Global Minimum Wage Trends
 
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Introduction

This white paper covers a variety of minimum wage increases from the first half of 2025 in the United States, Canada, and other countries that are included in ERI SalaryExpert’s Global Salary Calculator (GSC), a valuable resource for global compensation planning.

Global minimum wage

A required minimum wage is a legal way that governments can ensure that workers are not paid below a designated level to help guarantee a certain minimum standard of living. Different locales can have varying
philosophies regarding how to set these minimums in terms of relative level and frequency of updates.

Conclusion

Minimum wages worldwide are increasing in 2025 in the wake of record inflation rates, with some countries updating their minimum wage multiple times per year to maintain its efficacy. Keeping up with these updates and changes to minimum wage laws worldwide is a challenging yet crucial aspect of compensation planning.

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