Minimum wage

EUR/month

Minimum wages are enforced by law and apply nationwide to the majority of full-time employees in each country. Minimum wages are gross amounts, that is, before the deduction of income tax and social security contributions. Such deductions vary from country to country. For most countries, the minimum wage is agreed in terms of a monthly rate.

Additional information on Eurostat web page

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Belgium	1140.24	1163.02	1186.31	1210.00	1234.00	1259.00	1309.60	1387.50	1387.50	1415.24	1443.54	1501.82
Bulgaria	51.38	56.28	61.36	76.69	81.79	92.03	112.49	122.71	122.71	122.71	138.05	158.50
Czech Republic	178.34	196.35	206.73	235.85	261.03	291.07	300.44	297.67	302.19	319.22	310.23	312.01
Denmark	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Germany	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Estonia	118.24	138.05	158.50	171.92	191.73	230.08	278.02	278.02	278.02	278.02	290.00	320.00
Ireland	1008.93	1073.15	1073.15	1183.00	1292.85	1402.70	1461.85	1461.85	1461.85	1461.85	1461.85	1461.85
Greece	571.71	606.52	630.77	667.68	709.71	730.30	794.02	817.83	862.82	862.82	876.62	683.76
Spain	515.90	526.40	537.25	598.50	631.05	665.70	700.00	728.00	738.85	748.30	748.30	752.85
France	1127.23	1154.27	1215.11	1286.09	1217.88	1254.28	1280.07	1321.02	1343.77	1365.00	1398.37	1430.22
Italy	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Cyprus	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Latvia	107.86	114.01	118.96	114.63	129.27	172.12	229.75	254.13	253.77	281.93	285.92	287.07
Lithuania	122.06	124.55	130.34	144.81	159.29	173.77	231.70	231.70	231.70	231.70	231.70	289.62
Luxembourg	1290.21	1368.74	1402.96	1466.77	1503.42	1570.28	1570.28	1641.74	1682.76	1757.56	1801.49	1874.19
Hungary	203.93	211.60	201.90	231.74	247.16	260.16	271.94	268.09	271.80	280.63	295.63	340.55
Malta	557.45	550.53	540.84	555.06	584.24	601.90	617.21	634.88	659.92	664.95	679.87	697.42
Netherlands	1206.60	1249.20	1264.80	1264.80	1272.60	1300.80	1335.00	1381.20	1407.60	1424.40	1446.60	1469.40
Austria	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Poland	217.43	198.96	175.25	207.86	232.90	244.32	313.34	307.21	320.87	348.68	336.47	376.58
Portugal	406.01	416.03	425.95	437.15	449.98	470.17	497.00	525.00	554.17	565.83	565.83	565.83
Romania	50.33	71.15	68.03	78.70	89.67	115.27	138.59	149.16	141.63	157.20	161.91	157.26
Slovenia	432.63	450.31	470.99	490.07	511.90	521.80	538.53	589.19	597.43	748.10	763.06	783.66
Slovakia	115.01	134.21	147.68	167.76	182.15	220.71	241.19	295.50	307.70	317.00	327.00	337.70
Finland	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Sweden	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
United Kingdom	1109.29	1063.80	1054.20	1134.67	1212.61	1314.97	1242.24	995.28	1076.46	1136.22	1201.96	1264.25
Iceland	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Norway	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Switzerland	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	373.46	385.48	381.15	373.36	374.31
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	.. ^(z)	..
Turkey	174.87	176.06	238.77	266.15	333.46	301.77	354.34	309.94	338.33	384.89	362.84	428.57
United States	1012.90	851.22	706.79	655.36	756.69	677.81	688.81	815.79	872.32	940.48	971.22	998.15

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Source: Eurostat