This chart ranks OECD countries by their national minimum wage in 2020. In this year, Luxembourg and Australia had the highest minimum wages at $12.4 U.S. dollars an hour, once adjusted for purchasing power parity. The full dataset below includes wages from 2001-2020. View data below and filter by country or year in the search bar of the dataset to analyze wage changes over time.
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Source: OECD
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Alex DamianouSifting through the full dataset, I made this chart here which tracks select major economies and the trajectory of their minimum wage since 2002. You'll see that Korea has made the most gains over the past two decades, up $6, while the US has actually been on a decline since 2010.
