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What is the legal minimum wage?

To prevent underpayment, the law states that as an employee you should receive a statutory minimum wage, based on your age. This is further independent of your position and experience. The Statutory Minimum Wage (WML) is the gross wage that employees over the age of 21 must earn. The statutory minimum youth wages apply to employees between the ages of 15 and 20. These wages are adjusted twice a year, in January and in July.

Age Per hour
21 years and older € 13,27
20 years € 10,62
19 years € 7,96
18 years € 6,64
17 years € 5,24
16 years € 4,58
15 years € 3,98