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It's not a weirdly American thing; as the article says, the standard is to express minimum wage as an hourly figure [1]. People don't necessarily refer to thei
by Planktonne 5y ago
It's not a weirdly American thing; as the article says, the standard is to express minimum wage as an hourly figure [1].
People don't necessarily refer to their own wage as an hourly figure, but that's an entirely separate thing to how minimum wage is normally discussed. I'd suggest, as well, that people who don't think of their wage in hourly terms are less likely to be on or close to minimum wage.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage
- f311a 5y agoI don't think there is a standard. Even your link mentions that Russian and China use the monthly amount.
- Planktonne 5y agoI think the fact that those two countries are called out as an example suggests that monthly is not the norm; difference exists, but common discussion/comparisons tend to use hourly (as shown in the top table), and the majority (?) of countries do as well. At the very, very least, it's not a uniquely American thing.