Minimum Wage 2027 by Country: Confirmed and Announced Rates

• Set for 2027: Germany, Poland, South Korea and the Philippines.
• Announced, not yet in force: Ireland and Malaysia, where the order setting the new rate still has to be made.
• Not published yet: the Netherlands' adult rate for 1 January 2027 isn't on the government's minimum wage page yet, though higher youth rates from 1 January 2027 are already law. The other countries in our minimum wage table hadn't published a 2027 rate when we checked.
• For the 2026 rates compared in US dollars, see minimum wage by country.

• Germany: The second step of the Fifth Minimum Wage Adjustment Regulation (MiLoV5) raises the minimum wage from €13.90 to €14.60 gross per hour.
• Ireland: Budget 2027 includes a 79-cent increase in the National Minimum Wage, from €14.15 to €14.94 an hour, which the Low Pay Commission recommended from 1 January 2027. The Minister still has to make the order setting the new rate. Budget 2027 also raises the higher-rate employer PRSI threshold from €552 to €600 a week for 2027; the start date hasn't been published.
• Netherlands: From 1 January 2027 the youth minimum wage rises as a share of the adult rate: 87.5% at 20 (from 80%), 75% at 19 (from 60%), 62.5% at 18 (from 50%), 50% at 17 (from 39.5%) and 40% at 16 (from 34.5%). The adult rate for 2027 has not yet been published.
• Poland: A Council of Ministers regulation of 14 September 2026 sets the minimum wage at PLN 4,950 a month (up from PLN 4,806) and the minimum hourly rate for civil-law contracts at PLN 32.30, from 1 January 2027.
• South Korea: The Ministry of Employment and Labor set the 2027 minimum wage on 5 August 2026 at ₩10,700 an hour (up 3.7% from ₩10,320), or ₩2,236,300 a month on 209 hours, for all businesses.
• Philippines: The second tranche of Wage Order NCR-28 adds ₱25 to the non-agriculture rate (₱743 for agriculture and small establishments).
• Malaysia: The Budget 2027 speech announced that the minimum wage will rise from RM1,700 to RM2,000 a month from June 2027, with MSMEs with annual sales below RM50 million exempted. The order setting the new rate hasn't yet been gazetted.

As of 24 October 2026, these countries' current rates still apply, and our guides don't yet hold an official 2027 figure:

• Australia: A$26.44 an hour (A$1,004.90 a week) from 1 July 2026.
• Belgium: €2,233.61 a month (18 and over) from 1 July 2026.
• Brazil: BRL 1,621 a month from 1 January 2026.
• Colombia: COP 1,750,905 a month (set transitionally, pending a Consejo de Estado ruling).
• France: €12.31 an hour; €1,867.02 a month for 35 hours a week.
• Japan: Set by prefecture: Tokyo ¥1,280 an hour from 1 October 2026; national weighted average ¥1,177.
• Mexico: MXN 315.04 a day (MXN 440.87 in the northern border zone) from 1 January 2026.
• Netherlands: €14.99 an hour (21 and over) from 1 July 2026. The adult rate for 1 January 2027 hadn't been published on the government's minimum wage page when we checked; youth rates rise from that date.
• New Zealand: NZ$23.95 an hour (adults) from 1 April 2026.
• Portugal: €920 a month, paid 14 times a year, from 1 January 2026.
• Spain: €1,221 a month in 14 payments (€17,094 a year).
• United Kingdom: £12.71 an hour (National Living Wage, 21 and over).