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.
Data used for...
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.
The WageIndicator Minimum Wage Database contains the minimum wage rates for the 200+ countries around the world.
Countries covered
The Database has information for 208 countries, of which 19 have no Statutory Minimum Wage.
For India this even amounts up to over 13,000 different Minimum Wages, which are specified by state, regions within states, industries, occupations, and skill levels.
Languages
Minimum wage web pages are available in the national language of the website and in English.
Data collection method
The Database is based on desk research and on information from national correspondents.
Data time frame
2014 - ongoing
Data updating policy
When wage boards update their rates
Sampling Frame
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.
Minimum Wage rates are coded acording to geographical areas in the country, to industries (NACE/ISIC coding), to occupations (ISCO-08 coded), to firm size, to age group, whenever applicable.