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As of October 2023, France has the highest hourly minimum wage at $13.80 per hour. [1] The United States has a comparatively low minimum wage for hourly workers at $7.25 per hour. Unusually, this rate does not apply to tipped employees, who are only entitled to an hourly wage of $2.13, which contributes to a strong tipping culture in the country.
As of January 3, 2022, effective state minimum wage rates range from US$7.25 to US$15.00 per hour, with an average of about $12.00 across all minimum wage workers as of 2019. [ 244 ] [ 245 ] [ 246 ] Local government minimum wages exist as well, the highest of which reach to $17.13 per hour.
This is the map and list of Asian countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages for full-time employees in their local currency and in US Dollar. The chart below reflects the average (mean) wage as reported by various data providers.
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
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Beginning on July 1, 2021, Washington D.C. has the highest minimum wages in the country, at $16.50 per hour. [196] New York City's minimum wage for companies with 11 or more employees became $15.00 per hour on December 31, 2018. [197] On the same day, NYC's hourly minimum wage for companies with 10 or fewer employees became $13.50. [197]
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In this article, the average wage is adjusted for living expenses "purchasing power parity" (PPP). This is not to be confused with the average income which is a measure of total income including wage, investment benefit, and other capital gains divided by total number of people in the population including non-working residents.