Wages in the United States increased 5.35 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Wages and Salaries Growth - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In April 2025, the UK minimum wage for adults over the age of 21 in will be 12.21 pounds per hour. For the 2025/26 financial year, there will be four minimum wage categories, three of which are based on age and one for apprentice workers. Apprentices, and workers under the age of 18 will have a minimum wage of 7.55 pounds an hour, increasing to ten pounds for those aged 18 to 20. When the minimum wage was first introduced in 1999, there were just two age categories; 18 to 21, and 22 and over. This increased to three categories in 2004, four in 2010, and five between 2016 and 2023, before being reduced down to four in the most recent year. The living wage The living wage is an alternative minimum wage amount that employers in the UK can voluntarily pay their employees. It is calculated independently of the legal minimum wage and results in a higher value figure. In 2023/24, for example, the living wage was twelve pounds an hour for the UK as a whole and 13.15 for workers in London, where the cost of living is typically higher. This living wage is different from what the UK government has named the national living wage, which was 10.42 in the same financial year. Between 2011/12 and 2023/24, the living wage has increased by 4.80 pounds, while the London living wage has grown by 4.85 pounds. Wage growth cancelled-out by high inflation 2021-2023 For a long period between the middle of 2021 and late 2023, average wage growth in the UK was unable to keep up with record inflation levels, resulting in the biggest fall in disposable income since 1956. Although the UK government attempted to mitigate the impact of falling living standards through a series of cost of living payments, the situation has still been very difficult for households. After peaking at 11.1 percent in October 2022, the UK's inflation rate remained in double figures until March 2023, and did not fall to the preferred rate of two percent until May 2024. As of November 2024, regular weekly pay in the UK was growing by 5.6 percent in nominal terms, and 2.5 percent when adjusted for inflation.

The story will look at how pay has changed in the UK since 1986, comparing increases for the lowest and highest paid. It will look at changes since the introduction of the National Minimum Wage and also the impact of recessions over the period. It will also show the types of jobs that pay the most as well as differences across the regions of the UK.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Earnings in the UK over the past 25 years

Wages in the United States increased to 31.34 USD/Hour in July from 31.26 USD/Hour in June of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Average Hourly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Wages in China increased to 120698 CNY/Year in 2023 from 114029 CNY/Year in 2022. This dataset provides - China Average Yearly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Average hourly and weekly wage rate, and median hourly and weekly wage rate by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), type of work, gender, and age group.

Minimum Wages in Canada increased to 17.60 CAD/Hour in 2025 from 17.20 CAD/Hour in 2024. This dataset provides - Canada Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Wages in Manufacturing in the United States remained unchanged at 28.96 USD/Hour in July. This dataset provides - United States Average Hourly Wages in Manufacturing - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This employment table contains data on the number of jobs held by employees who earn up to 130% of the statutory minimum wage or less for their age. The data can be further broken down into various characteristics of the employee (gender, age or nationality) and collective labor agreement sector (SBI 2008). Data available from: 2009 Status of the figures: The figures in this table are final. Changes as of November 25, 2022: The figures for the total number of jobs and the further details were incorrect. In addition, the 2021 results on the volume of labor under the heading "<= 105% minimum wage" were incorrectly set at 0. This has been corrected in this version. Changes as of November 18, 2022: The final figures for 2021 have been added. When will new numbers come out? The figures for 2022 will be added in the fourth quarter of 2023.

ME: Monthly Minimum Wage data was reported at 670.000 EUR in Jun 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 533.000 EUR for Dec 2024. ME: Monthly Minimum Wage data is updated semiannually, averaging 288.050 EUR from Jun 2013 (Median) to Jun 2025, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 670.000 EUR in Jun 2025 and a record low of 288.000 EUR in Jun 2019. ME: Monthly Minimum Wage data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Montenegro – Table ME.Eurostat: Monthly Minimum Wage.

