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Map 1: Minimum wages, 1 January 2015(EUR per month)(EUR per month)ClassClassesBelgium1,5023Bulgaria18411< 500Czech Republic33212500 < 1 000Denmark-3>= 1000Germany1,47334No national minimum wageEstonia3901Data not availableIreland1,4623Greece6842Spain7572France1,4583Croatia3961Italy-Cyprus-Latvia3601Lithuania3001Luxembourg1,9233Hungary3331Malta7202Netherlands1,5023Austria-Poland4101Portugal5892Romania2181Slovenia7912Slovakia3801Finland-Sweden-United Kingdom1,3793Iceland-Norway-Switzerland-Albania1571Montenegro2881FYR of Macedonia2141Serbia2351STARTTurkey4241

Source: Eurostat (online data code: earn_mw_cur)Bookmark:http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?query=BOOKMARK_DS-076596_QID_2CC5B19A_UID_-3F171EB0&layout=TIME,C,X,0;GEO,L,Y,0;CURRENCY,L,Z,0;INDICATORS,C,Z,1;&zSelection=DS-076596INDICATORS,OBS_FLAG;DS-076596CURRENCY,EUR;&rankName1=CURRENCY_1_2_-1_2&rankName2=INDICATORS_1_2_-1_2&rankName3=TIME_1_0_0_0&rankName4=GEO_1_2_0_1&sortC=ASC_-1_FIRST&rStp=&cStp=&rDCh=&cDCh=&rDM=true&cDM=true&footnes=false&empty=false&wai=false&time_mode=ROLLING&time_most_recent=false&lang=EN&cfo=%23%23%23%2C%23%23%23.%23%23%23

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Figure 1: Minimum wages, January 2015 ()(EUR per month)

(EUR per month)GROUP 1Albania157Bulgaria184FYR of Macedonia214Romania218Serbia235Montenegro288Lithuania300Czech Republic332Hungary333Latvia360Slovakia380Estonia390Croatia396Poland410Turkey424GROUP 2Portugal589Greece684Malta720Spain757Slovenia791GROUP 3United States1,035United Kingdom1,379France1,458Ireland1,462Germany1,473Netherlands1,502Belgium1,502Luxembourg1,923

START() Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden: no national minimum wage.Source: Eurostat (online data code: earn_mw_cur)STOP

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Figure 2: Minimum wages, January 2015 ()(PPS per month)

(PPS per month)GROUP 1Albania309Bulgaria380Romania384FYR of Macedonia457Lithuania464Serbia470Estonia488GROUP 2Czech Republic502Latvia507Montenegro513Slovakia536Croatia584Hungary593Portugal685Poland738Turkey739Greece764Spain798Malta906Slovenia949GROUP 3United States1,019United Kingdom1,114Ireland1,238France1,337Netherlands1,363Belgium1,374Germany1,441Luxembourg1,561

START() Estimates. Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden: no national minimum wage.Source: Eurostat (online data code: earn_mw_cur)STOP

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Figure 3: Minimum wages as proportion of the mean value of average gross monthly earnings, 2013 ()(%)

(%)United States30.3Czech Republic32.6Spain34.3Estonia34.6Romania35.8Croatia36.4Slovakia36.9Bulgaria39.0United Kingdom40.1Ireland41.6Latvia42.1Portugal ()43.1Netherlands43.4Poland44.3Serbia44.4Belgium ()()44.7Hungary45.1Malta46.3Lithuania47.3Luxembourg47.7France ()47.8Turkey ()50.0Greece ()()50.1Slovenia51.4

START() NACE Rev. 2 Sections BS. Denmark, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden: no national minimum wage.() Excluding NACE Rev. 2 Sections OQ.() 2010.() Excluding NACE Rev.2 Section O.() 2012.() 2011.Source: Eurostat (online data code: earn_mw_avgr2)STOP

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Figure 4: Proportion of employees earning less than 105 % of the monthly minimum wage, October 2010 ()(%)

(%)Slovenia()19.2Lithuania13.7Latvia11.8Luxembourg10.2Poland9.9France9.2Ireland9.2Croatia9.2Slovakia4.7Romania4.4Hungary4.4Estonia3.8UnitedKingdom3.8Netherlands()3.7Malta3.6Bulgaria3.4Portugal3.1CzechRepublic2.3Greece2.0Spain0.2Turkey42.9

() Full-time employees, 21 years or older, working in enterprises with 10 employees or more, NACE Rev.2 Sections B to S excluding Section O. Belgium: not available. Denmark, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, Finland and Sweden: no national minimum wage.START() In October 2010 each business entity could pay any amount between EUR 654.69 and EUR 734.15, so the proportion given is only an estimate.() The national minimum wage applies to employees 23 years or older, but the scope of this analysis covers employees aged 21 years or older for comparability with other countries.Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2010 and Minimum wages; special calculation made for the purpose of this publication; data are not available in Eurostat's online database

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