Minimum wages
‌‌
Ratio of minimum to median wage
2002
2010
2011
Australia
0.58
 
0.54
 
0.54
 
Austria
..
 
..
 
..
 
Belgium
0.52
 
0.51
 
0.50
 
Canada
0.40
 
0.44
 
0.45
 
Chile
..
 
..
 
0.67
 
Czech Republic
0.37
 
0.35
 
0.35
 
Denmark
..
 
..
 
..
 
Estonia
0.35
 
0.41
 
0.39
 
Finland
..
 
..
 
..
 
France
0.58
 
0.60
 
0.60
 
Germany
..
 
..
 
..
 
Greece
0.46
 
0.49
 
0.51
 
Hungary
0.57
 
0.47
 
0.50
 
Iceland
..
 
..
 
..
 
Ireland
0.51
 
0.48
 
0.48
 
Israel
0.55
 
0.56
 
0.56
 
Italy
..
 
..
 
..
 
Japan
0.33
 
0.37
 
0.38
 
Korea
0.30
 
0.41
 
0.41
 
Luxembourg
0.41
 
0.41
 
0.42
 
Mexico
..
 
..
 
..
 
Netherlands
0.50
 
0.47
 
0.47
 
New Zealand
0.52
 
0.59
 
0.59
 
Norway
..
 
..
 
..
 
Poland
0.42
 
0.45
 
0.45
 
Portugal
0.51
 
0.57
 
0.57
 
Slovak Republic
0.42
 
0.46
 
0.46
 
Slovenia
..
 
0.57
 
0.58
 
Spain
0.42
 
0.44
 
0.44
 
Sweden
..
 
..
 
..
 
Switzerland
..
 
..
 
..
 
Turkey
0.61
 
0.71
 
0.71
 
United Kingdom
0.43
 
0.46
 
0.47
 
United States
0.34
 
0.39
 
0.38
 
OECD-Total
0.45
 
0.48
 
0.48
 
Last updated: 16 July 2013; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer
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Note: Next update: June 2014. OECD unweighted average.
Source: OECD Employment Outlook, for most of the above indicators. For further details, see:sources, definitions and related studies.