Minimum wage by country

🇦🇷 Argentina

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: ARS 383,800 per month in September 2026, rising by stages to ARS 391,200 in October 2026, 398,800 in November, 406,400 in December and 437,000 by April 2027 (SMVM set by Resolution 4/2026 after the Consejo del Salario failed to agree, per press reports; Boletin Oficial text not fetched). Earlier figure of ARS 341,000 was the January 2026 value.

Working time: 48 hours per week (Remote); overtime 50% or 100% on holidays and rest days. The 2026 reform introduces hour banks (BA Times, not verified in detail).

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🇧🇷 Brazil

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: R$1,621 per month from 1 January 2026 (Decree 12.797/2025, published in the Diario Oficial on 24 Dec 2025 per news reports; PwC's 2026 INSS table also tops its first bracket at R$1,621). Some states and unions set higher floors.

Working time: 8 hours/day, 44 hours/week. Overtime at least +50% (collective agreements often higher); 100% on rest days/holidays. Time-bank (banco de horas) permitted by agreement. Remote workers may be excluded from hour control only in defined cases.

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🇨🇦 Canada

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: Federal CAD 18.15/hour from 1 April 2026 (up from CAD 17.75; indexed to CPI, per Bloomberg Tax and other press; canada.ca page not fetched). Federal rate applies only to federally regulated employers; provincial rates differ.

Working time: Standard 40-hour week (Remote); overtime after 40-44 hours depending on province at 1.5x.

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🇨🇱 Chile

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: CLP 553,553 per month from 1 May 2026 for workers aged 18-65 (Law 21.830, published 22 June 2026, retroactive to 1 May); CLP 412,938 for workers under 18 or over 65; non-remuneration minimum CLP 356,815 (Direccion del Trabajo). It was CLP 539,000 from 1 January 2026. From 1 January 2027 the amount is indexed to CPI change May-Dec 2026 by decree.

Working time: 42 hours per week since 26 April 2026 (Law 21.561 step; was 44), falling to 40 hours in 2028 (press reports of the official schedule). Overtime at +50%.

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🇨🇴 Colombia

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: COP 1,750,905 per month in 2026 (+23.7%), plus COP 249,095 transport allowance for staff earning up to 2 minimum wages (total COP 2,000,000); decrees 1469 and 1470 of 2025 per press reports (official decree text not fetched).

Working time: Standard weekly hours are being reduced in steps (Law 2101 of 2021; 44 hours from July 2025, 42 from July 2026) per general knowledge - not verified from a retrieved source. Overtime surcharges apply.

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🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: Private-sector minimums are set by occupational category (Decreto Ejecutivo 45303-MTSS, general +1.63% from 1 January 2026; a second review is made each July, not checked). Unskilled generic worker about CRC 373,092 per month (two secondary sources differ by a few centimos); confirm at mtss.go.cr.

Working time: Daytime shift 8 hours a day and 48 hours a week; overtime at 150% (general knowledge; not fetched).

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🇫🇷 France

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: SMIC: EUR 12.02 gross per hour, EUR 1,823.03 gross per month (35 hours) from 1 January 2026 (info.gouv.fr) - https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/le-smic-revalorise-au-1er-janvier-2026

Working time: 35 hours per week legal duration; overtime at +25% for the first 8 hours and +50% after (can be altered by collective agreement); annual caps on overtime and forfait jours for managers.

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🇩🇪 Germany

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: EUR 13.90 per hour from 1 January 2026, rising to EUR 14.60 on 1 January 2027 (Mindestlohnkommission proposal adopted by government ordinance; bundesregierung.de). Mini-job limit EUR 603 per month in 2026.

Working time: 8 hours/day, extendable to 10 if averaged to 8 over 6 months; 48 hours/week maximum. Typical contracts 38-40 hours. Overtime pay depends on contract/collective agreement. Working-time recording is required.

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🇮🇳 India

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: No national statutory minimum recorded.

Working time: Typically 8-9 hours per day and 48 hours per week; overtime at twice the normal wage under the labour codes. Shops & Establishments Acts of each state govern office hours.

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🇮🇩 Indonesia

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: No national minimum wage; provincial (UMP) and regency/city (UMK) minimums apply from 1 January 2026 under PP 49/2025. DKI Jakarta UMP IDR 5,729,876 (+6.17%) and West Java UMP IDR 2,317,601 (+5.77%) (Kemnaker figures as reported by Bisnis.com and Metro TV). The UMK, where set, is the binding floor.

Working time: 40 hours per week (6 days x 7 hours or 5 days x 8 hours). Overtime has multiples under government regulation.

