Minimum wages

Data - Eurostat

Author

François Geerolf

Info

Last observation: Semi-annual: 2026S2 (N = 38)

First observation: Semi-annual: 2021S1 (N = 38)

Last data update: 14 aoû 2026, 01:11. Last compile: 14 aoû 2026, 05:35

Structure

Highest Minimum Wages: Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland

Code

tps00155 |>
  filter(geo %in% c("LU", "NL", "IE")) |>
  semester_to_date() |>

  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) |>
  mutate(color = ifelse(geo == "NL", color2, color)) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) + theme_minimal() +
  scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.2, 0.85),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Minimum wage (EUR per month)")

Lowest Minimum Wages: Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia

Code

tps00155 |>
  filter(geo %in% c("BG", "RO", "LV")) |>
  semester_to_date() |>

  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) + theme_minimal() +
  scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.2, 0.85),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Minimum wage (EUR per month)")

Latest Semester: Ranking by Country

Code

latest_s <- tps00155 |>
  filter(geo == "FR",
         !is.na(values)) |>
  summarise(m = max(time)) |>
  pull(m)

tps00155 |>
  filter(time == latest_s,
         !is.na(values)) |>
  select(Geo, values) |>
  arrange(-values) |>
  print_table_conditional()

Geo	values
Luxembourg	2771
Ireland	2391
Germany	2343
Netherlands	2338
Belgium	2234
France	1867
Slovenia	1482
Spain	1425
Lithuania	1153
Poland	1119
United States	1103
Cyprus	1088
Greece	1073
Portugal	1073
Croatia	1050
Malta	994
Estonia	946
Czechia	923
Slovakia	915
Hungary	906
Romania	825
Latvia	780
Serbia	743
Montenegro	670
North Macedonia	624
Türkiye	621
Bulgaria	620
Albania	531
Moldova	313
Ukraine	169

France, Germany, Portugal

Code

tps00155 |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "PT")) |>
  semester_to_date() |>

  ggplot() + geom_line() + theme_minimal()  +
  aes(x = date, y = values, color = Geo) +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 2500, 250)) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.3, 0.85),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Minimum wage (EUR per month)")

France, Italy, Greece

Code

tps00155 |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "IT", "EL")) |>
  semester_to_date() |>

  ggplot() + geom_line() + theme_minimal()  +
  aes(x = date, y = values, color = Geo) +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 2000, 250)) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.15, 0.55),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Minimum wage (EUR per month)")