Want To Work Abroad? See How Much These Countries Pay Workers

Country Minimum wage Annual Nominal (US$) P (In [Afghanistan 5,000 Afghani per month for government workers. No minimum set for private sector workers, but labor law prevents paying private sector workers less than government workers. Informal sector day workers are
unprotected.

1,083 3,0 Albania 22,000 Albanian lek ë per month, nationally. The law establishes a 40-hour workweek, but the actual workweek is typically set by individual or
collective - bargaining agreement.

2,498 4,6/Algeria 18,000 Algerian dinars per month, nationally.

2,721 6,2 Andorra €962 ($1,233) per month, €5.55 ($7.12) per hour.

14,800 9,7 Angola 15,003.00 kwanza per month; paid thirteen times a
year.

2,021 2,2 Antigua and Barbuda EC$8.20 per hour.

6,317 7,6 Argentina 4,716 Argentine pesos or equivalent in US dollars ($551) per month for up to 200 hours; paid thirteen times a year.

11,229 20, Armenia 50,000 Armenian
dram ($107) per month.

1,465 3,1 Australia Most workers are
covered by an award , which may vary by employee age, geographical location and
industry. For adults not covered by an award or agreement, the minimum wages
is A$ 16.87 per hour, A$640.90 per week; set federally by Fair Work Australia . Junior workers, apprentices and
trainees not covered by an award each have a minimum wage level set nationally.

32,045 21, Austria None; instead,
nationwide collective bargaining agreements set minimum wages by job classification for each industry and provide for a minimum wage of € 1,000 per month—Wages where no such collective agreements exist, such as for domestic workers, janitorial staff, and au pairs, are regulated in pertinent law and are generally lower than those covered by collective bargaining.

Azerbaijan 105 Azerbaijani
manat per month.

1,615 3,8 The Bahamas B$ 4.00 ($4.00)
per hour, B$30 ($30) per day, and B$150 ($150) per week.

8,320 7,2 Bahrain None; 300 BHD ($800) for the public sector workers (only applies to Bahrain nationals).

Bangladesh 1,500 taka ($19) per month for all economic sectors not covered by
industry-specific wages; in the garment industry the minimum wage is 5,300 taka ($68) per month. The minimum wage is
set nationally every five years by the National Minimum Wage Board in a tripartite forum industry by industry.

230 65 Barbados BDS$ 6.25 ($3.13)
per hour for household domestics and shop assistants; the Ministry of
Labor recommends all other sectors use
this as the de facto minimum wage.

6,500 5,2 Belarus 2,100,100 Belarusian rubles per month.

2,838 7,5 Belgium €1,501.82 ($1,925) per month, €9.12 ($11.69) per hour for workers 21 years of age and over; €1,541.67n($1,977) per month for workers 21 and an half years of age, within six months of service; €1,559.38n($1,999) per month for workers 22 years of age, with 12 months of service; coupled with extensive social benefits.

24,028 20, Belize BZ$3.30 ($1.65) per hour.

3,861 6,6 Benin 40,000 CFA francs per month; the government set minimum wage scales for a number of occupations.

972 2,0 Bhutan 3,750 Bhutanese ngultrum per month.

768 2,3 Bolivia 1440 Bolivian
Bolivians per month.

plus an obligatory Christmas bonus
equal to one month's pay, prorated for the amount of time the worker has worked in their present position.

2,709 6,0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
320 convertible marks ($216) per
month in Republika Srpska ; 357
($241) convertible marks per month in the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2,612 4,5 Botswana 3.8 Botswana pula ($0.58) an hour for most full-time labor in
the private sector; 2.0 ($.26) Botswana pula for domestic workers or approximately 16 pula ($2.05) a day; 408 Botswana pula ($52.31) per month for workers in the agriculture sector.

583 1,0 Brazil R$ 788.00 per month, paid 13 times a year.

The Brazilian minimum wage is adjusted annually by the federal government. Each Brazilian state has its own minimum wage, which cannot be lower than the federal minimum wage.

4,743 5,7 Brunei None Bulgaria 360 Bulgarian lev per month, 2.20 lev per hour.

3,113 5,8 Burkina Faso 34,664 CFA francs per month.

842 1,8 Burundi None; in the past the government set the minimum wage, but during the year the minimum wage was set by market forces.

Cambodia None; US$128 per month, for the garment and shoe industry.

Cameroon 36,270 CFA francs ($75) per
month.

881 1,8 Canada The minimum wage in Canada is set by each province and territory; ranges from C$ 10.00 to C$11.00 per hour.

