We can envy them a minimum wage. The headlamp may surprise

Eurostat presented data on the minimum wage in European Union countries. It applies in 22 of 27 community countries (it has no dish, Italy, Austria, Finland, and Sweden).

Minimum wage in the EU. A surprising leader

According to data from the EU Statistical Office, which is cited by RMF FM that in 10 EU countries the minimum wage is less than 1000 euros per month. It’s about countries like:

• Bulgaria (551 euros),

• Hungary (707 euros),

• Latvia (740 euros),

• Romania (814 euros),

• Slovakia (816 euros),

• Czech Republic (826 euros),

• Estonia (886 euros),

• Malta (961 euros),

• Greece (968 euros),

• Croatia (970 euros).

In six EU countries, the lowest domestic is at the level of 1000 to 1500 euros per month. There is Poland in this group. In our country, the minimum wage is EUR 1091. We overtook Cyprus (1000 euros), Portugal (1015 euros), as well as our neighbors from Lithuania (1038 euros). In this group we give way to Slovenia and Spain (1278 and 1381 euros, respectively).

In the remaining six countries, the minimum wage is higher than EUR 1500 monthly. I am talking about France (1802 euros), Belgium (2070 euros), Germany (2161 euros), the Netherlands (2193 euros), Ireland (2282 euros). Luxembourg was at the head of the list, where the minimum wage is EUR 2638, or approx. 11,200 PLN.

The minimum wage is given in gross value, i.e. before deducting tax and social security contributions paid by the employee.

Poland leader

Poland is much better in the Eurostat ranking, which concerns the unemployment rate in EU countries. In February, it was – according to the Methodology of the EU office – 2.6 percent, gives us the position of an independent leader when it comes to the lowest unemployment in European Union countries. A month ago, Poland was at the forefront of the ex aequo list with the Czech Republic. This time, however, our southern neighbors recorded unemployment of 2.7 percent, as a result of which after many months of leading the Czech Republic fell to second position. They share it with Malta, where the unemployment rate also in February was 2.7 percent. Slovenia came in third with an unemployment rate at 3.2 percent. The EU average was 5.7 percent