Minimum Wage Checker
Look up the current statutory minimum wage in any of 40 countries, convert it to an hourly, monthly, and annual figure, and check whether your planned offer clears the legal floor.
| Country | Headline rate | Basis | Effective | Next review |
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Rates are statutory national minimum wages drawn from official government gazettes, labour-ministry announcements, and the ILO minimum-wage database, captured for 2025–26 and updated quarterly. Monthly and annual equivalents are converted from the headline rate using your hours-per-week input and a standard working pattern; treat them as planning figures, not legal advice. Where a country sets no national minimum — pay floors fixed by collective bargaining or sector boards — we show that rather than a number. Verify the current rate against the official source before an offer goes out.
Check before an offer goes out in a new country, when an annual uplift has been announced and you need to confirm existing salaries remain compliant, or when comparing two hiring markets on their pay floor as part of cost modelling. Most countries review annually — typically effective January or April; the UK announces in October for April. Penalties for underpayment usually include back-pay of the shortfall, fines as a multiple of the underpayment, and in some jurisdictions director liability.
The statutory minimum is the legal floor — the rate an employer must pay or better. It is the start of a compensation decision, not the end: mandatory bonuses, employer contributions, and sector agreements can lift the effective cost well above the headline. Use this floor to sense-check an offer, then model the fully-burdened cost before you commit.