20,194 16, Cape Verde 11,000 Cape Verdean escudos per month; in the public sector 12,000 Cape Verdean escudos
per month for an entry‑level worker.

1,589 2,7 Central African Republic 35 000 CFA francs per month, 218.75 CFA francs per hour.

921 1,6 Chad 59,995 CFA francs ($120) per month, 355 CFA francs per hour.

1,457 2,5 Chile 225,000 Chilean pesos per month for workers aged 18–65; 167,968
for workers younger than 18 and older than 65; and 145,139 pesos for 'non remunerative purposes.

5,452 6,8 China The minimum wage in China is set locally, ranges from RMB830 per month, RMB7.50 per hour in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to RMB1,820 per month, RMB17 per hour in Shanghai.

2,516 4,1 Colombia 644,350 Colombian pesos per month plus 74,000 pesos per
month for transportation allowance

4,138 6,3 Comoros 55,000 Comorian
francs ($150) per month.

1,781 2,9 Democratic Republic of the
Congo 1,680 Congolese francs ($1.83)
per day.

475 75 Republic of the Congo 54,000 CFA
francs ($109) per month in the formal sector.

1,312 2,0 Costa Rica Varies for specified industries from ₡9,509.34 per 8-hour work day for unskilled workers to ₡11,896.82 per day for specialized workers. All other
occupations not explicitly covered fall under the generic scale, which varies
from ₡283,799.00 per month for unskilled workers to ₡609,355.75 for licentiates.

4,947 6,7 Côte d'Ivoire Varies by occupation, with the lowest set to 36,607 CFA franc ($72) per month for the industrial sector; a slightly higher minimum wage rate is applied for
construction workers.

889 1,8 Croatia 3,029.55 Croatian kuna per month.

6,378 8,7 Cuba 225 Cuban pesos ($9) per month.

108 18 Cyprus None; €870 per month for shop assistants, nurse's assistants, clerks, hairdressers, and nursery assistants; it rises to €924 after six months' employment. For asylum seekers
working as unskilled workers in the agricultural sector, the minimum monthly
wage was 425 euros ($570) with accommodation and food provided. For skilled workers in the agricultural
sector, the minimum salary was 767 euros ($1,040) without accommodation and food.

Czech Republic 9,200 Czech koruna per month, or 55 koruna ($2.171 USD) per hour.

5,846 7,7 Denmark None; instead, negotiated between unions and employer
associations; the average minimum
wage for all private and public sector
collective bargaining agreements was
approximately DKK 110 ($20) per hour, exclusive of pension benefits.

Djibouti None; canceled by the 2006 Labor Code for occupational categories, establishing that wages be set after common agreement between employers and employees. For public sector workers, minimum wage was 35,000 DFJ ($198) per month.

Dominica EC$4.00 ($1.50) per hour.

3,081 4,1 Dominican Republic 6,320 Dominican pesos ($167) per month in the
FTZs and between 6,880 pesos and 11,292 pesos outside the FTZs, depending upon the size of the company; 5,117 pesos ($130) per month for the public
sector; 234 pesos a day for farm
workers who are covered by minimum wage regulations based on a 10-hour day,
with the exception of sugarcane workers who received 129 pesos ($3.19) based on an eight-hour workday.

882 1,6 Ecuador US$ 398 per month. Minimum wage has been set by the government on US$340 per month for the
year 2014. A worker that works a full year,
receives a 13th of US$340) and
a 14th (of US $340) salary.

4,776 8,3 Egypt None; for the public sector the minimum wage is LE 1,200 ($174) per month.

El Salvador Set sector by sector; for example, US $242.40 a month for retail employees; US $237.00 for industrial laborers; US $202.80 for apparel assembly workers; US $113.70 for
agriculture workers. The wage for
seasonal agricultural workers of cotton
and sugar cane is used here.

Dated info:
1,138 2,1 Equatorial Guinea
129,035 CFA franc ($260). [8] 3,134 4,4
Eritrea None; 360 Eritrean nakfa
($24) per month in the public sector.

Estonia €390 per month, €2.34 per hour.

6,490 7,5 Ethiopia None; some government institutions and public enterprises set their own minimum wages: public sector employees, the
largest group of wage earners, earned a monthly minimum wagenof 420 birrbirr ($23); employees in the banking
and insurance sector had a minimum monthly wage of 336 birr ($18).

Federated States of Micronesia None; US$ 2.65 per hour for employment with the national government; all states have a minimum hourly wage for government workers: $2.00 in Pohnpei , $1.25 in Chuuk, $1.42 in Kosrae, and $1.60 in Yap ; $1.75 for private sector workers in Pohnpei.

