Global Minimum Wage (Hourly) Ranking

Rank Country Name City Continent Price
1 KuwaitKuwait KuwaitCity Asia $244
2 ArgentinaArgentina Mendoza South America $180
3 ArgentinaArgentina BuenosAires South America $108
4 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva Europe $30
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bern Europe $29
6 DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen Europe $21
7 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Seattle North America $19
8 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Denver North America $18
9 UnitedStatesUnitedStates SanFrancisco North America $18
10 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Honolulu North America $18
11 MexicoMexico Guadalajara North America $17
11 MexicoMexico Tijuana North America $17
13 UnitedStatesUnitedStates WashingtonDc North America $17
14 UnitedStatesUnitedStates SanDiego North America $17
15 UnitedStatesUnitedStates LosAngeles North America $17
16 IrelandIreland Dublin Europe $17
17 BelgiumBelgium Brussels Europe $16
18 AustraliaAustralia Sydney Australia Pacific $16
18 AustraliaAustralia Melbourne Australia Pacific $16
18 AustraliaAustralia Brisbane Australia Pacific $16
18 AustraliaAustralia Perth Australia Pacific $16
18 AustraliaAustralia Adelaide Australia Pacific $16
18 AustraliaAustralia Canberra Australia Pacific $16
24 SwedenSweden Gothenburg Europe $15
25 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Boston North America $15
26 SwedenSweden Stockholm Europe $15
27 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Phoenix North America $14
28 GermanyGermany Berlin Europe $14
28 GermanyGermany Munich Europe $14
28 GermanyGermany Frankfurt Europe $14
28 GermanyGermany Hamburg Europe $14
28 GermanyGermany Cologne Europe $14
28 GermanyGermany Stuttgart Europe $14
28 GermanyGermany Leipzig Europe $14
35 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Portland North America $14
36 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Chicago North America $14
37 MexicoMexico Monterrey North America $14
37 MexicoMexico MexicoCity North America $14
39 AustriaAustria Vienna Europe $14
40 NewZealandNewZealand Auckland Australia Pacific $13
40 NewZealandNewZealand Wellington Australia Pacific $13
42 SpainSpain Barcelona Europe $13
43 FinlandFinland Helsinki Europe $13
44 CanadaCanada Vancouver North America $12
45 SpainSpain Valencia Europe $12
45 SpainSpain Madrid Europe $12
47 ItalyItaly Rome Europe $12
47 ItalyItaly Venice Europe $12
47 ItalyItaly Milan Europe $12
50 IsraelIsrael TelAviv Asia $12
50 IsraelIsrael Jerusalem Asia $12
52 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Miami North America $12
52 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Orlando North America $12
54 CanadaCanada Toronto North America $12
54 CanadaCanada Ottawa North America $12
56 SingaporeSingapore Singapore Asia $12
57 UnitedStatesUnitedStates LasVegas North America $12
58 ItalyItaly Naples Europe $11
59 NorwayNorway Oslo Europe $11
60 CanadaCanada Calgary North America $11
61 ItalyItaly Turin Europe $11
62 ThailandThailand Bangkok Asia $11
62 ThailandThailand ChiangMai Asia $11
62 ThailandThailand Phuket Asia $11
65 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Anchorage North America $11
66 CanadaCanada Edmonton North America $11
67 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Minneapolis North America $11
68 PortugalPortugal Lisbon Europe $10
68 PortugalPortugal Porto Europe $10
