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Wages

Wages are among the most important conditions of work and a major subject of collective bargaining. The ILO is committed to promoting policies on wages and incomes that ensure a just share of the fruits of progress to all and a minimum living wage for all employed in need of such protection. In order to do so it undertakes research and provides evidence-based policy advice on minimum wages, public sector pay, wage bargaining and gender pay gaps. Since 2008, the ILO publishes the Global Wage Report, one of its flagship reports and an authoritative source of information on wage trends and policies at national and global levels.

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Global Wage Report 2024-25: Is wage inequality decreasing globally?

Global Wage Report 2024-25: Is wage inequality decreasing globally?

This latest edition of the ILO flagship report provides a detailed look at wage trends around the world and in different regions, highlighting changes in wage inequality and real wage growth.

Thematic pages

Living wages
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Living wages

The Protection of Wages
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The Protection of Wages

Wage bargaining
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Wage bargaining

The gender pay gap
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The gender pay gap

Minimum Wage Policy Guide
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Minimum Wage Policy Guide

The Global Wage Report
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The Global Wage Report

Technical cooperation projects

Setting adequate wages - a focus on agriculture
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SAW-A Project

Setting adequate wages - a focus on agriculture

Setting adequate wages
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SAW Project

Setting adequate wages

Indicators and methodologies for setting adequate wages
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Indicators and methodologies for setting adequate wages

Key publications

The gender pay gap in the health and care sector: A global analysis in the time of COVID-19

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The gender pay gap in the health and care sector: A global analysis in the time of COVID-19

Setting adequate wages: The question of living wages

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Setting adequate wages: The question of living wages

A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining

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A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining

Temporary wage subsidies

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Temporary wage subsidies

General Survey on Minimum Wage Systems (2014)

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General Survey on Minimum Wage Systems (2014)

Protection of workers’ wage claims in enterprise insolvency

Factsheet

Protection of workers’ wage claims in enterprise insolvency

Most recent publications

Economic factors for wage setting

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Economic factors for wage setting

A methodology to estimate the needs of workers and their families for the purpose of wage setting, including living wages

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A methodology to estimate the needs of workers and their families for the purpose of wage setting, including living wages

News and articles

Belgium ratifies the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention and the Work in Fishing Convention
Mr. David Clarinval, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Employment, Economy and Agriculture of Belgium, presents the instruments of ratification of Conventions Nos. 131 and 188 to the ILO Director-General, Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo. 11 June 2025.

International Labour Standards

Belgium ratifies the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention and the Work in Fishing Convention

From tradition to innovation: Digital transformation of dairy farming in Pengalengan
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Digital innovation

From tradition to innovation: Digital transformation of dairy farming in Pengalengan

Databases

Statistics on wages (ILOSTAT)

Statistics on wages (ILOSTAT)

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Wage policies and living wages: everything you always wanted to know

Wage policies and living wages: everything you always wanted to know

Learn about minimum and living wages in this online course, offered every two years in English, French, and Spanish. The latest course took place from 17 June to 12 July 2024.

Contact info

For additional information on the ILO's Wages topic please contact the Inclusive Labour Markets, Wages and Working Conditions Branch at [email protected]