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🇮🇪 Ireland

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: EUR 14.15 per hour for those aged 20 and over from 1 January 2026 (EUR 13.50 before); under-18s EUR 9.91, age 18 EUR 11.32, age 19 EUR 12.74 - https://wageindicator.org/work/minimum-wage/updates/2026/minimum-wage-increased-in-ireland-from-01-january-2026-january-01-2026/

Working time: Average maximum 48 hours per week over a reference period; rest breaks and daily rest rules apply. Overtime premiums are by contract.

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🇮🇹 Italy

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: No national statutory minimum recorded.

Working time: 40 hours per week standard, with a 48-hour weekly maximum including overtime averaged over four months; the CCNL may set lower hours and overtime premiums.

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🇯🇵 Japan

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: Prefectural minimums. FY2025 national weighted average JPY 1,121 an hour. The Central Minimum Wages Council recommended (28 July 2026) +JPY 55 to a JPY 1,176 average (+JPY 54 for Rank A, +JPY 56 for Ranks B and C). Prefectures decided in Aug-Sep 2026 and 33 of 47 exceeded the guideline; most revisions take effect in October 2026 on staggered dates. Final average and Tokyo figure not confirmed here.

Working time: Standard 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week; overtime premium 25% (50% above 60 hours a month), night work +25%, rest-day work +35%. Overtime caps: 45 hours per month and 360 hours a year as a baseline.

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🇰🇪 Kenya

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: Regulation of Wages (General) (Amendment) Order 2026 (Legal Notice 108 of 26 June 2026, published 30 June): +12% retroactive to 1 May 2026. General labourer monthly minimum KES 18,047.40 (Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret), KES 16,650.95 (former municipalities and selected towns) and KES 9,628.07 (elsewhere). Previous order (1 Nov 2024): KES 16,113.75 for the main-city lowest category. Figures from press reports of the gazette notice; sector orders apply.

Working time: General maximum 52 hours per week by order; overtime paid at 1.5x on normal days and 2x on rest days (general knowledge).

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🇲🇾 Malaysia

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: MYR 1,700 per month (MYR 8.72 per hour): from 1 February 2025 for employers with 5+ employees and professional-services employers, from 1 August 2025 for smaller employers. Still MYR 1,700 in 2026; a government review is reported with no gazetted change (as of early October 2026).

Working time: 45 hours per week maximum (Employment Act amended 2022); overtime paid at 1.5x on normal days.

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🇲🇽 Mexico

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: MXN 315.04 per day in 2026; MXN 440.87 per day in the Northern Border Free Zone (Remote, https://remote.com/country-explorer/mexico).

Working time: Currently 48 hours/week (8 hours/day). A constitutional reform published 3 Mar 2026 phases the maximum down to 40 hours by 2030 (46 in 2027, 44 in 2028, 42 in 2029) with no pay cut; the secondary Federal Labor Act changes and electronic time recording were reported as approved in April 2026 (Baker McKenzie). Overtime paid 100% up to 9 hours/week, 200% above (Deel: 100%-200%); 300% for public holiday work.

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🇳🇱 Netherlands

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: EUR 14.99 per hour (age 21+) from 1 July 2026; reference monthly wage EUR 2,337.00 gross (Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs announcement via ondernemersplein.overheid.nl). Lower rates apply under age 21.

Working time: Standard 40 hours per week (Remote); many employers use 36-38 hours. Overtime per contract or collective agreement.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: NGN 70,000 per month under the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024 (s.3(1): every employer pays not less than NGN 70,000; Bill text at PLAC). The 2019 Act exempts establishments with fewer than 25 workers (s.4, per CDD fact-check), plus part-time, commission/piece-rate and seasonal farm workers. The 2024 Act was signed in July 2024; PwC says employees earning up to NGN 70,000 are outside PAYE.

Working time: Typically 8 hours per day; 40 hours per week is common. Labour Act sets reasonable hours; overtime by agreement.

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🇵🇪 Peru

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: PEN 1,230 per month from 1 October 2026 (first tranche, +PEN 100 from PEN 1,130), then PEN 1,300 by a further decree in H1 2027 (+PEN 70). Supreme Decree 015-2026-TR, published in El Peruano on 28 September 2026 (extraordinary edition); applies to private-sector regime workers. Confirmed by El Peruano's reporting and Cuatrecasas; the decree page itself on gob.pe was not retrievable.

Working time: 8 hours per day and 48 hours per week; overtime at +25% for the first two hours and +35% after (general knowledge).