Fiji US$1.05 per hour 2,184 [85] 2,1

Finland None; however, the law requires
all employers, including non- unionized ones, to pay minimum wages agreed to in collective bargaining agreements;
almost all workers are covered under such
arrangements.

France €1,457.52 per month, €9.61 per hour.

23,320 19, Gabon 150,000 CFA francs ($302) per month; government workers received an additional monthly allowance of 20,000 CFA francs ($40) per child; government workers also received transportation, housing, and family benefits; the law does not mandate housing or family benefits for private sector workers.

3,643 5,0 The Gambia 50 dalasi ($1.47)
per day. 

362 1,1 Georgia 90 Georgian lari ($54) per month for private sector workers; 115 lari ($68) per month for public employees.

651 1,3 Germany €8.50 per hour. A higher minimum wage is often set by collective
bargaining agreements and enforceable by law.

23,868 21, Ghanian 6.00 Ghanaian cedis per day.

800 1,6 Greece €683.76 per month in 12 payments, €586 per month in 14 payments.

10,940 11, Grenada Minimum wage
schedules set pay by occupation; for example, the minimum wage for domestic workers, for example, was EC $4.50 per hour, while that for a security guard was EC $6.00 ($2.22) per hour.

Guatemala 74.97 Guatemalan quetzales per day for agricultural and nonagricultural work and 68.91 quetzal's per day for work in export-sector regime factories.
Minimum wage earners also are due a mandatory monthly bonus of 250 quetzales, and salaried workers receive
two mandatory yearly bonuses
(the bono 14 and the Christmas
bonus), each equivalent to one
month’s salary.

2,987 5,7 Guinea The labor code allows the government to set a minimum hourly wage; however, the government has not exercised this provision except
for setting the minimum wage for domestic workers at
440,000 GNF ($63.36) per month.

Guinea- Bissau 19,030 CFA francs ($38) per month plus a bag of rice 462 92 Guyana G$ 35,000 per month, G$1,616
per day and G $202 per hour.

2,046 3,1 Haiti 125 Haitian gourdes per day for servants for an eight-hour
workday; 225 Haitian gourdes per day for
segment A industries; 240 Haitian gourdes per day for segment B industries; 260 Haitian gourdes per day for segment C industries; 225 Haitian gourdes per day for companies with piece work that
re-export; and 300 Haitian gourdes per day for companies with piece work that exports.

897 1,7 Honduras Minimum wages
ranged from a low of 5,114.46 Honduran
lempiras per month, 21.31 lempiras per hour to 8,224.35 lempiras per month, 34.27 lempiras per hour.

2,500 4,5 Hong Kong HK$32.50 per hour is the minimum wage in Hong Kong .

8,711 11, Hungary 105,000 HUF (€350) per month for unskilled labor, 122,000
HUF (€405) per month for skilled
labor.

5,445 8,4 Iceland None; minimum wages are negotiated in various collectively bargained agreements and applied automatically to all employees in those occupations, regardless of union membership; while the agreements can be either industry or sector-wide, and/in some cases/firm-specific, the/minimum wage levels are/occupation-specific.

India Varied from 118 rupees ($2.18) per day in Bihar to 1000 rupees per day in Kerala ($16.6)(with local cost of living allowance included). State governments set a separate minimum wage for agricultural workers.

The minimum wages are set according to Minimum Wages Act

1948.628 2,1Indonesia Established by provincial and district authorities, which vary by province, district, and sector; the lowest minimum wage was in the province of Central Java at rupiah 910,000 per month and the highest was in Jakarta at rupiah 2,441,301 per month.

1,044 2,4 Iran The minimum wage was raised to 609,000 Iranian tomans
($187) (equal to 6,090,000 rials ) effective on the 2014 Persian New year ;  set annually for each industrial sector and region. The standard workweek is 44
hours, and any work over 48 entitles the
worker to overtime.

3,969 8,5 Iraq Less than 12,000

Iraqi dinars ($10) per day for a skilled worker and less than 5,250 dinars ($4.50) per day for an unskilled worker.

Ireland €1,461.85 per month and €8.65 ($11.09) per hour.  23,390 18,

Israel ₪4,650 Israeli new shekel ($1,230) per month, ₪25 Israeli new shekel ($6.62) per hour.

15,485 12, Italy None; instead set through collective bargaining agreements on a sector-by-sector basis.

Jamaica J$5,600 per week.

2,905 4,0 Japan Ranges from 677 Japanese yen to 888 yen per hour; set on a prefectural and industry basis.