Yes, we - at least in Norway - don't have any official minimum wage, but a good rule of thumb is that the majority of unskilles non-industrial jobs start around 150 NOK / hr. +/- 15 NOK. Or annually around 275k-345k NOK
In USD, that around $16.5 +/- $1.5. $30k - $39k year.
The vast majority of professional jobs which require a BS or MS start between 450k-600k / $50k-$67k, and will by end of career be around 600k - 1MM / $50k - $110k.
But keep in mind, there are several factors at play:
- private pays more that public jobs
- industry salaries differs wildly
- location plays a big role
- lots of outlier jobs pay much more than the above
- The numbers above are based on current USD/NOK rates, which is very weak for us Norwegians. It's right now around 9, but has been down around 5 during the good years. So one needs to look at salaries as a relative thing.
Edit: But we DO have union wages, which effectively work as minimum wages for many professions. But alas, there are lots of jobs with no unions.
Nordic countries have minimum wages defined by collective bargaining agreements rather than the law - because unionization is so strong and the agreed minimums are relatively good, they don't really need national legal ones.
Yes, but it's still optional. Only 39% of small companies have signed a collective agreement in Sweden. Companies refusing unionization and paying way below the union rates is a real problem: https://www.breakit.se/artikel/7599/i-spent-two-weeks-delive...
Even most people in Sweden think there is a legal minimum wage and are surprised to hear it's 0 and that you can legally pay someone 0.01 an hour.
