Europe's lowest minimum pay is in Bulgaria (EUR 184)
Eurostat: ten New Europe countries below EUR 500 mark
26 February, 16:45In January 2015 ten EU states, all within the New Europe region, had their minimum salaries below the 500 euros mark: Bulgaria (184), Romania (218), Lituania (300), Czech Republic (332), Hungary (333), Latvia (360), Slovakia (380) and Estonia (390).
Amongst the countris for which the data was available, five had the minimum wage set between 500 and 1000 euros: Portugal (589), Greece (684), Malta (720), Spain (757) and Slovenia (791). In other seven EU countries the minimum wage was above 1000 euros: United Kingdom (1.379), France (1.458), Ireland (1.462), Germany (1.473), Belgium andthe Netherlands (1.502) and Luxembourg (1.923). The minimum salary in the United States is 1.035 euros, Eurostat reminded. (ANSA).