El Salvador increases minimum wage
El Salvador's government yesterday increased the minimum wage for the country's workers.
The increase in minimum wages ranges from a 20% increase in service and industry jobs to more than a 100% increase for certain agricultural jobs.
Wages in the countryside for those working in the fields with coffee, sugar cane, cotton, and other crops will range from $200 to $224 monthly. Wages in services, industry and factories will be $300 with a slightly lower wage of $295 for workers in textile and sewing maquila factories.
Minimum wages are calculated on an 8 hour day and a 44 hour work week
The government says that these sizable increases will benefit more than 235,000 workers in the county.
The increase in minimum wages ranges from a 20% increase in service and industry jobs to more than a 100% increase for certain agricultural jobs.
Wages in the countryside for those working in the fields with coffee, sugar cane, cotton, and other crops will range from $200 to $224 monthly. Wages in services, industry and factories will be $300 with a slightly lower wage of $295 for workers in textile and sewing maquila factories.
Minimum wages are calculated on an 8 hour day and a 44 hour work week
The government says that these sizable increases will benefit more than 235,000 workers in the county.
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