FedEE review of minimum wage rates

Many countries in Europe operate statutory or collectively determined minimum wage rates. In all but a handful of countries, these rates provide a standard of living that is close to (or even below) subsistence levels. Denmark, Finland, Italy and Sweden do not operate national minimum rates, but nevertheless have minimum rates set through sectoral collective agreements that jointly cover a high proportion of the working population. Germany operates statutory minimum rates in the construction, janitorial and postal sectors.

The International Labour Organisation establishes minimum rates for able seamen. This is set at $545.00 US per month in 2009/10.

Monthly gross statutory minimum wage rates
Full-time adult employees, aged 23+ ^[1]

Country	Minimum wage rate	Currency code	Date effective
Albania	19,000 lek	ALL	01.07.2010
Andorra	929.07 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Austria [2]	1,000.00 euros	EUR	01.01.2009
Belarus	400,000 Belarusian roubles	BYR	01.11.2010
Belgium	1,415.24 euros	EUR	01.09.2010
Bulgaria	240 leva	BGN	01.01.2009
Croatia [8]	2814.00 kunas	HRK	01.06.2009
Cyprus [7]	840.00 euros	EUR	29.04.2009
Czech Republic [12]	8,000 koruny	CZK	01.01.2007
Estonia	278.02 euro	EUR	01.01.2008
France [6]	1,365.00 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Greece [5] [9]	739.56 euros	EUR	15.07.2010
Hungary [10]	78,000 forints	HUF	01.01.2011
Iceland [13]	144,502 kronur	ISK	01.07.2009
Ireland	1326 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Isle of Man	1,057.33 IOM pounds	IMP	01.10.2010
Jersey (Channel Islands)	1095.46 Jersey pounds	JEP	01.04.2011
Latvia	200 lats	LVL	01.01.2011
Lithuania	800 litai	LTL	01.01.2008
Luxembourg [3]	1,757.56 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Malta [11]	664.95 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Moldova	1100.00 lei	MDL	01.02.2010
Montenegro	55.00 euros	EUR	01.07.2007
Netherlands	1,424.40 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Poland	1,386 zlotys	PLN	x.x.2010
Portugal [5]	485 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Romania [4]	670.00 new lei	RON	01.01.2011
Russian Federation	4,611 roubles	RUB	01.06.2011
Serbia	13,572.00 new dinars	RSD	30.09.2009
Slovakia	317.00 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Slovenia [14]	530.00 net euros	EUR	01.03.2011
Spain [5]	641.50 euros	EUR	01.01.2011
Turkey [15]	629.26 lira	TRY	01.01.2011
Ukraine	922 hryvnias	UAH	01.12.2010
United Kingdom	1027.87 pounds sterling	GBP	01.10.2010