Minimum wages
 
 
 
Ratio of minimum to median wage
1999
2006
2007
 
Australia
0.60
 
0.54
 
0.54
 
 
Austria
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Belgium
0.58
 
0.53
 
0.53
 
 
Canada
0.42
 
0.40
 
0.41
 
 
Czech Republic
0.27
 
0.40
 
0.37
 
 
Denmark
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Finland
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
France
0.58
 
0.63
 
0.63
 
 
Germany
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Greece
0.50
 
0.50
 
0.51
 
 
Hungary
0.36
 
0.48
 
0.46
 
 
Iceland
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Ireland
..
 
0.46
 
0.50
 
 
Italy
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Japan
0.32
 
0.34
 
0.34
 
 
Korea
0.26
 
0.35
 
0.37
 
 
Luxembourg
0.50
 
0.50
 
0.51
 
 
Mexico
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Netherlands
0.47
 
0.44
 
0.43
 
 
New Zealand
0.48
 
0.56
 
0.57
 
 
Norway
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Poland
0.36
 
0.43
 
0.41
 
 
Portugal
0.48
 
0.48
 
0.48
 
 
Slovak Republic
0.41
 
0.45
 
0.44
 
 
Spain
0.37
 
0.39
 
0.39
 
 
Sweden
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Switzerland
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
Turkey
..
 
..
 
..
 
 
United Kingdom
0.42
 
0.45
 
0.47
 
 
United States
0.38
 
0.31
 
0.31
 
 
OECD-Total
0.43
 
0.46
 
0.46
 
Last updated: 2 October 2009
Note:  Next update: June 2010. OECD unweighted average.
Source: OECD Employment Outlook. For further details, see: sources, definitions and related studies.