The Politbarometer has been conducted since 1977 on an almost monthly basis by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen on behalf of the Second German Television (ZDF). Since 1990, this database has also been available for the new German states. The survey focuses on the opinions and attitudes of the voting-age population in the Federal Republic on current political issues, parties, politicians, and voting behavior. From 1990 to 1995 and from 1999 onward, the Politbarometer surveys were conducted separately both in the newly formed eastern and in the western German states (Politbarometer East and Politbarometer West). The separate monthly surveys of a year are integrated into a cumulative data set that includes all surveys of a year and all variables of the respective year. Starting in 2003, the Politbarometer short surveys, collected with varying frequency throughout the year, are integrated into the annual cumulation. The following topics were repeated identically at each survey period: most important political problems in Germany; voting intention at the next parliamentary elections (opinion poll, ranking) ; party preference; voting behaviour at the last parliamentary elections; coalition preference; sympathy-scale for SPD, CDU, CSU, FDP, die Grünen and PDS; rank of the parties (split); sympathy-scale for selected leading politicians (Joschka Fischer, Angela Merkel, Gerhard Schröder, Edmund Stoiber, Guido Westerwelle and Christian Wulff); judgement of the present economic situation in Germany; the most competent party to resolve the present economic problems; judgement of respondents economic situation in present and in future; judgement of an upward trend in German economy (economic situation expectation); the most competent party for the creation of jobs; self-assessment on a left-right continuum. 2. At least in one or in additional months was asked: postal vote; first and second vote; eligible parties and non eligible parties; certainty of ones own voting decision; judgement of the so called grand coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD as well as different coalitions from the parties in the Bundestag; attitude towards an one party government of the CDU/CSU; attitude towards a SPD government with PDS as party for obtaining the majority; voting for a different party, in case the election results would have been known before; satisfaction with the result of the parliamentary elections; attitude to a participation of FDP and PDS in government; the most competent government coalition to resolve the problems in Germany; accessibility of a majority of SPD and die Grünen; preference for SPD in the government or in the opposition; Federal Chancellor preference for Angela Merkel or Gerhard Schröder in general as well as with one grand coalition; additionally preference for a Federal Chancellor; clarification of the chancellor question or the government programme in first place during the negotiations between CDU/CSU and SPD; attitude towards a minority government; preferred minority government; judgement of the election results with regard to the approach to resolve the most important problems in Germany; expectation of a grand coalition by CDU/CSU and SPD; perceived euphoric mood in Germany after the formation of the new government; important contribution of the grand coalition to resolve the problems in Germany, in fighting of unemployment, in resolving the pension problem, the finance problem, the problems in health service, in stimulating the economy as well as supporting families; attitude towards an election of Angela Merkel as a Federal Chancellor; preference for Gerhard Schröder as a Federal Chancellor in a grand coalition; expected authority of Angela Merkel in important political questions; judgement of the competence of Angela Merkel in representing Germany abroad; satisfaction with the new government team; expected support of Merkel by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group as well as the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag; expected continuance of the grand coalition over the whole legislative period; attitude towards East Germans as party leaders (of CDU and SPD); attitude towards a woman as chancellor; woman as reason for the eligibility of the CDU/CSU; satisfaction with the performances of the Federal Government as well as with the individual parties SPD, die Grünen, CDU/CSU, FDP as well as the Linkspartei.PDS (scale); currently most important politician or politicians in Germany; sympathy scale for selected leading politicians (in addition to those mentioned above: Wolfgang Clement, Hans Eichel, Gregor Gysi, Roland Koch, Horst Köhler, Oskar Lafontaine, Friedrich Merz, Franz Müntefering, Matthias Platzeck, Otto Schily, Ulla Schmidt, Horst Seehofer, Peer Steinbrück and George W. Bush); disunity of SPD, CDU, CSU, die Grünen, FDP and PDS as well as of CDU and CSU with each other; judgement of the relations between the ruling parties SPD and die Grünen and the relations of CDU to CSU; candidate for the chancellorship of the CDU/CSU with the greatest chances of an electoral victory at the next parliamentary elections; assessment of the most suitable time for the decision of the candidate for chancellorship question among the CDU/CSU; assessment of the support of Gerhard Schröder by the SPD, of Angela Merkel by the CDU and CSU, of Edmund Stoiber by the CSU and of Guido Westerwelle by the FDP; comparison of Angela Merkel with Gerhard Schröder with regard to reliability, energy, sympathy, authority, expertise and winner type as well as leadership in government and at the solution of future problems in Germany ; Gerhard Schröder or Angela Merkel as an expected beneficiary of the intended TV duel; TV duel between Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel watched; better performance of Schröder or Merkel at the TV