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Related: About this forumVenezuela has the lowest minimum wage in the continent (North and South America)
http://www.laverdad.com/economia/74414-venezuela-tiene-el-peor-salario-del-continente.html60% of Venezuelan workers earn the minimum salary. In Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico about 20%.
Salario e inflación por países
País
Sueldo en moneda local
Salario en $
Inflación al cierre de 2014
Argentina
4.716 pesos argentinos
527 TC oficial / 370 TC paralelo
23,0 % oficial / 38,5 % extraoficial
Bolivia
1.656 bolivianos
238 dólares
5,19 %
Brasil
788 reales
261 dólares
6,41 %
Canadá
1.758 dólares canadienses
1.445 dólares
1,2 %
Chile
225.000 pesos chilenos
367 dólares
4,6 %
Colombia
644.000 pesos colombianos
269 dólares
3,66 %
Costa Rica
283.799 colones costarricenses
534 dólares
5,13 %
Ecuador
354 dólares
354 dólares
3,67 %
El Salvador
210 mil colones salvadoreños
242 dólares
0,5 %
EEUU
1.257 dólares
1.254 dólares
0,8 %
Guatemala
2.644 quetzales
340 dólares
2,95 %
Honduras
1.850 lempiras
356 dólares
5,08 %
México
1.777 pesos mexicanos
133 dólares
4,08 %
Nicaragua
3.014 córdobas nicaragüenses
111 dólares
6,43%
Panamá
624 balboas
624 dólares
2,6 %
Paraguay
1.824.000 guaraníes
363 dólares
4,02 %
Perú
750 nuevos soles
239 dólares
3,22 %
Uruguay
8.960 pesos uruguayos
340 dólares
8,26 %
Venezuela
6.746 bolívares 1 mayo/ 7.421 1 julio
34 dólares 1 mayo / 37 dólares 1 de julio
68,5 %
Diferencias
En Venezuela, el 60 por ciento de los trabajadores formales gana sueldo mínimo, mientras que en países como Brasil, Colombia y México solo el 20 por ciento de los empleados percibe la remuneración básica, de acuerdo con el Frente Autónomo para la Defensa del Empleo, los Salarios y los Sindicatos (Fadess).
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Venezuela has the lowest minimum wage in the continent (North and South America) (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
May 2015
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Zorro
(15,724 posts)1. Ain't Bolivarian socialism wonderful?
Talk about economic equality! Everyone becomes equally poor, except for the Boligarch one percenters. What a great policy!
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)2. This is the model for the world according what our chavista friends have been saying for years
Venezuela would lead the continent into a great unified latin america based on prosperity, peace, and love.