{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"us-minimum-wage","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/us-minimum-wage","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/us-minimum-wage/","title":"United States Minimum Wage (2025)","description":"United States's Minimum Wage: 1,141 EUR per month in 2025, -1.3% YoY. Eurostat (EARN_MW_CUR), 2000–2025.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Eurostat","United States","2025"],"publisher":"Eurostat","frequency":"Semi-annual","geography":"United States","temporal_coverage":"2000/2025","unit":"EUR per month","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"United States Minimum Wage","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"Eurostat","url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/EARN_MW_CUR/default/table"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Semi-annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2000–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"26"},{"label":"Geography","value":"United States"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"United States (2025)","value":"1,141","unit":"EUR per month","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-1.3% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"-1.3%","unit":"EUR per month"},{"label":"Trend","value":"down","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"26","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"United States Minimum Wage"}],"observation_count":26,"observations":[{"period":"2000","value":911.5},{"period":"2001","value":1006},{"period":"2002","value":954},{"period":"2003","value":816},{"period":"2004","value":720.5},{"period":"2005","value":696.5},{"period":"2006","value":729.5},{"period":"2007","value":669.5},{"period":"2008","value":666},{"period":"2009","value":809.5},{"period":"2010","value":948},{"period":"2011","value":904.5},{"period":"2012","value":984.5},{"period":"2013","value":956.5},{"period":"2014","value":915.5},{"period":"2015","value":1079},{"period":"2016","value":1143},{"period":"2017","value":1146.5},{"period":"2018","value":1063},{"period":"2019","value":1101},{"period":"2020","value":1120.5},{"period":"2021","value":1040.5},{"period":"2022","value":1160},{"period":"2023","value":1167.5},{"period":"2024","value":1155.5},{"period":"2025","value":1141}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"EUR per month"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"1141.0","yoyChange":"-1.3%"},{"year":"2024","value":"1155.5","yoyChange":"-1.0%"},{"year":"2023","value":"1167.5","yoyChange":"+0.6%"},{"year":"2022","value":"1160.0","yoyChange":"+11.5%"},{"year":"2021","value":"1040.5","yoyChange":"-7.1%"},{"year":"2020","value":"1120.5","yoyChange":"+1.8%"},{"year":"2019","value":"1101.0","yoyChange":"+3.6%"},{"year":"2018","value":"1063.0","yoyChange":"-7.3%"},{"year":"2017","value":"1146.5","yoyChange":"+0.3%"},{"year":"2016","value":"1143.0","yoyChange":"+5.9%"},{"year":"2015","value":"1079.0","yoyChange":"+17.9%"},{"year":"2014","value":"915.5","yoyChange":"-4.3%"},{"year":"2013","value":"956.5","yoyChange":"-2.8%"},{"year":"2012","value":"984.5","yoyChange":"+8.8%"},{"year":"2011","value":"904.5","yoyChange":"-4.6%"},{"year":"2010","value":"948.0","yoyChange":"+17.1%"},{"year":"2009","value":"809.5","yoyChange":"+21.5%"},{"year":"2008","value":"666.0","yoyChange":"-0.5%"},{"year":"2007","value":"669.5","yoyChange":"-8.2%"},{"year":"2006","value":"729.5","yoyChange":"+4.7%"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks the statutory gross monthly minimum wage in United States 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."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 1,167.5 EUR per month in 2023 and reached its lowest recorded value of 666 in 2008. The latest reading of 1,141 in 2025 represents a change of -1.3%."}]}