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🇵🇭 Philippines

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: NCR (Metro Manila) non-agriculture minimum raised from PHP 695 to PHP 755 per day from 26 September 2026 (PHP 718 for agriculture, small retail/service and small manufacturing), reported by GMA, Philstar and Tribune as Wage Order NCR-28 confirmed by the NWPC. A second step to PHP 780 on 20 January 2027 appeared only in the earlier Wage Order NCR-27, which a secondary source says was enjoined by a court and never took effect; it is not confirmed. Rates differ by region.

Working time: 8 hours/day, 48 hours/week. Overtime at +25% on ordinary days and +30% on rest days/holidays; night differential 10% from 10pm to 6am.

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🇵🇱 Poland

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: PLN 4,806 gross per month and PLN 31.40 per hour from 1 January 2026 (Council of Ministers regulation of 11 Sep 2025, up PLN 140 / 3% from PLN 4,666).

Working time: 8 hours/day, 40 hours/week in a 5-day week (average, in a settlement period up to 4 months). Overtime +50% (+100% at night, Sundays and holidays) or time off. Max 48 hours/week average including overtime.

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🇵🇹 Portugal

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: EUR 920 per month (14 payments) from January 2026 (Remote).

Working time: 40 hours per week (5 days); overtime paid 125% for ordinary extra hours and 150% on public holidays (Remote).

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🇷🇴 Romania

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: RON 4,325 gross per month from 1 July 2026 (RON 4,050 January to June 2026) (Remote; WageIndicator).

Working time: 40 hours per week; overtime paid at 175% or time off, 200% on public holidays per Remote.

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🇸🇬 Singapore

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: No general statutory minimum wage; Progressive Wage Model applies to certain sectors (cleaning, security, landscape and others). Not verified in detail.

Working time: 44 hours per week for covered employees, 8 hours per day (5-day week); overtime at 1.5x for covered workers up to the salary ceiling.

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🇿🇦 South Africa

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: ZAR 30.23 per ordinary hour from 1 March 2026 (up from ZAR 28.79, +5%), published under the National Minimum Wage Act in Government Gazette 54075 of 3 February 2026 (SAnews/Department of Employment and Labour); expanded public works rate ZAR 16.62.

Working time: Maximum 45 hours per week and 9 hours per day (5-day week); overtime at 1.5x, limited to 10 hours per week.

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🇪🇸 Spain

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: EUR 1,221 per month in 14 payments (EUR 40.70/day; EUR 17,094/year) for 2026 under Real Decreto 126/2026, BOE 18 Feb 2026, retroactive to 1 January.

Working time: 40 hours per week standard; reduction to 37.5 hours has been proposed (status not verified). Registration of working time is mandatory.

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🇹🇭 Thailand

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. Unverified in this record: 1 item.

Minimum wage: Varies by province, roughly THB 337-400 per day in 2025; 2026 rates not confirmed. Check the Ministry of Labour notification.

Working time: Up to 8 hours/day and 48 hours/week (40 in hazardous work). Overtime at 1.5x on working days and up to 3x on holidays.

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🇹🇷 Turkey

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: TRY 33,030 gross (about TRY 28,075 net) per month from 1 January 2026, per press reports of the official announcement - https://wageindicator.org/work/minimum-wage/updates/2026/minimum-wage-increased-in-turkiye-from-01-january-2026-january-01-2026

Working time: 45 hours per week; overtime paid at +50%. Maximum overtime 270 hours a year (general knowledge).

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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: No general national minimum wage for expatriates in the private sector; Emirati private-sector pay floors exist under Emiratisation rules (not verified).

Working time: 8 hours per day and 48 hours per week (Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021); reduced by 2 hours daily during Ramadan; overtime up to 2 hours daily at +25%.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: National Living Wage GBP 12.71/hour for age 21+ from April 2026 (per the 2025 government announcement, from general knowledge; confirm on gov.uk). 18-20: GBP 10.85.

Working time: Maximum average 48 hours/week unless the worker opts out in writing; 11 hours daily rest, 20-minute break over 6 hours. No statutory overtime premium; follows contract.

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🇻🇳 Vietnam

Confidence: medium. Verified 2026-10-05. No unverified note on this topic.

Minimum wage: From 1 January 2026 (Decree 293/2025/ND-CP): Region I VND 5,310,000/month; Region II VND 4,730,000; Region III VND 4,140,000; Region IV VND 3,700,000 (a 7.2% increase).

Working time: 8 hours/day, 48 hours/week (many firms use 40-44). Overtime max 50% of normal hours/day, 40 hours/month and 200 hours/year (300 in certain sectors). Overtime pay 150% weekday, 200% weekly rest day, 300% on holidays (excluding holiday pay).

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