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Database on minimum wages for low-paid workers in collective agreements

The database was developed and is maintained by Eurofound. It covers collective agreement texts from 2015 to 2025 related to a selection of low-paid sectors from all 27 EU Member States, except for Poland where data is only available until 2022. In summer 2025 the database contains coded minimum wage rates from 678 series of collective agreement texts (and where available, also the highest rates in these agreements were coded).

Database on minimum wages for low-paid workers in collective agreements

The database provides access to minimum wage rates defined in collective agreements in the EU and Norway. In the first half of 2025, an update of the database was carried out.

Background

The database was developed and is maintained by Eurofound. It covers collective agreement texts from 2015 to 2025 related to a selection of low-paid sectors from all 27 EU Member States, except for Poland where data is only available until 2022. In summer 2025 the database contains coded minimum wage rates from 678 series of collective agreement texts (and where available, also the highest rates in these agreements were coded).

Miinimumpalga pilootprojekt (2021–2023)
Pärast Euroopa Parlamendi taotlust ja Euroopa Komisjoni otsust viib Eurofound läbi pilootprojekti teemal "Miinimumpalga roll universaalse tööjõugarantii loomisel" ELis aastatel 2021–2023.

The dataset below includes all collectively agreed minimum wage rates available in the database, except for those marked as confidential, along with metadata on the corresponding collective agreements and sectors. For a description of the fields in the data file, please refer to the codebook of the database.

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The following experts at Eurofound can be contacted for questions relating to the database.

Christine Aumayr-Pintar

Senior research manager
Working life research

Christine Aumayr-Pintar on Eurofoundi tööelu osakonna vanemteadusjuht. Tema peamine uurimistöö – lähenedes võrdlevalt kogu EL-i tasandil – keskendub miinimumpalkadele, kollektiivselt läbiräägitud palkadele, sotsiaalsele dialoogile ja soolisele palgaläbipaistvusele. Ta on viimase kümnendi jooksul kaasautor Eurofoundi iga-aastastele miinimumpalkade ülevaadetele, on kirglik töösuhete andmete vastu ning on välja töötanud muu hulgas madalapalgaliste töötajate kollektiivlepingute miinimumpalga andmebaasi ja EL PolicyWatch andmebaasi. Aastatel 2021–2026 koordineeris ta ka Eurofoundi sotsiaaldialoogi uurimist ja juhtis Eurofoundi korrespondentide võrgustikku. Enne Eurofoundiga liitumist 2009. aastal töötas ta tööjõuturu ja regionaalse majanduse uurijana Joanneum Researchis Austrias. Tal on magistrikraad majandusteaduses ja doktorikraad sotsiaalteadustes/majandusteaduses, olles õppinud majandust Grazis, Viinis ja Jönköpingis.

Felix Appler

Research support officer
Working life research

Felix Appler on Eurofoundi tööelu üksuse uurimistugitöötaja. Tema töö keskendub töösuhetele, miinimumpalkadele ja nende teemadega seotud andmebaaside loomisele. Varem töötas ta Saksamaa Föderaalses Statistikaametis (Destatis) ja Maailmapangas Ida-Aafrikas, viies läbi majapidamisuuringuid ja uurimusi tööjõuturgude ja vaesuse kohta. Felixil on magistrikraad majandusteaduses Bonni Ülikoolist.

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