Africa€284
- 41🇧🇷Brazil€257
- 42🇵🇭Philippines€251
- 43🇻🇳Vietnam€184
- 44🇺🇦Ukraine€178
Values are converted to euro at approximate recent exchange rates, for comparison only.
Across 44 countries (2026), Luxembourg ranks highest at €2,638 and Ukraine lowest at €178.