Real hourly minimum wage
Statutory minimum wage converted to an hourly rate, deflated with the consumer price index to the OECD's current base year and converted to US dollars with purchasing power parities for private consumption of that year.
Only countries with a national statutory minimum wage are covered. The OECD averages rates that change during the year, so a value can differ from the rate in force on a given date, and it restates every year when the price base moves.
Key facts
- Real hourly minimum wage in the United States was 7.25 USD at PPP in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Germany had the highest real hourly minimum wage of 36 countries in 2025, at 17.83 USD at PPP, and Malta the lowest, at 1.86 USD at PPP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Published for 36 places, with figures from 1960 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by real hourly minimum wage, 2025
Places with data
Countries
- United States
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Japan
- Türkiye
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Colombia
- South Korea
- Peru
- Ireland
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Poland
- Israel
Use this data in your AI agent
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