# Germany introduces a statutory minimum wage

Date: 2015

From 1 January 2015 a federal statutory minimum wage of 8.50 euros applied under the 2014 MiLoG, a grand-coalition act. It is a completed labour-price statute, later indexed.

## People

- Angela Merkel: https://factrail.ai/people/angela-merkel

## Drivers

- Household Purchasing Power: https://factrail.ai/drivers/household-purchasing-power

## Sources

- https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Labour/Earnings/Minimum-Wages/_node.html
- https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/milog/BJNR215210014.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-minimum-wage-2015