How much is the minimum salary in your country?

Ugh! The prices for all foods have gone up here in Canada, and utilities too. We keep arguing for discounts but it's not enough to make much of a difference. I count on rebate money from Air Miles and Checkout51.

@sweetloveforeve As the cost of gas goes up, so does the cost of everything that gets transported by truck. Also, the weather affects the supply which also drives the prices up. We have only just gotten our government to remove taxes from feminine hygiene products.

here food is expensive and also fruit compared to what we receive you know? for example per hour we earn like 2 euros and 50 more or less and if you want to have lunch in a restaurant if is a cheap menu is like 5 euros and 50 cents or 6 euros. and if you go to a normal restaurant is like 15 euros that is what i earn per day more or less.

That is like $9.5 a day. Not really the best minimum salary but it is decent enough to let a bachelor live a comfortable life. Sadly most people with that salary are married people with 12 kids.

@trivia79 I really dont know why poor people loves reproducing. Imagine with 2 kids they can have a comfortable life.

@CaptAlbertWhisker And with that much persons to feed everyday, 15k is not really enough. That's why Philippines is one of the poorest nations in the world.

@olivetree27 Official language is English. Singapore is never closed to foreigners, but you need to have a special talent, and you need to get a job before the hiring company can apply for work permit for you.

wow i had no idea about that. i thought in singapure things were different. im happy that people receive a good salary there. what is your job in there?^^ do you receive a good salary? i really hope so.

@scheng1 but I heard that Singapore is close now for foreigners. I would love to go there though. Is your official language Chinese?

Yeah I agree with this.

i receive 550 per month and not per day. thats why im complaining about it.

as @sweetloveforeve mentioned, it is about a month and not a day. So @CaptAlbertWhisker it will take 600 years to become owner of a beach resort

@Elizaby I was surprised, because Florida's minimum wage has been increasing like clockwork every year!

@moffittjc Not this year.

First year in a while we didn't see a raise here in Florida since things didn't change (so oficials say) enough to warrent an increase.

@Shiva49 i think we should waste money with things we really need. and when we are in a good situation we can spend it in jewellery or laptops and cellphones. many people buy a cellphone that costs 800 euros even though they are in a bad situation. is much better to buy a cellphone not as good but live a good life.

Also a person who knows how to save money can have a better life than a person with bigger salary but always act like a one day millionaire.

"A penny saved is a penny earned" applies all the time! But now some believe to spend now and earn later! siva

@sweetloveforeve I suspect that you can actually buy more with your €500 than I could here in the UK. A single person on a salary of £1160 a month here would be hard put to feed themselves after paying the rent, rates and services for accommodation. It is somewhat cheaper, of course, to live as a couple and in some parts of the UK that would be the only possible way to exist on minimum wages.

aw such a great salary. i wish i could receive that per month. the salary there is the triple of mine. i wish the situation in my country was like in yours.

@owlwings i have a cousin living there and she says that life in england is much better than in here. she has her house paid and her car paid also. and here if you want to buy a house you need to ask your bank to give you a loan and you spend 30 years paying for your house. and your car isnt paid for less than 5 years. sadly we pay a lot for things. for example if i lived on my own i dont know how i would do. because to rent a house isnt less than 300 euros per month. my salary is 550. so 300 for the rent, 80 euros for transports, then i would have to buy food, pay water, gas, tv... i dont know how i would live

@sweetloveforeve Some restaurants insist on the tip money being pooled and divided evenly between all workers. I think that is going to change though. I believe I heard that there was going to be a law against that.

i understand that about tips in restaurants i think its a bad thing. tips should be apart because not everyone gives you a tip. at least where i work rarely clients give me a tip. i receive but rarely and its unfair.

@patgalca i think the tip should be for the person who is attending. because for example if was me i would also split with my colleagues but i know that some people are not serious. for example where i work, a client told me that she gave 5 euros to a colleague of mine to divide for all the receptionists, cause we are 5, and she didnt say anything to us. so then i asked my colleague and she said: oh it was only one euro per person, it was 5 euros not much. do you want the euro? and she started laughing. i said, no dont worry but our colleague that does the night doesnt have much chance to sell trips neither getting tips so you should have given to him. some people are just capable to keep things from themselves even though it was to divide with colleagues. im not capable to do such a thing like she did

here we receive like 2.50 euros per hour that is like 3 dollars per hour more or less. its sad but here we also dont have a good life. the predictions for the new year is that the minimum salary turns into 530 euros and until the end of the year make it 600. the problem is that the salary goes up but bills also go up. if they stayed without a raise would be great. but no.

@infatuatedbby yes taxes also

not per week but per month i work one entire month to earn that. our salary is very low in other european countries they receive like 2000 and 3000 per month and here is 550

@sweetloveforeve Ohh 1 month.. do you have to pay taxes also? I hope myLot can help you.

im sorry about that in my country we also have a very low minimum salary and politicians earn fortunes. just an example our minimum salary will be 530 euros now but last year was 505 and we have to pay rent, water,gas, car expenses,tv and internet. a lot of things.and our president earned 10 000 euros per month and didnt pay anything because is house is offered, his car is offered. everything. can you see how in difficulties we are also? :( the world is really unfair.

awww thats a lot. but in india there are many people with a low salary right? because in tv we see many times people that are poor and almost dont have food to eat i guess there is a very big difference between rich and poor in india right?

@yugocean how much is that in euros? i thought you meant it was 15000 dollars. thats why i said it was a lot. sorry i misunderstood.

@sweetloveforeve There is, some are very less salaried and some are good salaried, however INR 15000 is not a lot (mentioned in photo) By the way, it is only salary, other Allowances are also added which can make actual salary more than double

i was just curious. because sometimes we read things that are not true. thats why i wanted to know what is the minimum salary in germany if you dont mind to tell me. yes here our salary is like 505 the minimum but if you are one person and want to rent an appartment you pay like 300 euros so you can imagine our situation.

i receive that per month. portugal is in a big crisis i thought it wasnt necessary to explain because in the news almost everyday appears about greece, portugal and spain getting in crisis.

@boiboing i thought portugal, greece and spain crisis was known all over the world. because comparing to most part of european countries we are the poorest ones. anyway i explained better now and i think everyone could understand already.

@sweetloveforeve There are members here from countries where that would be a fortune. That's why sometimes it's better to over-explain.