Minimum hourly wages in Canada

[stevedeshazer]

Province / General Wage
Alberta $8.80
BC $8.00
Manitoba $9.50
New Brunswick $9.00
Newfoundland $10.00
NWT $9.00
Nova Scotia $9.65
Nunavut $10.00
Ontario $10.25
PEI $9.00
Quebec $9.50
Saskatchewan $9.25
Yukon $8.93

How is it in your state?

Do we need a MAXIMUM wage?

Or just tax fairness?

[Kaleva]

1. It should be $10.50 an hour here in the US....

to match the buying power minimum wage had back in 1968.

[stevedeshazer]

3. It's currently $7.25.

And it was a hell of a struggle to get it to that. Not so long ago, it was $5.15, that changed in 2007. Repubs fought it every step of the way.

[Kaleva]

9. Raising the minimum wage to '68 purchasing power level...

would very likely be the best stimulus package the govt. could do.

[Hannah Bell]

2. here:

http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm

[Scuba]

11. Thanks for the link. Excellent.

[1776Forever]

16. Thanks! Never knew there was such a discretion in amounts! GA & WY is $5.15 hr.! n/t

[Drale]

4. In Illinois is 8.25 an hour right now

but Bill Brady who was running for Governor and lost, wanted to lower or ever get rid of the minimum wage. You know you are doing the right thing when the republicans want to get rid of something.

[leftstreet]

5. Here in the US it's $16,826.92 an hour

If you're the CEO of WalMart

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/walmart-ceo-pay-hour-workers-year/story?id=11067470

[stevedeshazer]

6. That's kind of where I was going with the maximum wage thing.

That's obscene.

[Uben]

7. It's whatever my boss says it is.....

...I'm just hoping he'll stop the beatings soon.

[HooptieWagon]

8. The beatings will continue until morale improves. n/t

[Fool Count]

10. In my state of Queensland it is $15.

[Leftist Agitator]

12. Jesus Christ, are you serious?

At the current exchange rate, 15.00 AUD = 14.7705 USD.

Your *minimum* wage is almost $15 US?

I want to be an Aussie. I like Chiko rolls, does that count?

[Darth_Kitten]

20. Cost of living is probably higher there, I'm guessing.

:)

[Fool Count]

25. It is a bit higher overall - by about 15% in dollar terms, from the most recent

PPP estimations. But, as in the US, it depends strongly on where you live. With the Australian population far more concentrated in large coastal urban centres,
I would say our cost of living would be generally comparable (if not less) to what Americans living in NYC, Chicago or Seattle experience.

[Fool Count]

24. That is actually the federally mandated minimum wage effective since

July 1, 2010. It may be higher in some states. That is how much waiters in restaurants are paid. It is considered to be a living wage,
and therefore we usually don't leave tips in restaurants (or anywhere else) in Australia.

[Sisaruus]

13. The U.S poverty guideline for a family of 4 is an annual income of $22,050

If you work full-time (40 hours a week) for 52 weeks at the U.S. minimum wage you will earn $15,080.

Full-time for a whole year and you would make $7,000 less than the poverty level for your family.

[Klukie]

14. that is a crime IMO

[LeftishBrit]

15. In the UK...

the minimum wage for an adult is £5.93 (currently converts to $9.55), though youth rates are lower.

But the Tories are already finding interesting ways to exploit people for less.

[Ichingcarpenter]

22. How much is that Taxed?

In the US, even though you're at poverty wages they still take out a bunch of money.
FICA, SS and other stuff.

[Exilednight]

17. Besides minimum wage, the US needs to redefine poverty levels ..........

Currently our poverty level states that a family of four making less than $25k a year are not in poverty.

If you're a family of three, the government defines you as not in poverty even if you're making less than $20k a year.

A newly married couple, or single parent with one child: You're not in poverty unless you are making less than $15k a year.

Live by yourself? The government says you're doing just fine as long you are making $11k a year.

$25k should be the starting line for single persons. Even that number might be a bit low, but at least it is much closer to reality.

[Posteritatis]

18. I've always thought Yukon's was oddly specific. (nt)

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. Minimum Wage is around $20 in Northern Europe but

The Govt takes between 40%-60% of that in tax which pays for
benefits and vacations plus things, food, housing etc. cost a lot more.


Without a Car, you can survive on minimum wage...you couldn't do that in the States


Don't forget they don't have the economic disparity that the States do from rich and poor.
They tax the rich a lot.

[dreamnightwind]

21. health care?

That also pays for health care, right?

[Ichingcarpenter]

23. Yes, it does pay for that

So you are not paying out additional insurance premiums every pay check with your minimum wage.

Dental eye and other things aren't covered but you can get an insurance program with your union.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

26. And you will be hard pressed to find anyone making minimum wage

The 7-11/Petro-Canada down the street from where I live in Calgary is advertising for cashiers at $12.50 an hour,

[HEyHEY]

27. BC actually has a training wage too $6,00 an hour your fist 500 hours of work (of you life)

Total bullshit. And an $8.00 minimum for BC is a joke, Vancouver is insanely expensive.

[JVS]

28. Germany has no minimum wage.

I have a feeling that the safety net keeps employers from exploiting that to the degree that would happen in the US.

[Angleae]

29. $8.55/hr in Washington

Highest minimum wage in the US.