Minimum Wage Checker (by Country & Region)
The legal minimum where you work, and whether a pay offer meets it.
Choose a country to see its minimum wage. The table below lists every country with a loaded rate.
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Minimum per hour, day, week, month and year
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Minimum wages loaded
| Country | Minimum |
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| A$26.44 an hour Award/agreement-free adults Official source | |
| R$1,621 a month All workers Official source | |
| CA$18.15 an hour Federally regulated employers (federal minimum) Official source · More detail | |
| COP 1,750,905 a month All workers Official source | |
| €12.31 an hour Employees aged 18 and over Official source | |
| €13.90 an hour All employees Official source | |
| €14.15 an hour 20 and over Official source | |
| ¥1,023–¥1,280 an hour by prefecture Official source | |
| MX$315.04–MX$440.87 a day by zone Official source | |
| €14.99 an hour 21 and over Official source | |
| NZ$23.95 an hour Adult (16 and over, not starting-out or training) Official source | |
| ₱401–₱755 a day by region Official source | |
| PLN 4,806 a month All employees Official source | |
| ₩10,320 an hour All workers Official source | |
| €17,094 a year All workers (SMI) Official source | |
| TRY 33,030 a month All workers (gross) Official source | |
| £12.71 an hour 21 and over (National Living Wage) Official source · More detail | |
| $7.25 an hour Federal minimum wage (FLSA) Official source · More detail |
For general information only, not legal advice. Templates are generic starting points — have a qualified lawyer review anything you rely on.
About the Minimum Wage Checker (by Country & Region)
Pick a country — your own is chosen for you — and, where the minimum depends on it, the region, age or type of work, to see the statutory minimum wage that applies today, with its unit (an hour, a day or a month) and the official source it comes from. Convert it to an hour, day, week, month or year for your own working hours, and enter a pay offer to see at once whether it is at or above the minimum.
Rates are loaded for Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States, each read on the official page it links to, and they switch to new rates on the day those start. For every other country, enter the current minimum from the official source and the converter and the pay check work the same way. Everything runs in your browser.
How to use it
- Choose the country, then the region, prefecture or zone and the group of workers if the country has more than one rate.
- Read the minimum, its unit and its source. If the page says the rate may be out of date, or your country is not loaded, enter the current rate from the official source.
- Enter the hours and days you work in a week to convert the minimum to an hour, day, week, month and year.
- Enter the pay before tax and whether it is per hour, day, week, month or year: the checker says whether it is at or above the minimum, and by how much.
Examples
Pay of ¥1,250 an hour is below the minimum of ¥1,280 an hour by ¥30
₩10,048 an hour on the official 209-hour month: below the minimum of ₩10,320 an hour by ₩272
between ₱718 and ₱755: it depends on the sector and the size of the business — the wage order matrix gives the rate for each sector
€15,600 a year: below the minimum of €17,094 a year by €1,494
£12.31 an hour: below the minimum of £12.71 an hour by £0.40
Common uses
- Checking a job offer or a payslip against the legal minimum where you work.
- Turning a monthly or daily minimum into an hourly figure, or the other way round, for your own hours.
- Employers and recruiters checking a pay rate in another country or region before they advertise it.
How the rate is chosen
Each country has its own data with the source it was read on. New rates that have already been decided are stored with the day they start and apply from that day in the country’s own time zone, so Japan’s prefectures, which change on different days, and Korea’s next yearly rate switch over without an edit. When a rate is due for its yearly review and no newer one is loaded, the checker says it may be out of date: check the official source and type the current rate instead. An increase that is decided but not in force — such as one waiting for a court — is shown but not used.
Hours, days, months and years
A rate is converted with your hours: a day is your weekly hours ÷ your days a week, and a month is hours × 52 ÷ 12. Where the law or the official figure uses another basis, that is followed:
- South Korea: the official monthly minimum counts 209 hours for 40 hours a week, paid weekly holiday included (48 paid hours a week), so pay at 40 hours a week is divided by 209 hours a month or 48 a week. For other hours the checker divides by the hours you work only, and says that paid holiday hours would lower the pay per hour.
- France: the SMIC is an hourly rate; its monthly figure is for 35 hours a week.
- Spain: the SMI is fixed per day or per month and paid 14 times a year; pay in 12 monthly payments is compared over the year.
- Brazil: the decree fixes the minimum a month, a day and an hour, so pay of each kind is compared with its own figure.
