Currently there is an uproar in Bulgaria due to the new finance minister announcing an increase of minimum wage to a whopping… 355 euro.
Essentially an increase to keep up with inflation and the fuckers are complaining anyway.
RIP Czechs actually earning our minimum wage. Lidl cashier has twice that amount.
Ireland – full time workers get paid for 37.5 hrs a week usually and minimum wage is €10.50 so that’s €1,575. Most of that then goes on rent if you don’t want to live in a mould infested, damp shed.
Is this gross minimum wage, or did Ireland raise the minimum wage by around 70 euros since last summer?
**Note:** From April 2022, the UK will have the 2nd highest minimum wage in Europe at 1,856 Euros.
It’s also worth pointing out that these gross figures can be misleading as once you apply tax deductables at different thresholds, factoring cost of living, it can create a very distorted view that’s difficult to compute as a standard of living in any European country compared to another.
This is not the minimum wage…
This is the total anual wages combined divided by 12 months!
The irony that the scandinavian countries that American politicians use as proof we need a $15 minimum wage….don’t actually have one…
Goes to show what probably matters more is allowing workers to unionize and negotiate for fair wages. In the US you can actively try to stop unions from forming and sometimes the government will actually help corporations stop unions…you wouldn’t need minimum wages if government was corrupt and bought by corporations 🙁
BG: Gross €332 / Net €282
RO: Gross €515 / Net €308
HU: Gross €542 / Net €372
LV: Gross €500 / Net €426
Serbia, €301 …has almost the same net income as Romania and it’s not even in the EU. Congrats!
Switch Portugal with Slovenia and we get accurate Iron Curtain
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Currently there is an uproar in Bulgaria due to the new finance minister announcing an increase of minimum wage to a whopping… 355 euro.
Essentially an increase to keep up with inflation and the fuckers are complaining anyway.
RIP Czechs actually earning our minimum wage. Lidl cashier has twice that amount.
Ireland – full time workers get paid for 37.5 hrs a week usually and minimum wage is €10.50 so that’s €1,575. Most of that then goes on rent if you don’t want to live in a mould infested, damp shed.
Is this gross minimum wage, or did Ireland raise the minimum wage by around 70 euros since last summer?
Portugal 🤝 Eastern Europe
Made a [quick update](https://i.imgur.com/Fu1ggpA.jpg) adding the UK. Norway doesn’t have a minimum.
**Note:** From April 2022, the UK will have the 2nd highest minimum wage in Europe at 1,856 Euros.
It’s also worth pointing out that these gross figures can be misleading as once you apply tax deductables at different thresholds, factoring cost of living, it can create a very distorted view that’s difficult to compute as a standard of living in any European country compared to another.
This is not the minimum wage…
This is the total anual wages combined divided by 12 months!
The irony that the scandinavian countries that American politicians use as proof we need a $15 minimum wage….don’t actually have one…
Goes to show what probably matters more is allowing workers to unionize and negotiate for fair wages. In the US you can actively try to stop unions from forming and sometimes the government will actually help corporations stop unions…you wouldn’t need minimum wages if government was corrupt and bought by corporations 🙁
BG: Gross €332 / Net €282
RO: Gross €515 / Net €308
HU: Gross €542 / Net €372
LV: Gross €500 / Net €426
Serbia, €301 …has almost the same net income as Romania and it’s not even in the EU. Congrats!
Switch Portugal with Slovenia and we get accurate Iron Curtain