Germany Minimum Wage Rate 2024

Because Germany does not have a minimum wage, there is no mandatory minimum rate of pay for workers in Germany. Pay rates must be agreed upon directly with the employer through collective bargaining or other means of negotiating a fair living wage.

What is the Germany Minimum Wage?

Germany's Minimum Wage is the lowest amount a worker can be legally paid for his work. Most countries have a nation-wide minimum wage that all workers must be paid.

€8.50 per hour ($9.47). A higher minimum wage is often set by collective bargaining agreements and enforceable by law. Germany's minimum wage was last changed in 1-Jan-2015.

Facts and statistics about Germany

Germany is a country located in the Western Europe region with a population of 82,164,700 and an average life span of 77.4 years.