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NMW Argentina 2014

The national minimum wage increase in Argentina

Since September 2014, the national minimum wage in Argentina remained fixed at €397.1 per month, that is 4,765 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 4,400 Argentinian pesos and accordingly, the national minimum wage has been raised 800 Argentinian pesos per month from the previous year, 22.22%. This increase is greater than the CPI of 2014 which was 11%, so workers have gained buying power in the last year.

If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Argentina is in 31 nd place, so it is among the countries with the lowest minimum salary of the 108 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 2014 and see all the information about this country in Argentina economy.

Argentina - Minimum wages
DateNat. Curr. NMWNMWNMW
September 20144,400.0$523.6€397.1
January 20143,600.0$552.3€400.4
August 20133,300.0$599.3€452.1
February 20132,875.0$577.7€426.2
September 20122,670.0$576.1€457.4
September 20112,300.0$547.7€379.5
January 20111,840.0$462.8€346.5
August 20101,740.0$441.7€339.4
January 20101,500.0$395.1€273.7
October 20091,440.0$374.7€255.8
August 20091,400.0$365.5€258.8
December 20081,240.0$368.1€289.0
August 20081,200.0$396.0€254.2
December 2007980.0$311.7€211.2
October 2007960.0$304.8€214.8
August 2007900.0$288.5€210.8
November 2006800.0$258.6€203.6
September 2006780.0$251.8€196.0
August 2006760.0$247.2€193.4
July 2005630.0$217.9€180.5
June 2005570.0$197.4€159.7
May 2005510.0$175.1€135.3
September 2004450.0$150.0€124.2
January 2004350.0$153.9€93.8
December 2003300.0$100.4€84.7
November 2003290.0$100.8€86.9
October 2003280.0$96.2€82.6
September 2003270.0$91.4€83.9
August 2003260.0$88.7€79.1
July 2003250.0$89.1€78.0
January 2003300.0$103.4€84.8
January 2002200.0$65.3€227.3
January 2001200.0$200.1€215.3
January 2000200.0$200.1
January 1999200.0$200.1
January 1998200.0$200.1
January 1997200.0$200.1
January 1996200.0$200.1
January 1995200.0$200.1
August 1993200.0
Argentina - Minimum wages
Argentina - Minimum wages