[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fsurveys\u002Fminimum-wages":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":26,"body_blocks":34,"call_to_action":105,"categories":112,"owner":7,"authors":117,"related_pages":118,"related_sites":119,"in_subsite":120,"contact_page_url":121,"banner_message":122},21688,"minimum-wages","Minimum Wages - Data Collection Overview",null,"","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fsurveys\u002Fminimum-wages","pages.contentpage","en","2022-01-27T09:22:00+00:00","2026-06-11T12:59:43.349671+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F21688\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25],{"title":17,"slug":18},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Data and Services","data-and-services",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Surveys","surveys",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":27,"canonical":28,"robots":29,"og_type":30,"twitter_card":31,"locale":11,"created_at":32,"last_modified_at":33},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fsurveys\u002Fminimum-wages\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2022-01-27T10:22:00+01:00","2026-06-11T14:59:43.425854+02:00",[35,72,97],{"type":36,"data":37},"rich_text_table_block",{"variant":38,"table_data":39,"caption":70,"column_headings":71},"light",[40,43,46,49,52,55,58,61,64,67],[41,42],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Full name\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>WageIndicator Minimum Wages Database\u003C\u002Fp>",[44,45],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Aims\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>The WageIndicator Minimum Wages Database includes all minimum wage rates agreed by national governments or wage boards. The information is published on the WageIndicator Minimum Wage pages.\u003C\u002Fp>",[47,48],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Data used for...\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>To publish minimum wages on the national WageIndicator websites and on the home page of WageIndicator. To compare minimum wages across countries. To generate a historic database of minimum wages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The WageIndicator Minimum Wage Database contains the minimum wage rates for the 200+ countries around the world.\u003C\u002Fp>",[50,51],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Countries covered\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>77 have one national Minimum Wage rate. Another 71 have between 2 and 100 different Minimum Wages. Thirteen countries (\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fbn-bd\u002Fwork-in-bangladesh\u002Fminimum-wage\">Bangladesh\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fpt-br\u002Ftrabalho-em-brasil\u002Fsalario-minimo\">Brazil\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fsalary\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fchina-custom\">China\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fes-ec\u002Ftrabajo-en-ecuador\u002Fsalario-minimo\">Ecuador\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen-fj\u002Fwork-in-fiji\u002Fminimum-wage\">Fiji\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen-in\u002Fwork-in-india\u002Fminimum-wage\">India\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fid-id\u002Fbekerja-di-indonesia\u002Fupah-minimum\">Indonesia\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fes-mx\u002Ftrabajo-en-mexico\u002Fsalario-minimo\">Mexico\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen-pk\u002Fwork-in-pakistan\u002Fminimum-wage\">Pakistan\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fes-pa\u002Ftrabajo-en-panama\u002Fsalario-minimo\">Panama\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen-za\u002Fwork-in-south-africa\u002Fminimum-wage\">South Africa\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen-lk\u002Fwork-in-sri-lanka\u002Fminimum-wage\">Sri Lanka\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen-us\u002Fwork-in-usa\u002Fminimum-wage\">USA\u003C\u002Fa>) specify Minimum Wage Rates for more than a hundred different categories of workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen-in\u002Fwork-in-india\u002Fminimum-wage\">India\u003C\u002Fa> this even amounts up to over 13,000 different Minimum Wages, which are specified by state, regions within states, industries, occupations, and skill levels. \u003C\u002Fp>",[53,54],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Languages\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Minimum wage web pages are available in the national language of the website and in English.\u003C\u002Fp>",[56,57],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Data collection method\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>The Database is based on desk research and on information from national correspondents.\u003C\u002Fp>",[59,60],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Data time frame\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>2014 - ongoing\u003C\u002Fp>",[62,63],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Data updating policy\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>When wage boards update their rates\u003C\u002Fp>",[65,66],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Sampling Frame\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Minimum wage rates published by governments or wage boards. The database started in 2005 for one country, and gradually the number of countries in the database increased.\u003C\u002Fp>",[68,69],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Nr. of Observations\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Over 22,000 rates\u003C\u002Fp>","General Database Information",[8,8],{"type":36,"data":73},{"variant":38,"table_data":74,"caption":95,"column_headings":96},[75,78,81,84,86,89,92],[76,77],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Data archive\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fsalary\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fminimum-wages-per-country\">Minimum Wage pages on national websites and at WageIndicator.org\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>For full or partial access to the dataset for research or other purposes, please \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact\">contact us\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>",[79,80],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>DOI code\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>",[82,83],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Data visuals\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002Fwageindicator-data-visuals\u002F\">WageIndicator Data Visuals\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>",[85,80],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Codebook\u002Fmanual\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>",[87,88],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Long list variables\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Minimum Wage rates are coded acording to geographical areas in the country, to industries (NACE\u002FISIC coding), to occupations (ISCO-08 coded), to firm size, to age group, whenever applicable.\u003C\u002Fp>",[90,91],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Formats\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Website pages\u003C\u002Fp>",[93,94],"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Citation\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>WageIndicator Minimum Wages Database [year, country, sector]\u003C\u002Fp>","Data Access",[8,8],{"type":36,"data":98},{"variant":38,"table_data":99,"caption":103,"column_headings":104},[100],[101,102],"\u003Cp>Updates\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwork\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fupdates\">Minimum Wage Updates\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","Additional information",[8,8],{"text":106,"link":107},"Contact us",{"title":106,"url":108,"description":106,"rel":109,"type":110,"id":111},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[113],{"id":114,"slug":115,"name":116},3,"minimum-wage","Minimum Wage",[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]