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Celebrating one of the lowest minimum wages in Europe

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by

Mark Camilleri
in

Since the Labour Party has decided to start its 1st of May celebrations early, we are happy to oblige by also starting the 1st of May themed articles earlier and remind the Labour Party what they are celebrating exactly.

Malta has one of the lowest minimum wages in Europe at €961 per month and an average salary rate of €30,000, which is below the EU average of up to €38,000 per year.

Here are the currently listed minimum wages in the Euro area according to EuroStat:

  • Luxembourg: €2638
  • Ireland: €2282
  • Netherlands: €2193
  • Germany: €2161
  • Belgium: €2070
  • France: €1802
  • Spain: €1381
  • Slovenia: €1281
  • Poland: €1091
  • Lithuania: €1038
  • Portugal: €1015
  • Cyprus: €1000
  • Croatia: €970
  • Greece: €968
  • Malta: €961
  • Estonia: €886
  • Czech Republic: €826
  • Slovakia: €816
  • Romania: €814
  • Latvia: €740
  • Hungary: €707
  • Bulgaria: €551

Comments

4 responses to “Celebrating one of the lowest minimum wages in Europe”

  1. Stephen Saliba avatar
    Stephen Saliba

    What about Italy minimum wage??

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  2. Wish avatar
    Wish

    What about corruption in the selection of public officers, from Ombudsman’s Report laid on the table of the House of Representatives on 1st November 2018?

    Reply
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  4. Jimmy avatar
    Jimmy

    To Tell you one thing, our standards of living could only be good ir better under the Labour goverment. Under the PN for 25 years our salaries were far mort mizerable. Int these last 12 years our pensions got more good every year. For paroli everyone is good.

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