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Monthly statutory minimum wage in Europe and the United States
What is the monthly statutory minimum wage in each European country and the United States that has one?
euro per month, gross
- Luxembourg2,771 2026
- Ireland2,391 2026
- Germany2,343 2026
- Netherlands2,338 2026
- Belgium2,234 2026
- France1,867 2026
- Slovenia1,482 2026
- Spain1,425 2026
- Lithuania1,153 2026
- Poland1,119 2026
- United States1,103 2026
- Cyprus1,088 2026
- Greece1,073 2026
- Portugal1,073 2026
- Croatia1,050 2026
- Malta994 2026
- Estonia946 2026
- Czechia923 2026
- Slovakia915 2026
- Hungary906 2026
- Romania825 2026
- Latvia780 2026
- Serbia743 2026
- Montenegro670 2026
- North Macedonia624 2026
Source: Eurostat, Monthly minimum wages, bi-annual data (earn_mw_cur). Data for 2026. What it counts, how to cite it and the data
At a glance
- 30 countries or territories have a figure.
- The highest is Luxembourg at 2,771 (2026) and the lowest is Ukraine at 169 (2026).
- The middle value (the median) is 1,022.
What it counts
The gross monthly statutory minimum wage in euro, as set by national law or agreement, at the latest date Eurostat reports. Countries with no national statutory minimum wage are not shown, and the United States figure is the federal minimum.
What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison
Euro amounts do not show what a wage buys: prices, taxes and hours of work differ a great deal. Eurostat also publishes the figures in purchasing power standards, which adjust for prices. Some countries set the wage per hour or per week and Eurostat converts it.
Source
Eurostat: Monthly minimum wages, bi-annual data (earn_mw_cur). Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.
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Reference (APA style)
TheLawToKnow. (2026). Monthly statutory minimum wage in Europe and the United States [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/minimum-wage-europe. Data: Eurostat, Monthly minimum wages, bi-annual data (earn_mw_cur), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/earn_mw_cur/default/table (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).
Short credit for slides and websites
Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/minimum-wage-europe). Data: Eurostat.
BibTeX
@misc{minimumwageeurope2026,
author = {{TheLawToKnow}},
title = {Monthly statutory minimum wage in Europe and the United States},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Law in Charts},
url = {https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/minimum-wage-europe},
note = {Data: Eurostat, Monthly minimum wages, bi-annual data (earn_mw_cur), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/earn_mw_cur/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
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