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COMPARATIVE
WAGES
IN SELECTED COUNTRIES
As of 30 April 2013 |
Country/City |
Daily
Minimum Wages |
Monthly
Wage |
Exchange
Rate
Per US$1* |
| In
Country Currency |
In
US$ |
In
Country Currency |
In
US$ |
Myanmar
(Kyat) |
500.00
a/ |
0.55 |
15,000.00
1/ |
16.52 |
908.0400 |
Cambodia
(Cambodian Riel) |
8,240.86
a/ |
2.03 |
247,225.68
2/ |
61.00 |
4,052.8800 |
Pakistan
(Rupee) |
233.33
a/ |
2.36 |
7,000.00
3/ |
70.81 |
98.8594 |
Vietnam
(Dong) |
46,666.67 - 66,666.67
a/ |
2.23- 3.18 |
1,400,500.00 -2,000,000
4/ |
66.82-95.45
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20,952.6000 |
Mongolia
(Tugrik) |
4,666.67
a/ |
3.29 |
140,000
5/ |
98.73
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1418.0000 |
Indonesia/Jakarta
(Rupiah) |
27,683.33
- 73,333.33
a/ |
2.85- 7.54 |
830,500 -2,200,000.00
6/ |
85.38.-226.16 |
9,727.6300 |
China/Shenzhen
(Yuan Renminbi) |
29.00
- 50.00
a/ |
4.66 -8.04 |
870.00
-1,500.00
7/ |
139.93-241.25 |
6.2176 |
| Philippines/IV-A (Peso) |
255.00-349.50
8/ |
6.18-8.47 |
7,650.00
-10,485.00
b/ |
185.46-254.19 |
41.2485 |
Philippines/VII
(Peso) |
260.00- 305.00
9/ |
6.30-7.39 |
7,800.00
-9,150.00
b/ |
189.10-221.83 |
41.2485 |
Philippines/III
(Peso) |
285.00- 336.00
10/ |
6.98-8.22 |
8,550.00
-10,080.00
b/ |
209.28- 246.73 |
41.2485 |
Thailand/Bangkok
(Baht) |
222.00 -300.00
11/ |
7.57 - 10.24 |
6,660.00 -9,000.00
b/ |
222.25-307.09 |
29.3070 |
Malaysia
(Ringgit) |
26.67 -30.00
12/ |
8.79 - 9.89 |
800.00 -900.00
|
263.60-296.55 |
3.0349 |
| Philippines/NCR (Peso) |
419.00-456.00
13/ |
10.16-11.05 |
12,570.00-13,680.00
b/ |
304.74-331.65 |
41.2485 |
Taiwan
(Taiwan Dollar) |
596.00
14 |
20.17 |
17,880.00
b/ |
605.00 |
29.5443 |
Hongkong
($HK) |
224.00
a/ |
28.86 |
6,720.00
15/ |
865.70 |
7.7625 |
South
Korea
(Won) |
38,880.00
16/ |
35.07
|
1,166,400.00
b/ |
1,052.21 |
1,108.5200 |
Japan
(Japan Yen) |
5,160.00
- 6,696.00
17 |
52.74-68.43 |
154,800 - 200,880
b/ |
1,582.10-2,053.05 |
97.8447 |
New
Zealand
(New Zealand Dollar) |
86.40 - 108.00
18/ |
73.71-92.14 |
2,592.00 - 3,240.00
b/
|
2,211.42-2,764.27 |
1.1721 |
Australia
(Australian Dollar) |
127.68
a/ |
131.81 |
3,830.40
19/ |
3,954.17 |
0.9687 |
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| 1/ |
500 kyat per day for day laborers, supplemented by various subsidies and allowances |
| 2/ |
Minimum wage for the Garment and Shoe Industry in Cambodia, equivalent to US$55 per month plus $6 Cost of living allowance (COLA), or a total minimum wage per month of US$61, October 1, 2010-2014 |
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National rate for unskilled workers in PakistanRs 7,000 per month:2010. |
| 4/ |
New minimum wage, varying from VND1.650 to 2.350M, minimum wage levels. |
| 5/ |
MNT140,000 per month and MNT835.71 per hour. |
| 6/ |
Minimum Wage in DKI Jakarta 2,200,000 Rupiah (highest) and Central Java 830,500 (lowest), 2013 |
| 7/ |
China's Lowest min.wage Jiangxi Province at 870 RMB/mo.) Highest min. wage is in Shenzen City, (Guandong Province at 1500 RMB/month) Jan. 1, 2013 |
| 8/ |
Highest
daily minimum wage in Non-Agri. is P349.50 in IV-A (Growth Corridor Area), and the lowest minimum wage is P255.00 (Resourced Based Area)-effective May 15, 2012. |
| 9/ |
Highest
daily minimum wage in Non-Agri. is P305.00 in Region VII, and the lowest minimum wage is P260.00-effectiveSeptember 22, 2011
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| 10/ |
Highest
daily minimum wage in Non-Agri. is P336.00 in Region III, and the lowest minimum wage is P285.00-effective
October 11, 2012 |
| 11/ |
Minimum Wage Rates in Bangkok, Phuket, Nakorn, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakarn and Samut Sakorn 300 Baht/day & in Payao 222 Baht/day, April 1, 2012 |
| 12/ |
Introduction of the country's first minimumwage. The minimum wage set at 800 ringgit per month in the states of Sabah and Sarawak and on the island of Borneo and 900 ringgit per month for workers on the Malaysian Peninsula |
| 13/ |
Highest
daily minimum wage is P446.00 in NCR, effective June 3, 2012 and Additional P10 COLA effective Nov. 1, 2012. |
| 14/ |
NT$17.780 a month, effective January 1, 2011 |
| 15/ |
The Legislative Council voted to introduce a minimum wage in HongKong in July 2010. The executive branch proposed a minimum wage of HK$28 (~US$3.60) per hour in November 2010, which the Legislative Council voted to accept after much debate in January 2011. It came into effect on 1 May 2011. Prior to this, there had also been a fixed minimum wage for one specific class of workers, foreign domestic helpers, of HK$3.740/month [5] |
16/ |
South Korea (SK) Minimum wage level per day is 38,880, or 4,860 SK won per hour, Effective Jan. 31, 2013 |
| 17/ |
The highest minimum wage is Tokyo's 837 yen-effective Oct. 31, 2011, while the lowest is 645 yen in Okinawa, Nov. 6, 2011 |
| 18/ |
13.50 per hour (108 per day) for workers 16 years old or older, and NZ$10.80 per hour (86.40 for 8hr./day) for those aged 16 or 17 or in training;effective April 1, 2012 |
| 19/ |
The Federal Minimum Wage was raised to $15.96 per hour or $606.40 per week effective July 1, 2012 |
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Daily equivalent of MW computed using 30
days |
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Monthly equivalent of DMW computed using
30 days |
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Source
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Internet
web page of respective countries and wikipedia |
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*Oanda.com (FX currency converter)
average (Every last day of the month) January 31, 2013 |
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