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NMW United Kingdom 2022

The minimum wage goes up in United Kingdom

In 2022, the national minimum wage in United Kingdom remained fixed at €1,929.2 per month, that is 23,150 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.

If we look at the minimum salary in British pounds, which is the official currency in United Kingdom, we can see that, this year, it was 1,621.1 British pounds and accordingly, the national minimum wage has been raised 84.9 British pounds per month from the previous year, 5.53%. This increase is greater than the CPI of 2021 which was 5.4%, so workers have gained buying power in the last year.

If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, United Kingdom is in 8 nd place of the 120 of the list.

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) of a country is the minimum amount (lowest salary) per hour, per day, or per month that employers may legally pay to workers.

In the table that follows we show you the progression of the National Minimum Wage United Kingdom. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2022 and see all the information about this country in United Kingdom economy.

United Kingdom - Minimum wages
DateNat. Curr. NMWNMWNMW
20221,621.1$1,940.4€1,929.2
20211,536.2$2,030.8€1,708.7
20201,444.7$1,780.4€1,603.6
20201,360.2$1,852.1€1,598.7
20191,300.0$1,640.6€1,465.7
20191,300.0$1,736.1€1,453.3
20181,242.0$1,650.5€1,416.5
20181,242.0$1,734.4€1,399.9
20171,243.0$1,595.8€1,422.8
20171,193.0$1,599.8€1,393.4
20161,110.0$1,612.8€1,457.0
20161,110.0$1,610.8€1,512.4
20151,074.0$1,641.7€1,493.7
20151,074.0$1,640.8€1,378.9
20141,043.0$1,748.5€1,282.8
20141,043.0$1,716.2€1,251.1
20131,020.0$1,548.9€1,194.9
20131,020.0$1,594.6€1,249.9
20121,004.0$1,546.7€1,255.2
20121,004.0$1,586.0€1,202.0
2011978.0$1,607.7€1,121.5
2011978.0$1,567.0€1,136.2
2010956.0$1,385.4€1,126.5
2010956.0$1,477.2€1,076.5
2009948.0$1,532.0€1,086.0
2009948.0$1,476.8€995.3
2008911.0$1,803.1€1,159.0
2008911.0$1,674.7€1,242.2
2007883.0$1,748.1€1,298.4
2007883.0$1,766.8€1,315.0
2006831.0$1,556.6€1,211.6
2006831.0$1,529.0€1,212.6
2005800.0$1,458.5€1,181.5
2005800.0$1,454.6€1,134.7
2004743.0$1,361.9€1,117.7
2004743.0$1,360.4€1,054.2
2003692.0$1,134.4€961.7
2003692.0$1,129.9€1,063.8
2002675.0$987.2€1,053.9
2002675.0$1,011.7€1,109.3
2001610.0$864.7€1,021.3
2001610.0$878.1€977.4
2000592.0$886.1€951.0
2000592.0$895.7€952.2
1999592.0$949.7€907.4
1999592.0$957.8
United Kingdom - Minimum wages
United Kingdom - Minimum wages

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is a minimum amount per hour that most workers in the UK are entitled to be paid. Find out what the current rates are and where to get help if you think you are being paid below the minimum wage rate.

Here it appears in a monthly rate to be compared with other countries.