duel; change of the respondents attitude towards the candidates by the TV duel; the most competent candidate for the chancellorship for the creation of new jobs; Angela Merkel as a person representing the interests of the women and the East Germans; expected election outcome for the CDU with as well as without Merkel; chancellor preference; assignment of the qualities ´progressive´, ´credible´ and ´socially´ to the large parties; satisfaction with democracy; strength of the interest in politics; right people in the leading positions (general, in politics and in the economy); expectation of the future economic situation in Germany; condition of the society in Germany and in comparison with the Western European neighbours; comparison between Germany and Western European neighbouring states regarding the economic situation; Europe, USA or China as the most successful economy region; the presumably strongest economy region within 10 years: Europe, USA or China; perceived conflicts between the poor and the rich, employers and employees, young and old, foreigners and Germans, East Germans and West Germans, as well as between men and women; expected and preferred direction of development for the SPD (to the left or to the right); attitude towards the intended resignation of Franz Müntefering from the SPD party leadership; judgement of Matthias Platzeck as a successor for the SPD party leadership as well as expected strengthening of the cohesion in the SPD due to Matthias Platzeck; correctness and sufficiency of the previous reforms; personal meaning of Hartz IV; judgement of the unemployment benefit (ALG II) and the cuts for long-term unemployed; attitude towards beginning work on lower wage level; assessment of the success of the Hartz IV reforms in respect to creation of new jobs; judgement of the carrying out of the introduction of Hartz IV; attitude towards the standard wage as a minimum wage; attitude towards a stronger taxation of high incomes as well as at a common tax rate of 25%; preferred measures of the state for the reduction of the budget deficit: tax increases, reductions of expenditure or additional debts; attitude towards the rise of the retirement age to 67 years; preference for a rise of contributions to the health insurance or for the payment of services on ones own expense; attitude towards the suggested contribution to the health insurance of non-working spouse; expected reform readiness of the grand coalition; Federal Government, enterprise or world economic situation being responsible for unemployment in Germany; assessment of the share of enterprises which cut jobs despite high profits; opinion on the SPD debate: greed for profit of the enterprises leads to endangering the democracy; attitude towards the counter-opinion of the CDU: SPD debate as a diversionary tactics of unemployment issues; opinion about solving the unemployment problem within the next years; assumed agreement between the government and the CDU/CSU opposition for fighting of unemployment; sufficient measures of the Federal Government in fighting unemployment and in comparison to an assumed CDU/CSUs commanded government as well as in comparison to a grand coalition of SPD and CDU/CSU; expected effect of selected measures on the fighting of unemployment (tax reduction for enterprise, loosening of the dismissal protection, working time extension, reduction in the contributions to the social insurance; expected continuance of the government coalition until the next parliamentary elections in 2006; assumed actual majority for Gerhard Schröder in the Bundestag; expectation of a forward brought new election according to the vote of confidence; judgement of a forward brought new election; attitude towards a resignation of Gerhard Schröder; attitude towards a change of the constitution for the self-dissolution of the Bundestag; expectation of value-added tax increase, further cuts in the health system, the abolition of subsidies for home buyers, cuts of the social provision as well as keeping the environmental tax after an electoral victory by the CDU/CSU or SPD; judgement of the solution expertise for economic and social

Wages in Netherlands increased 4.60 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Netherlands Hourly Wage Growth YoY- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Minimum Wages in Vietnam remained unchanged at 4960 VND Thousand/Month in 2025 from 4960 VND Thousand/Month in 2024. This dataset provides - Vietnam Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Minimum Wages in Chile increased to 529000 CLP/Month in 2025 from 500000 CLP/Month in 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Chile Minimum Monthly Wages - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Construction union wage rates (CUWRI) by National Occupational Classification (NOC). Monthly data are available from January 1971. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods.

Minimum Wages in Russia increased to 22440 RUB/Month in 2025 from 19242 RUB/Month in 2024. This dataset provides - Russia Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Wages in Slovenia increased 7.11 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Slovenia Wage Growth- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Minimum Wages in Portugal remained unchanged at 1015 EUR/Month in the fourth quarter of 2025 from 1015 EUR/Month in the second quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Portugal Minimum Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Wages in France increased 2.10 percent in March of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - France Monthly Wages Growth- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Minimum Wages in Malaysia increased to 1700 MYR/Month in 2025 from 1500 MYR/Month in 2024. This dataset provides - Malaysia Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.