Real minimum wage per hour, US$ at purchasing power parity (OECD): United States
The latest reading SOTW holds for United States is 7.25 PPP USD per hour for 2025, from OECD.
Source series · Listed tier · Labor · Annual · PPP USD per hour · OECD.L.MINWAGE.REAL.HOURLY.PPP.A · USA
Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.
- Latest
- 7.25
- PPP USD per hour · 2025
- Previous
- 7.45
- PPP USD per hour · 2024
- Earliest held
- 9.64
- PPP USD per hour · 2000
- Readings shown
- 26
- Every reading SOTW holds
United States · history
PPP USD per hour · Annual
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (PPP USD per hour) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.25 |
| 2024 | 7.45 |
| 2023 | 7.67 |
| 2022 | 7.98 |
| 2021 | 8.62 |
| 2020 | 9.02 |
| 2019 | 9.14 |
| 2018 | 9.30 |
| 2017 | 9.53 |
| 2016 | 9.73 |
| 2015 | 9.86 |
| 2014 | 9.87 |
| 2013 | 10.03 |
| 2012 | 10.17 |
| 2011 | 10.39 |
| 2010 | 10.71 |
| 2009 | 10.30 |
| 2008 | 9.22 |
| 2007 | 8.48 |
| 2006 | 8.23 |
| 2005 | 8.50 |
| 2004 | 8.78 |
| 2003 | 9.02 |
| 2002 | 9.22 |
| 2001 | 9.37 |
| 2000 | 9.64 |
Source: OECD. All 26 readings held, 2000 to 2025. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.