Minimum wages

Data - Eurostat

Author

François Geerolf

Info

Last observation: Semi-annual: 2026S1 (N = 38)

First observation: Semi-annual: 2020S2 (N = 39)

Last data update: 23 jul 2026, 22:43. Last compile: 24 jul 2026, 04:07

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_3flags +
  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_3flags +
  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	2704
Ireland	2391
Germany	2343
Netherlands	2295
Belgium	2112
France	1823
Spain	1381
Slovenia	1278
Lithuania	1153
Poland	1139
Cyprus	1088
Portugal	1073
United States	1070
Croatia	1050
Greece	1027
Malta	994
Czechia	924
Slovakia	915
Estonia	886
Hungary	838
Romania	795
Latvia	780
Serbia	744
Montenegro	670
Türkiye	654
Bulgaria	620
North Macedonia	586
Albania	517
Moldova	319
Ukraine	173

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)")