Since December 2008, the national minimum wage in Argentina remained fixed at €289 per month, that is 3,468 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.
If we look at the minimum salary in Argentinian pesos, which is the official currency in Argentina, we can see that, this year, it was 1,240 Argentinian pesos and accordingly, the national minimum wage has been raised 40 Argentinian pesos per month from the previous year, 3.33%. This increase is less than the CPI of 2008 which was 8.5%,and so workers, despite the raise, have lost buying power in the last year.
If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Argentina is in 27 nd place of the 90 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 Argentina. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2008 and see all the information about this country in Argentina economy.