In January 2017, ten Member States, located in the east of the EU, had minimum wages below €500 per month: Bulgaria (€235), Romania (€275), Latvia and Lithuania (both €380), the Czech Republic (€407), Hungary (€412), Croatia (€433), Slovakia (€435), Poland (€453) and Estonia (€470).
In five other Member States, located in the south, minimum wages were between €500 and €1 000 per month: Portugal (€650), Greece (€684), Malta (€736), Slovenia (€805) and Spain (€826).
In the remaining seven Member States, all located in the west and north of the EU, minimum wages were well above €1 000 per month: the United Kingdom (€1 397), France (€1 480), Germany (€1 498), Belgium (€1 532), the Netherlands (€1 552), Ireland (€1 563) and Luxembourg (€1 999).
Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις
- European Commission, (2016), “Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe – Annual Review 2016”, European Commission, 27 Οκτωβρίου
- Eurostat News Release: National minimum wages in the EU – Monthly minimum wages in euro varied by 1 to 10 across the EU in January 2015 – Variation reduced to 1 to 4 when expressed in PPS, 26 Φεβρουαρίου.