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International Internet Magazine. Baltic States news & analytics Friday, 26.04.2024, 07:56

In January, 10 member states had minimum wages below EUR 500

BC, Riga, 27.02.2015.Print version
Latvia has the sixth lowest minimum wage among the 22 European Union (EU) member states that have national minimum wages, according to data published by Eurostat, cites LETA.

The lowest minimum wage was registered in Bulgaria – EUR 184, the highest – in Luxembourg – EUR 1,923.

 

In January 2015, ten member states had minimum wages below EUR 500 per month: Bulgaria (EUR 184), Romania (EUR 218), Lithuania (EUR 300), the Czech Republic (EUR 332), Hungary (EUR 333), Latvia (EUR 360), Slovakia (EUR 380), Estonia (EUR 390), Croatia (EUR 396), and Poland (EUR 410).

 

In five other member states, minimum wages were between EUR 500 and EUR 1,000 per month: Portugal (EUR 589), Greece (EUR 684), Malta (EUR 720), Spain (EUR 757), and Slovenia (EUR 791).

 

In the remaining seven member states, minimum wages were well above EUR 1,000 per month: the United Kingdom (EUR 1,379), France (EUR 1,458), Ireland (EUR 1,462), Germany (EUR 1,473), Belgium, the Netherlands (both EUR 1,502), and Luxembourg (EUR 1,923).






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