ByClarisa Diaz and Julia Malleck, Quartz Media
Oct 2, 2023
On Monday, the UK announced that it’s raising the minimum wage to at least £11 ($13.40) per hour. That sent us on a little bit of a road trip around the world, tracking which countries pay the highest and lowest minimum wages and converting that into dollars. (A real minimum wage takes inflation into account.)
Graphic: (Clarisa Diaz), Quartz Media
As you can see, the UK’s change will put it up among the highest. The US is somewhere in the middle of these lists, at $7.30.
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