Country euros Date effective
Albania 131.46 28.02.2008
Andorra 897.87 01.01.2008
Austria [2] 1,000.00 01.01.2009
Belgium 1,308.91 01.10.2008
Bulgaria 112.48 01.01.2008
Croatia [8] 380.97 01.07.2008
Cyprus [7] 789.00 23.04.2008
Czech Republic [12] 318.78 01.01.2007
Estonia 278.02 01.01.2008
France [6] 1,321.02 01.07.2008
Greece [5] [9] 680.59 01.01.2008
Hungary [10] 273.60 01.01.2008
Ireland 1,499.33 01.07.2007
Isle of Man 1,312.18 01.10.2008
Jersey (Channel Islands) 1,272.39 01.04.2007
Latvia 256.12 01.01.2009
Lithuania 231.70 01.01.2008
Luxembourg [3] 1,609.53 01.03.2008
Malta [11] 617.05 01.01.2008
Moldova 46.63 01.01.2007
Montenegro 55.00 01.07.2007
Netherlands 1,356.60 01.07.2008
Poland 329.49 01.01.2008
Portugal [5] 426.00 01.01.2008
Romania [4] 162.92 01.10.2009
Russian Federation 116.86 01.09.2009
Serbia 159.01 01.01.2008
Slovakia 294.16 01.10.2009
Slovenia 566.53 01.03.2008
Spain [5] 600.00 01.01.2008
Turkey 290.42 01.01.2008
Ukraine 67.04 01.04.2008
United Kingdom 1,249.85 01.10.2008
NOTES:
[1] Where official rates are expressed by the hour or week, they have been converted to monthly rates on the basis of a 40-hour week and 52-week year. Minimum wage figures are gross (pre-tax) rates and exclude any 13th or 14th month payments that may be due under national legislation, collective agreements, custom or practice.
[2] Austria: applies to certain industry sectors. Applicable to all sectors from 01.01.2009. Employees are entitled to 14 mothly payments each year.
[3] Luxembourg: unskilled workers only.
[4] Romania: based on 170 hours per month.
[5] Greece, Portugal, Spain: white-collar workers only. Workers normally entitled to 14 monthly payments per year.
[6] France: based on statutory 35-hour week.
[7] Cyprus: applicable to certain groups in non-unionised sectors.
[8] Croatia: there has been no statutory minimum wage since 1996, but there is a 'lowest wage' for full-time work.
[9] Greece: Different rates apply to blue and white collar workers and vary by length of service and marital status.
[10] Hungary: the minimum wage is 20% higher than the basic national minimum for those with secondary or vocational education but under two years' experience, and 25% higher for those with at least two years' experience or older than 50 years of age. Employees with university-level education are entitled to a minimum wage that is 60% higher than the basic national minimum.
[11] Malta: Higher wage rates are set by order in the following sectors: agriculture, beverages, domestic work, clay and glass work products, food manufacturing, hire cars and private buses, hospitals and buses, jewellery and watches, leather goods and shoes, papers, plastic, chemicals and petroleum, private security services, professional offices, public transport, sextons and custodians, textiles, tobacco manufacture, transport equipment, metal, woodworks and private cleaning services.
[12] Czech Republic: Rates may not include travel allowances, on-call payments and severance compensation.
Alemania: Los salarios de trabajador no cualificado oscilan entre 966 y 1827 euros, los del trabajador medio de 1209 a 2168 euros y los de trabajadores más cualificados cobran entre 1759 y 4001 euros.
Italia: En cuanto al salario mínimo, en Italia se establece un salario diferente según convenio. El salario mínimo oscila entre 750 y 790 euros