What is your Mininum Wage in Your Country!!!

The United States is 5.15 per hour

here its 3-5

Australia good, they just got a rise of $19 a week, they get annual rises. Its $11 something, over $440 a week, I am not sure exactly how much. Not everything goes up, I have had the same rent for years.

No such law here.

in 2002 it was $5.22 over here in Finland, don't know what it's now, propably gone up few cents...

A Small doubt is this wage per hour or per day?

I just took the poll and saw there was a few for .10 cents or just above that? How can anyone live on that

Thats awful to hear, I was so lucky to live in Australia and New zealand at the time I was. We have free tecnical training for thousands of trades and they pay you a weekly pay to go, austudy. We have free hospitals and doctors and cheap medicine. The average weekly wage is 50,000 but thats for teachers, police, and others, not everybody. They get 4 weeks annual paid leave and only have to work 35 hours a week and lots of other things. But there are some problems like not enough public hospital beds and a few other problems.

Here in the UK i think the min wage is set at ?4.40 not to sure lol But it is getting harder to get a job as we get a lot of people coming over from low paying countrys taking the jobs for ?1 a hour and they do not pay there taxes etc....

The US National MINIMUM wage is
$5.15 for untipped
$2.13 for tipped.

State's may raise the wage, but it cant be lowered. However the minimum is in this country is still what stands above. Many states have raised it slightly.... however most waitresses and bartenders still only make the $2.13. If they are dead and they serve hillbillies that only tip 10% sometimes they do not even make minimum. You would be surprised at the amount of people that dont even tip the standard 15% reguardless of service.

I only know of one restraunt that pays more than that for serving.. and they pay $2.15

Minimum wage here is round about $5 PER DAY!!!!!

Well I wouldn't expect cows to make too much money....

geez, with the cost of living in san diego, $6.75 is pretty darn low. especially since a 40 year old house that's falling apart in a bad gangster-ridden area costs 600k...

In denmark its 85kr. roughly $13

But then again, we have the highest taxes in the world.

You pay at least 42%. Minimum if youre not paying church taxes.
Then you also pay 95% to 800% taxes on everything you buy.

An example is a car. You pay 600% in taxes.
Cigarettes: 180% (last time I checked)

For a Liter of gasoline you pay $1.8, and that is still increasing. (so if a gallon is 3 liters we pay $5.5/gallon)

Yes... if youre a member of the church you have to pay church taxes.
They are about 1.6% right now.

If I buy a product I never get to see what I pay in taxes. You have to check our Tax department (or import department) to see what the current taxes are.
The products are always priced including tax. So we never know exactly.

Yes our government is very greedy.
One of the major points in the previous election(and will probably be at the upcoming) is lowering of taxes.

All health care is free. Unless its not needed (breast increase and such).
Hospitals are free. Doctor visits are free.
You get paid to go to school (SU : state education ?welfare?, statens uddannelsesunderst?ttelse)
We have a very wellestablished wellfare system. You cannot get in a position where you do not get an income at all.
Loose your house and job..... Our local government helps you out.
Drugaddict??.. They step in and help you.
Got a terminal disease only curable in another country... The state pays...

Get injuried while on a journey... state pays the hospital bills.

I can continue this, but I think you got the idea.


We have high salaries, but we also get taxed madly. Which in turn helps those that need it.


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Buddah, 1 gallon is 3.8 liters so it's a bit more than $5.5 for you (not too far from what we pay here in Finland)

We pay a small ammount from our wages to the church too but it's optional, I decided to rather pay that 0.something % from my paycheck than to pay more than $2000 for a burial spot when I die

Taxes for the church are not that optional for us.

Either youre a member or youre not. And taxes does not include burial in any way.
You have to pay for a burial place, coffin and all other yourself (family that is) If you do not, the state has to pay, but then they take an equalent part of the diseased's belongings to pay for the burial.


Even when a family member dies you have to pay taxes. These taxes vary according to the amount you inherit.

I dont know the cost for a burial in denmark..

But I do know that its common that relatives pay the burial here.

No matter if they have a life insurance or not.

I dont know if its just me, but I havent heard anyone having a Lifeinsurance in denmark.... we on the other hand insure a lot of other things. Our houses, things, cars, kids, injury.

But most of these are already covered in the taxes as well... If I get injuried at work I will get duely compensated. Even if you didnt make your own insurance, you are already paying for a state insurance. And work insurance is covered in nearly all work laws.

LOL denmark isnt a REAL democracy as well as nearly all northern euro countries.

We are what is called (sorry if it sounds odd) monarch- democracy.

We all have a queen or king, but still have a a democracy as the monarchs actual effect is merely to "advertise" the country.

Hahaha.

Yeah... But iceland wasnt always like that.... they were governed by Denmark, and as such did have a Queen.

sorry cant recall when they became independant. But I think it was within the last 10 or 20 years... not really strong in this matter.

Iceland is still part of Denmark. They are self-ruled, but not completely independant. Maps still show "(DEN)" underneath "Iceland," and what I said above is in my set of encyclopedias.

Ack, forgive me forgive me!!! I am mistaken with Greenland! Greenland is the one still part of Denmark. I saw "capital is Reykjavik" and I was like wait a minute... Didn't we just do Western European maps in World Cultures? Yes we did Jake, ya dumbass...

Wow 800% tax

In the UK we have a tax called VAT (Vaule added tax) and that is at 17.5%. There is also road tax (and road tolls are now coming out) We also have to buy a Television licence at the cost of ?121 per year (you have to pay extra if you want cable).

However if you do not work

Public schooling is free, Doctors and denisits are free hospital treatment is free if you need glasses and wigs they are free. Also lol the goverment gives you a giro (a goverment check) about ?40 a week plus they pay your rent and taxes. If you get sick then you get more money plus a car and other things lol.

This is one reason we get a lot of people from other countries coming in for the freebies and easy life they milk the United Kingdom.

We are also one of the most taxed in the World i think the goverment would tax us for the fresh air we breath.

I am never voting labour again lol.

Oh and i think we should withdraw from Europe and i pray we NEVER join the dam Euro, Europe also milk us.