United Kingdom (2020)
1,591
EUR per month
+7.1% YoY
YoY Change
+7.1%
EUR per month
Trend
up
Series length
21
years of data

Data

United Kingdom Minimum Wage (2020) — source data. Eurostat.
Year EUR per month YoY Change
2020 1,591 +7.1%
2019 1,485 +3.6%
2018 1,433.5 +2.1%
2017 1,403.5 -5.0%
2016 1,477.5 +2.3%
2015 1,444.5 +13.2%
2014 1,276 +4.6%
2013 1,220 -0.2%
2012 1,223 +10.2%
2011 1,110 -1.1%
2010 1,122.5 +6.5%
2009 1,054 -11.9%
2008 1,196 -8.9%
2007 1,312.5 +8.7%
2006 1,207 +4.0%
2005 1,161 +7.4%
2004 1,081 +4.8%
2003 1,031 -4.0%
2002 1,074 +8.0%
2001 994 +5.3%

About this Dataset

United Kingdom recorded 1,591 EUR per month in 2020. The latest change was +7.1%. Across 2000–2020 the series ranges from 944 in 2000 to 1,591 in 2020.

This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in United Kingdom in euro, as published by Eurostat twice a year. Note that eight EU and EEA countries — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute and therefore have no figure here at all; their absence is not a zero.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Countries that set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — publish no figure at all, so their absence from comparisons is not a zero.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in United Kingdom in euro, as published by Eurostat twice a year. Note that eight EU and EEA countries — Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland — set pay floors through sectoral collective bargaining rather than statute and therefore have no figure here at all; their absence is not a zero. It is published by Eurostat and updated twice a year.

The most recent observation covers 2020. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2020 (21 observations).

The series peaked at 1,591 EUR per month in 2020 and reached its lowest recorded value of 944 in 2000. The latest reading of 1,591 in 2020 represents a change of +7.1%.