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Monthly minimum wages below €500 in east and well above €1000 in northwest

Feb 10, 2017 | News

(10 February 2017) – The 22 EU Member States that have national minimum wages can be divided into three main groups based on the level in euro.

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In January 2017, ten Member States, located in the east of the EU, had minimum wages below €500 per month: Bulgaria (€235), Romania (€275), Latvia and Lithuania (both €380), the Czech Republic (€407), Hungary (€412), Croatia (€433), Slovakia (€435), Poland (€453) and Estonia (€470).

In five other Member States, located in the south, minimum wages were between €500 and €1 000 per month: Portugal (€650), Greece (€684), Malta (€736), Slovenia (€805) and Spain (€826).

In the remaining seven Member States, all located in the west and north of the EU, minimum wages were well above €1 000 per month: the United Kingdom (€1 397), France (€1 480), Germany (€1 498), Belgium (€1 532), the Netherlands (€1 552), Ireland (€1 563) and Luxembourg (€1 999).

For comparison, the federal minimum wage in the United States was €1 192 per month in January 2017.

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