以下是出國留學(xué)網(wǎng)【英語頻道】提供的全球最低工資排行：澳洲公民最幸福，歡迎閱讀。
The country has the most generous national minimum wage in the developed world, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The report ranked 27 countries that have laws setting a nationwide minimum rate of pay.
Australia's minimum wage workers -- aged 21 and over -- make 15.96 Australian dollars per hour. After tax and other deductions, that's equivalent to $9.54, once the difference in the cost of living is taken into account.
"They have a high minimum wage. And interestingly they have a low tax burden," said Herwig Immervoll, the author of the OECD report. "Australians recognize that supporting low wage earners through the tax system is important."
Other countries have set higher hourly rates but they also tax minimum wage workers more, leaving them with less in their pockets.
The U.S. ranked 11th on the list, with a federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. That leaves workers with take-home pay of $6.26 per hour.
However, the U.S. would move up the rankings if state minimum wage rules were factored into the equation. Roughly half of U.S. states have rules ensuring workers are paid more than the federal minimum, Immervoll said.
The OECD report shows that a single Australian minimum wage worker with two kids could work just six hours per week to lift themselves above the poverty line, because they would also receive state benefits.
In the U.S., the same worker would have to clock in 50 hours per week to escape poverty. In the Czech Republic, it would take 79 hours of work per week.
Eight countries, including Finland, Sweden and Switzerland, were not included in the report because their governments do not set national rules on minimum pay. Many of them have strong labor union s and established arrangements for collective bargaining, which means governments don't have to step in.
Here are the top five countries for hourly minimum wages, based on the latest OECD data from 2013:
1. Australia - $9.54
2. Luxembourg - $9.24
3. Belgium - $8.57
4. Ireland - $8.46
5. France - $8.24
Countries with the lowest take-home minimum wages include Latvia, Chile and Mexico, which is bottom of the list with a rate of about $1 per hour.
經(jīng)濟(jì)合作發(fā)展組織的一份報(bào)告顯示，澳大利亞在發(fā)達(dá)國家中享有最高的國家最低工資。
這份報(bào)告給27個(gè)設(shè)有國家最低工資的國家作了排序。
澳大利亞最低工資的工人年紀(jì)在21歲及以上，每小時(shí)掙15.96澳元。去除稅和其他扣款，要是把生活成本差異考慮進(jìn)去的話，相當(dāng)于9.54美元。
“他們的最低工資很高，有意思的是，他們的稅收負(fù)擔(dān)很輕，”經(jīng)合組織報(bào)告的作者赫爾維·易馬福說道。“澳大利亞人意識到通過稅務(wù)系統(tǒng)支持低薪工人很重要。”
其他國家定了較高的單位小時(shí)工資，但他們對持最低薪水的工人的稅收也高，因而工人們口袋也比較干癟。
美國在排行榜上位居11名，聯(lián)邦最低時(shí)薪是7.25美元，即稅后到手時(shí)薪為6.26美元。
不過，要是美國綜合考慮國家最低工資規(guī)則各種因素的話，美國的排名還是會(huì)提升的。美國大約有半數(shù)州規(guī)定要確保工人的收入高于聯(lián)邦最低收入，易馬福說道。
經(jīng)合組織報(bào)告顯示，帶倆娃、拿最低工資的單身澳洲人每周只需工作六小時(shí)就可以脫離貧困線，因?yàn)樗麄兺瑫r(shí)還享受國家福利。
在美國，同一個(gè)工人得每周打卡上班滿50小時(shí)才能逃脫貧困水平。在捷克，同樣情況每星期得工作79小時(shí)才行。
有八個(gè)國家，包括芬蘭、瑞典還有瑞士沒有納入報(bào)告，因?yàn)槠湔疀]有設(shè)定國家最低工資規(guī)則。這其中多數(shù)國家的工會(huì)強(qiáng)勁，并且會(huì)安排勞資雙方集體談判,也就是說政府不必就此問題介入。
如下是經(jīng)合組織2013年所采集的五大最高時(shí)薪國家的數(shù)據(jù)：
澳大利亞9.54美元
盧森堡9.24美元
比利時(shí)8.57美元
愛爾蘭8.46美元
法國8.24美元
稅后實(shí)得工資最低的國加有拉脫維亞、智利和墨西哥，排名最末的工資每小時(shí)僅1美元。