70 PhilippinesPhilippines Manila Asia $10
71 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Detroit North America $10
72 HungaryHungary Budapest Europe $8
73 PolandPoland Warsaw Europe $7
73 PolandPoland Wroclaw Europe $7
75 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Philadelphia North America $7
75 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Atlanta North America $7
75 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Houston North America $7
75 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Dallas North America $7
75 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Austin North America $7
80 PhilippinesPhilippines Davao Asia $7
81 JapanJapan Tokyo Asia $7
82 JapanJapan Osaka Asia $7
83 JapanJapan Sapporo Asia $7
84 TurkeyTurkey Istanbul Europe $7
84 TurkeyTurkey Ankara Europe $7
84 TurkeyTurkey Izmir Europe $7
84 TurkeyTurkey Antalya Europe $7
88 SouthKoreaSouthKorea Seoul Asia $7
88 SouthKoreaSouthKorea Busan Asia $7
88 SouthKoreaSouthKorea Incheon Asia $7
88 SouthKoreaSouthKorea Daegu Asia $7
92 JapanJapan Nagoya Asia $6
93 JapanJapan Kyoto Asia $6
94 CubaCuba Havana North America $6
95 JapanJapan Kobe Asia $6
96 JapanJapan Hiroshima Asia $6
97 JapanJapan Sendai Asia $6
98 GreeceGreece Athens Europe $6
99 JapanJapan Fukuoka Asia $6
100 TaiwanTaiwan Taipei Asia $6
100 TaiwanTaiwan Taichung Asia $6
100 TaiwanTaiwan Kaohsiung Asia $6
103 JapanJapan Naha Asia $6
104 CzechiaCzechia Prague Europe $6
105 TurkeyTurkey Bursa Europe $4
106 QatarQatar Doha Asia $4
107 UnitedArabEmiratesUnitedArabEmirates Dubai Asia $4
107 UnitedArabEmiratesUnitedArabEmirates AbuDhabi Asia $4
109 SaudiArabiaSaudiArabia Riyadh Asia $4
109 SaudiArabiaSaudiArabia Jeddah Asia $4
109 SaudiArabiaSaudiArabia Dammam Asia $4
112 ColombiaColombia Bogota South America $4
112 ColombiaColombia Cali South America $4
114 ColombiaColombia Medellin South America $4
115 RomaniaRomania Bucharest Europe $4
116 ChinaChina Shanghai Asia $4
117 NepalNepal Kathmandu Asia $4
118 ChinaChina Beijing Asia $3
119 ChinaChina Guangzhou Asia $3
120 ChinaChina Nanjing Asia $3
121 ChinaChina Shenzhen Asia $3
122 ChinaChina Hangzhou Asia $3
122 ChinaChina Suzhou Asia $3
124 ChinaChina Chengdu Asia $3
124 ChinaChina Qingdao Asia $3
126 PeruPeru Lima South America $3
127 ChinaChina Chongqing Asia $3
127 ChinaChina Wuhan Asia $3
127 ChinaChina Xiamen Asia $3
130 RussiaRussia Moscow Europe $3
131 BrazilBrazil RioDeJaneiro South America $3
131 BrazilBrazil Brasilia South America $3
131 BrazilBrazil Salvador South America $3
131 BrazilBrazil Fortaleza South America $3
131 BrazilBrazil BeloHorizonte South America $3
131 BrazilBrazil Manaus South America $3
131 BrazilBrazil Curitiba South America $3
131 BrazilBrazil Recife South America $3
131 BrazilBrazil PortoAlegre South America $3
140 ChinaChina Dalian Asia $3
140 ChinaChina Shenyang Asia $3
142 ChinaChina Harbin Asia $3
142 ChinaChina Changsha Asia $3
142 ChinaChina Zhengzhou Asia $3
145 RussiaRussia Sochi Europe $3
145 RussiaRussia Vladivostok Europe $3
145 RussiaRussia Kaliningrad Europe $3
148 ChinaChina Kunming Asia $2
149 ChinaChina Tianjin Asia $2
150 KenyaKenya Nairobi Africa $2
151 ChinaChina Xi'an Asia $2
152 RussiaRussia Novosibirsk Europe $2
152 RussiaRussia Yekaterinburg Europe $2
152 RussiaRussia Kazan Europe $2
155 MoroccoMorocco Rabat Africa $2
156 MongoliaMongolia Ulaanbaatar Asia $2
157 KazakhstanKazakhstan Almaty Asia $2
157 KazakhstanKazakhstan Astana Asia $2