Only the minimum itself and the amounts a law fixes are legal figures; the other units are worked out for your hours. When pay has to be turned into the unit of a minimum set per day, week, month or year, the answer is marked as an estimate, because countries count paid rest days, holidays and the days of a month in their own ways: enter the pay in the minimum’s own unit for an exact check. A minimum per day, month or year is compared with your pay as it is, so for fewer hours than full time the checker reminds you to check how it applies to part-time work (Spain’s decree pays a shorter working day pro rata).
Ranges and groups of workers
In the Philippines each region’s wage order sets different daily rates by sector and size of business, so the checker shows the range and tells you when a pay rate falls inside it: the wage order matrix on the NWPC site gives the exact rate. Elsewhere the rate can depend on age (the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, France for some minors), on training (New Zealand) or on the kind of contract (Spain’s temporary and household workers).
More detail for some countries
For the United States by state, the UK with salary sacrifice, deductions and accommodation and Canada by province, the country pages go further than this checker.
Official sources
- Australia: Fair Work Commission: National Minimum Wage Order (PDF) · Fair Work Commission: annual wage reviews
- Brazil: Presidency of Brazil: the decree that fixes the minimum wage (Portuguese)
- Canada: Government of Canada: federal minimum wage (pay and deductions under the Canada Labour Code) · Government of Ontario: your guide to the Employment Standards Act, minimum wage · Government of Canada: current and forthcoming general minimum wage rates in Canada
- Colombia: Cancillería: the decree that fixes the minimum wage provisionally (Spanish) · Función Pública: minimum wage and public employees (Spanish)
- France: Service-Public.fr: the SMIC (French)
- Germany: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: minimum wage introduction and adjustments (German)
- Ireland: Citizens Information: minimum wage
- Japan: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: regional minimum wages, national list (Japanese, PDF) · Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: how to check pay against the minimum wage (Japanese)
- Mexico: Banco de México: minimum wages series from CONASAMI (Spanish)
- Netherlands: Rijksoverheid: minimum wage amounts (Dutch)
- New Zealand: Employment New Zealand: minimum wage rates and types
- Philippines: National Wages and Productivity Commission: daily minimum wage rates by region
- Poland: ZUS: contribution amounts, with the minimum wage (Polish)
- South Korea: Minimum Wage Commission (Korean)
- Spain: Boletín Oficial del Estado: the royal decree that fixes the SMI (Spanish)
- Türkiye: Ministry of Labour and Social Security: net minimum wage and cost to the employer (Turkish, PDF)
- United Kingdom: GOV.UK: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates
- United States: US Department of Labor: minimum wage · US Department of Labor: state minimum wage laws
Not loaded — enter the current rate from the official page:
Limitations
- Shows statutory minimums only: sector and collective agreements, awards and some cities can set minimums of their own.
- What counts as pay (tips, overtime, allowances, accommodation, pay in kind) differs between countries; the check compares the gross pay you enter.
- A rate is only as current as the data: when a review date has passed the checker warns you, and you can always type the rate yourself.
- The result is general information, not legal advice. For a dispute, contact the labour inspectorate or labour department of the country.
Privacy
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Frequently asked questions
Is the minimum wage before or after tax?
Before tax and deductions: the rates here are gross amounts. For Türkiye the checker also shows the net monthly figure after the employee’s social security and unemployment insurance contributions.
My country is not in the list of loaded rates. Can I still use the checker?
Yes. Choose your country, type the current minimum and its unit from the official source, and the converter and the pay check work the same way. Rates are only loaded once they have been read on an official page, so the checker never shows a guessed number.
How is a monthly salary compared with an hourly minimum?
The salary is turned into an hourly figure with your weekly hours: a month has hours × 52 ÷ 12 hours (209 hours for 40 hours a week in South Korea). Some countries divide by other hours: Japan uses the average scheduled working hours of a month and leaves out allowances such as commuting and family allowances, so with fewer scheduled hours in a year your pay per hour is higher — the checker says so next to the answer. The result shows the figures it compared and how.
Which rate applies if my region or age changes?
The rate for where you work and your age or type of contract on the day you are paid. Choose the matching region and group to see it; the official source explains the details.
What can I do if I am paid less than the minimum?
Keep your contract and payslips, raise it with your employer, and contact the labour inspectorate or labour department of the country where you work for advice.