Survey of statutory minimum wages
Eurostat has published its annual survey of the statutory minimum wages in the 20 European countries that have legal minima. It gives details of the rates in local currencies and by purchasing power parities. The countries break down into four groups in terms of the minimum rates as percentage of average earnings - less than 35%: Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia; 36%-41%: United Kingdom, Hungary, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Spain and Portugal; 45%-46% Slovenia and the Netherlands; and over 49%: Bulgaria, Malta, Luxembourg and Ireland. [Read more at > Eurostat (EN, FR, DE)->http