159 FijiFiji Suva Australia Pacific $2
160 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Durban Africa $2
161 GhanaGhana Accra Africa $2
162 MoroccoMorocco Casablanca Africa $2
162 MoroccoMorocco Marrakech Africa $2
164 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica CapeTown Africa $2
164 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Pretoria Africa $2
166 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Johannesburg Africa $2
167 SriLankaSriLanka Colombo Asia $2
168 IndonesiaIndonesia Jakarta Asia $1
169 MalaysiaMalaysia KualaLumpur Asia $1
169 MalaysiaMalaysia JohorBahru Asia $1
171 EgyptEgypt Luxor Africa $1
172 MalaysiaMalaysia Penang Asia $1
173 IndonesiaIndonesia Surabaya Asia $1
174 TanzaniaTanzania DarEsSalaam Africa $1
175 KenyaKenya Mombasa Africa $1
176 NigeriaNigeria Lagos Africa $1
177 UkraineUkraine Kyiv Europe $1
178 VietnamVietnam Hanoi Asia $1
178 VietnamVietnam DaNang Asia $1
180 IndonesiaIndonesia Bandung Asia $1
181 UzbekistanUzbekistan Tashkent Asia $1
182 PakistanPakistan Islamabad Asia $1
182 PakistanPakistan Lahore Asia $1
184 PakistanPakistan Karachi Asia $1
185 BurkinaFasoBurkinaFaso Ouagadougou Africa $1
186 BangladeshBangladesh Dhaka Asia $1
187 IndiaIndia Hyderabad Asia $1
188 IndiaIndia Chennai Asia $0
188 IndiaIndia Kolkata Asia $0
188 IndiaIndia Pune Asia $0
188 IndiaIndia Ahmedabad Asia $0
188 IndiaIndia Surat Asia $0
188 IndiaIndia Lucknow Asia $0
188 IndiaIndia Kochi Asia $0
195 IndiaIndia Delhi Asia $0
195 IndiaIndia Mumbai Asia $0
195 IndiaIndia Jaipur Asia $0
198 NigeriaNigeria Abuja Africa $0
199 EgyptEgypt Cairo Africa $0
200 EthiopiaEthiopia AddisAbaba Africa $0
201 NigeriaNigeria PortHarcourt Africa $0
202 IranIran Tehran Asia $0
202 IranIran Mashhad Asia $0
Rank Country Name City Continent Price
1 IranIran Tehran Asia $0
1 IranIran Mashhad Asia $0
3 NigeriaNigeria PortHarcourt Africa $0
4 EthiopiaEthiopia AddisAbaba Africa $0
5 EgyptEgypt Cairo Africa $0
6 NigeriaNigeria Abuja Africa $0
7 IndiaIndia Delhi Asia $0
7 IndiaIndia Mumbai Asia $0
7 IndiaIndia Jaipur Asia $0
10 IndiaIndia Chennai Asia $0
10 IndiaIndia Kolkata Asia $0
10 IndiaIndia Pune Asia $0
10 IndiaIndia Ahmedabad Asia $0
10 IndiaIndia Surat Asia $0
10 IndiaIndia Lucknow Asia $0
10 IndiaIndia Kochi Asia $0
17 IndiaIndia Hyderabad Asia $1
18 BangladeshBangladesh Dhaka Asia $1
19 BurkinaFasoBurkinaFaso Ouagadougou Africa $1
20 PakistanPakistan Karachi Asia $1
21 PakistanPakistan Islamabad Asia $1
21 PakistanPakistan Lahore Asia $1
23 UzbekistanUzbekistan Tashkent Asia $1
24 IndonesiaIndonesia Bandung Asia $1
25 VietnamVietnam Hanoi Asia $1
25 VietnamVietnam DaNang Asia $1
27 UkraineUkraine Kyiv Europe $1
28 NigeriaNigeria Lagos Africa $1
29 KenyaKenya Mombasa Africa $1
30 TanzaniaTanzania DarEsSalaam Africa $1
31 IndonesiaIndonesia Surabaya Asia $1
32 MalaysiaMalaysia Penang Asia $1
33 EgyptEgypt Luxor Africa $1
34 MalaysiaMalaysia KualaLumpur Asia $1
34 MalaysiaMalaysia JohorBahru Asia $1
36 IndonesiaIndonesia Jakarta Asia $1
37 SriLankaSriLanka Colombo Asia $2
38 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Johannesburg Africa $2
39 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica CapeTown Africa $2
39 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Pretoria Africa $2
41 MoroccoMorocco Casablanca Africa $2
41 MoroccoMorocco Marrakech Africa $2
43 GhanaGhana Accra Africa $2
44 SouthAfricaSouthAfrica Durban Africa $2
45 FijiFiji Suva Australia Pacific $2
46 KazakhstanKazakhstan Almaty Asia $2
