skip on 06 February 2009
 Australia |
The Federal minimum wage is AU$543.78 per week, or $14.31 per hour as of October 2008. | 22363 | 53 | 2008-10-01 |
 Canada |
set by each province and territory; minimum hourly wages vary from CAD$7.75 in New Brunswick to CAD$10.00 in Nunavut. Ontario has a lower minimum wage rate for youths ($8.20) and a specific minimum wage for liquor servers set at CAD$7.60; British Columbia has a lower rate (that is, CAD$6.00) for the first 500 hours in the workforce regardless of age; Nova Scotia allows employers to pay a lower wage ($7.60) in the first three months of service of an employee; Québec allows a lower minimum wage for tipped employees; employers under federal jurisdiction are bound by their host province's general minimum wage (i.e. the lower minimums for youths, etc. in some provinces do not apply at the federal level); many more specific adjustments apply by province or territory[13] | 13,322[8] | 35 | 2008-03-31 |
 United States |
the federal minimum wage is US$6.55 per hour; states may also set a minimum, in which case the higher of the two is controlling[39] | 12,168[8] | 27 | 2007-07-24 |
