Was just curious about this and thought it'd be interesting / informative to get an idea of what minimum wage is like around the world.
In the U.S. it's $7.25 / hour set by the federal government, although many states enforce higher ones (mine doesn't lol)
Jul '19
May '20
I think ranging from $11.10-$15 / hour depending on where you live in NY. On a side note, I know people state to price your artwork around the minimum wage but also art is supposed to be a skilled occupation should we really be paid minimum wage 
I just checked and it's different in a few area. There's some that got $270~ Per month and some that got $130~ per month.
In my province, it's around $200~ per month tho. I don't particularly know how to count per hour, so.
i dont know the min wage in the uk . however it dont matter because most places here have 0 hours contracts and people are working three jobs to pay rent and still have to go to food banks to feed the kids. the way things are im glad i ended up alone with only myself to fend for.
Yeah, on my country either. Those minimum wages is mostly for the people's who worked on a contract bases workplace like factories or teachers and the like, but for the other random works the pays are much more smaller then the minimum wages, mine not even half of that.
It's $13.85 here. Gonna get higher over time, but SCREEEEEEE I WANT A RAISE IF THE MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING UP
Sweden has no legal requirements for minimum wage, but in practice there are workers alliances and the like that quote specific wanted rates, and workplaces can't claim to follow those standards (thus rendering themselves undesirable as employers) unless they pay those rates.
For example the minimum wage for an adult restaurant worker with no previous work experience, according to the hotel and restaurant alliance, is approx $14.9 an hour. This rate includes waitstaff because in this country people aren't expected to live off tips alone. The waitstaff's full wage is taken into account in the pricing of the dishes.
In Missouri it's the lowest allowed: $7.25.
Edit: but the wait staff minimum wage is probably lower. In the early 2000s when I was a waitress, I made $3.25/per hour. I had to get tips in order to make anything (I was in High School...so I didn't need the money yet, but some of the staff were like my mom's age o_O)
15.00$ an hour
That'e the lowest you are legally allowed to pay someone an hour here if they are over 18.
This year though they introduced some weird law where if you are under 18 and still in school, min wage is 13.00$ an hour. This does NOT apply to youth that are NOT in school. If they are not in school they get paid the full 15.00$ an hour.
In Denmark we don't have a law about what the lowest wage has to be, but several work-unions have come up with general rules for what is acceptable and they enforce them through trials/lawsuits (so even if the government hasn't put down a law it's still a legal practice) and we are currently at an average minimum wage of 110kr /an hour (roughly 16,4 dollars /an hour) across all types of work fields.
Of course, this only applies if you are 18+ in age. The moment you are under 18 the minimum hourly wage gets cut in half which is 55kr /an hour (8,2 dollars /an hour).
Also bear in mind that you need to pay taxes before you get your pay; 110kr - 47% = 58,3kr (8,70$ /hr) for those above 18 y.o and then 55kr - 47% = 29,15kr (4,35$ /hr) for those below 18 y.o.
EDIT!
- These numbers are including taxes that differ between 35%-41% depending on the region you live in and on top of this we have an additional 8% that goes to the Labor Market Contribution.
Quick math!
- In my region, the tax is 39% and the LMC (Labor Market Contribution) is still 8%
- That is 39% + 8% = 47% IN TAXES ALONE
- Now if I want to earn 10$ on a commission I have to apply 47% on top of the base price to make up for the loss I have to pay the government as a freelancer (which is, sadly, the 47%). This is 10$ + 47% = 14,7$ total.
In the smaller numbers, it doesn't look all that bad, but it gets aggressively worse the higher up in prices you go.
20$ + 47% = 29,4$
50$ + 47% = 73,5$
100$ + 47% = 147$
200$ + 47% = 294$
I hope this little extra info will help some ppl understand why prices sometimes seem outrageous and unfair, cuz, trust me when I say this... I. HATE. THESE, NUMBERS! but I can nothing about it.
In Germany the current minimum wage is 9,19 € (~10,23 $) . But it will increase January 2020 to 9,35 €.
$12 here in WA and going to $13 next year I believe. It was $9 when I started working min wage jobs a few years ago and with the current min wage I was able to go down a day at my cafe job and spend more time on art. It's been pretty great I've gotten a lot more done.
depends on how old you are, which is bollocks
i only acknowledge the real living wage though:
the minimum wage in the uk is utter bollocks, it makes me so mad that youre not entitled to a ''''''''living wage'''''''''' until youre 25. as if rent is just cheaper when youre 24???? i distrust ANY and ALL companies in london that pay any of their workers less than ÂŁ10.55/hr
this is weird... i get that lower wages for school aged people is to incentivise staying in school, but if you just straight up say that youll get paid more if you leave school... what are poor kids gonna do? leave school, get paid.
Guys... I don't know if I should cry or laugh, but in Hungary the minimum wage is $2,8 / hour.
I mean... it's no wonder everybody wants to leave as soon as possible... xD
A lot of companies just pay the flat minimum wage for admin purposes and it should be noted that "living wage" is the same as when they first started raising the minimum wage a few years ago (it goes up 20-50p every April and October) with the aim of getting everyone to the living wage. Only that living wage target hasn't been adjusted since it was set so probably now falls well below the actual living wage.
That apprentice wage is the thing to note though. There is no age limit of apprenticeships. You can still be 25+ can get the apprentice wage. Although that it little more complicated because they can only pay you the apprentice wage for a year before they have to pay you your real wage, hence why so many apprentices will let you go after a year. Also, worth noting the government pays an apprentice wage, not the company with the aim of getting the company to top up your wages (like that would ever happen).