46 KazakhstanKazakhstan Astana Asia $2
48 MongoliaMongolia Ulaanbaatar Asia $2
49 MoroccoMorocco Rabat Africa $2
50 RussiaRussia Novosibirsk Europe $2
50 RussiaRussia Yekaterinburg Europe $2
50 RussiaRussia Kazan Europe $2
53 ChinaChina Xi'an Asia $2
54 KenyaKenya Nairobi Africa $2
55 ChinaChina Tianjin Asia $2
56 ChinaChina Kunming Asia $2
57 RussiaRussia Sochi Europe $3
57 RussiaRussia Vladivostok Europe $3
57 RussiaRussia Kaliningrad Europe $3
60 ChinaChina Harbin Asia $3
60 ChinaChina Changsha Asia $3
60 ChinaChina Zhengzhou Asia $3
63 ChinaChina Dalian Asia $3
63 ChinaChina Shenyang Asia $3
65 BrazilBrazil RioDeJaneiro South America $3
65 BrazilBrazil Brasilia South America $3
65 BrazilBrazil Salvador South America $3
65 BrazilBrazil Fortaleza South America $3
65 BrazilBrazil BeloHorizonte South America $3
65 BrazilBrazil Manaus South America $3
65 BrazilBrazil Curitiba South America $3
65 BrazilBrazil Recife South America $3
65 BrazilBrazil PortoAlegre South America $3
74 RussiaRussia Moscow Europe $3
75 ChinaChina Chongqing Asia $3
75 ChinaChina Wuhan Asia $3
75 ChinaChina Xiamen Asia $3
78 PeruPeru Lima South America $3
79 ChinaChina Chengdu Asia $3
79 ChinaChina Qingdao Asia $3
81 ChinaChina Hangzhou Asia $3
81 ChinaChina Suzhou Asia $3
83 ChinaChina Shenzhen Asia $3
84 ChinaChina Nanjing Asia $3
85 ChinaChina Guangzhou Asia $3
86 ChinaChina Beijing Asia $3
87 NepalNepal Kathmandu Asia $4
88 ChinaChina Shanghai Asia $4
89 RomaniaRomania Bucharest Europe $4
90 ColombiaColombia Medellin South America $4
91 ColombiaColombia Bogota South America $4
91 ColombiaColombia Cali South America $4
93 SaudiArabiaSaudiArabia Riyadh Asia $4
93 SaudiArabiaSaudiArabia Jeddah Asia $4
93 SaudiArabiaSaudiArabia Dammam Asia $4
96 UnitedArabEmiratesUnitedArabEmirates Dubai Asia $4
96 UnitedArabEmiratesUnitedArabEmirates AbuDhabi Asia $4
98 QatarQatar Doha Asia $4
99 TurkeyTurkey Bursa Europe $4
100 CzechiaCzechia Prague Europe $6
101 JapanJapan Naha Asia $6
102 TaiwanTaiwan Taipei Asia $6
102 TaiwanTaiwan Taichung Asia $6
102 TaiwanTaiwan Kaohsiung Asia $6
105 JapanJapan Fukuoka Asia $6
106 GreeceGreece Athens Europe $6
107 JapanJapan Sendai Asia $6
108 JapanJapan Hiroshima Asia $6
109 JapanJapan Kobe Asia $6
110 CubaCuba Havana North America $6
111 JapanJapan Kyoto Asia $6
112 JapanJapan Nagoya Asia $6
113 SouthKoreaSouthKorea Seoul Asia $7
113 SouthKoreaSouthKorea Busan Asia $7
113 SouthKoreaSouthKorea Incheon Asia $7
113 SouthKoreaSouthKorea Daegu Asia $7
117 TurkeyTurkey Istanbul Europe $7
117 TurkeyTurkey Ankara Europe $7
117 TurkeyTurkey Izmir Europe $7
117 TurkeyTurkey Antalya Europe $7
121 JapanJapan Sapporo Asia $7
122 JapanJapan Osaka Asia $7
123 JapanJapan Tokyo Asia $7
124 PhilippinesPhilippines Davao Asia $7
125 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Philadelphia North America $7
125 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Atlanta North America $7
125 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Houston North America $7
125 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Dallas North America $7
125 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Austin North America $7
130 PolandPoland Warsaw Europe $7
130 PolandPoland Wroclaw Europe $7
132 HungaryHungary Budapest Europe $8
133 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Detroit North America $10
134 PhilippinesPhilippines Manila Asia $10
135 PortugalPortugal Lisbon Europe $10
135 PortugalPortugal Porto Europe $10
