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CreekDog

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 01:04 PM Dec 2014

Some minimum wages around the world, per hour, in US Dollar equivalents: [View all]

Some minimum wages around the world, per hour, in US Dollar equivalents:

Australia $17.39 (100% of population with health coverage)
France $12.22 (99% of population with health coverage)
Belgium $11.69 (98.8% of population with health coverage)
New Zealand $11.59 (100% of population with health coverage)
Ireland $11.09 (100% of population with health coverage)
Netherlands $11.06 (99.9% of population with health coverage)
United Kingdom $10.32 (100% of population with health coverage)
Canada $10.25 (100% of population with health coverage)
Japan $8.48 (100% of population with health coverage)

USA $7.25 (84.9% of population with health coverage)

Israel $6.99 (100% of population with health coverage)
Slovenia $5.84 (100% of population with health coverage)
Malta $5.64
Spain $5.59 (99.9% of population with health coverage)
Greece $5.06 (100% of population with health coverage)
Argentina $5.05

(source: Wiki)

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