European Union

In 2021 there were 21 out of 27 European Union member states with an official minimum wage set by the government. Turns out this is already the eighth (#8) article about minimum wages in European Union featured on the blog. To keep it up, here is the raw data for minimum wages across European Union in 2021. Please don't judge too hard, data are taken from this article on Wikipedia, and applied some basic calculations for yearly growth. The minimum wage in European Union member countries   Country Gross 2021 Gross 2020 Growth Change % 1 Luxembourg €2,202.00 €2,142.00 €60.00 2.80% 2 Ireland €1,…

In 2020 three were 27 member states in the European Union (EU), 19 of the 27 EU member states have adopted the euro (€) as their common currency. In this article, I've compared the gross monthly average salary for 2018. As I have been doing these articles since 2014, I've left the United Kingdom, just for the reference. I wouldn't call the below written scientific research or take too seriously, as most of the data in this article are taken from Wikipedia's article List of European countries by average wage.  All calculations are done using Google Spreadsheets. Data provided below might not…

In 2020 there were 21 out of 27 European Union member states with an official minimum wage set by the government. In this article I've listed them all, also this is the first year I'm not including data for the UK in this table Turns out this is already the seventh (#7) article about minimum wages in European Union featured on the blog.     Gross 2020 Gross 2019 Change Change % 1 Luxembourg €2,142.00 €2,071.00 €71.00 3.31% 2 Netherlands €1,636.00 €1,615.00 €21.00 1.28% 3 Ireland €1,616.00 €1,563.00 €53.00 3.28% 4 Belgium €1,594.00 €1,563.00 €31.00 1.94% 5 Germany €1,584.00 €1,599.00 -€15.00 -…

In 2019 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with an official minimum wage set by the government. Also, it turns out this is already the sixth (#6) article about minimum wages in European Union featured on the blog. Traditions must be continued and here comes the latest article with the latest data for 2019 about minimum wages in the European Union. As it happened in the previous year, for this years article, I was able to pull data both for gross and net minimum wage values across the European Union.      2019   Annual Net 2019 Rank Country Gross Net TAX € $* 1 Luxembourg €2,…

In normal circumstances, I would never pay much attention to the electricity price, but being a proud owner of a small ethereum gpu mining rig I started to explore my options. According to my findings so far, the cheapest electricity is found in Ukraine. While the cheapest electricity within European Union in Bulgaria. Actually, I believe I myself enjoy pretty low electricity prices for my GPU mining rig located in Georgia (~$0.088 per kWh). Now, what about the rest of Europe?  Electricity pricing varies widely from country to country in Europe and may vary significantly from locality to…

For the fifth year in a row, I'm publishing my humble observations on average salary changes in the European Union. In this article, I've compared both gross and net average salary for 2018. Update: Average Monthly Salary in European Union 2020 As in the case with minimum wages in the European Union 2018 article, for this year's average salary article, I was able to pull data both for gross and net minimum wage values across the European Union.  I wouldn't call below written scientific research, as most of the data in this article are taken from Wikipedia's article List of European countries…

Turns out this is already fifth (#5) article about minimum wages in European Union featured on the blog. Traditions must be continued and here comes the latest article with the latest data for 2018 about minimum wages in the European Union. Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2019 In 2018 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with the official minimum wage set by the government. Feel free to browse through the archives for previous years, before proceeding, see: What's Minimum Wage in European Union 2017 Minimum Wages in European Union 2016 What Is Minimum Wage In European…

For the fourth year in a row, I'm publishing my humble observations on average salary changes in the European Union. In this article, I've decided to compare average salary in 2017 with 2014.  Update: Average Salary in European Union 2018 For previous archives see: Average salary in EU: 2016, 2015, 2014 I wouldn't call bellow written a scientific research, as most of the data in this article are taken from Wikipedia's article List of European countries by average wage. To make it more interesting I've added the year of 2014  as a reference and made some simple calculations in Google Sheets.…

This is already fourth annual article covering minimum wage and its disproportion among 22 of 28 European Union member countries. Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2018 Feel free to browse through the archives for previous years, before proceeding, see: 2016, 2015, 2014 In 2017 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with official minimum wage set by the government. N.B. Countries that don't have a minimum wage set by the government in European Union - Austria, Denmark, Finland, Cyprus, Italy and Sweden (collective bargaining agreements effective, instead of minimum wage)…

In today's article - Life expectancy in European Union (EU).  Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country expected to live if mortality rates at each age were to remain steady in the future. In following table I have listed the life expectancy separately for males and females, as well as a combined figure in EU in year 2015. There was an average life expectancy in EU of 79.6 years for both female and male. With higher life expectancy for females (82.4) and lower for male (76.6). TOP 3 countries with highest life expectancy rates are Spain, Italy and…