137 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Minneapolis North America $11
138 CanadaCanada Edmonton North America $11
139 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Anchorage North America $11
140 ThailandThailand Bangkok Asia $11
140 ThailandThailand ChiangMai Asia $11
140 ThailandThailand Phuket Asia $11
143 ItalyItaly Turin Europe $11
144 CanadaCanada Calgary North America $11
145 NorwayNorway Oslo Europe $11
146 ItalyItaly Naples Europe $11
147 UnitedStatesUnitedStates LasVegas North America $12
148 SingaporeSingapore Singapore Asia $12
149 CanadaCanada Toronto North America $12
149 CanadaCanada Ottawa North America $12
151 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Miami North America $12
151 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Orlando North America $12
153 IsraelIsrael TelAviv Asia $12
153 IsraelIsrael Jerusalem Asia $12
155 ItalyItaly Rome Europe $12
155 ItalyItaly Venice Europe $12
155 ItalyItaly Milan Europe $12
158 SpainSpain Valencia Europe $12
158 SpainSpain Madrid Europe $12
160 CanadaCanada Vancouver North America $12
161 FinlandFinland Helsinki Europe $13
162 SpainSpain Barcelona Europe $13
163 NewZealandNewZealand Auckland Australia Pacific $13
163 NewZealandNewZealand Wellington Australia Pacific $13
165 AustriaAustria Vienna Europe $14
166 MexicoMexico Monterrey North America $14
166 MexicoMexico MexicoCity North America $14
168 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Chicago North America $14
169 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Portland North America $14
170 GermanyGermany Berlin Europe $14
170 GermanyGermany Munich Europe $14
170 GermanyGermany Frankfurt Europe $14
170 GermanyGermany Hamburg Europe $14
170 GermanyGermany Cologne Europe $14
170 GermanyGermany Stuttgart Europe $14
170 GermanyGermany Leipzig Europe $14
177 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Phoenix North America $14
178 SwedenSweden Stockholm Europe $15
179 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Boston North America $15
180 SwedenSweden Gothenburg Europe $15
181 AustraliaAustralia Sydney Australia Pacific $16
181 AustraliaAustralia Melbourne Australia Pacific $16
181 AustraliaAustralia Brisbane Australia Pacific $16
181 AustraliaAustralia Perth Australia Pacific $16
181 AustraliaAustralia Adelaide Australia Pacific $16
181 AustraliaAustralia Canberra Australia Pacific $16
187 BelgiumBelgium Brussels Europe $16
188 IrelandIreland Dublin Europe $17
189 UnitedStatesUnitedStates LosAngeles North America $17
190 UnitedStatesUnitedStates SanDiego North America $17
191 UnitedStatesUnitedStates WashingtonDc North America $17
192 MexicoMexico Guadalajara North America $17
192 MexicoMexico Tijuana North America $17
194 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Honolulu North America $18
195 UnitedStatesUnitedStates SanFrancisco North America $18
196 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Denver North America $18
197 UnitedStatesUnitedStates Seattle North America $19
198 DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen Europe $21
199 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bern Europe $29
200 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva Europe $30
201 ArgentinaArgentina BuenosAires South America $108
202 ArgentinaArgentina Mendoza South America $180
203 KuwaitKuwait KuwaitCity Asia $244
Source: Original research by AI 2026
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