Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre in United States
United States: Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre in United States, 1980–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
United States recorded 0.0001 units per square kilometre for monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre in United States peaked at 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 units per square kilometre, in 1980.
United States ranks 169th of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre in United States, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1981 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 0.0001 units per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0619 units per square kilometre, 0% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States
More work & labour data for United States
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre in United States?
- Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre in United States was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 2010.
- What is the lowest monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 units per square kilometre in 1980.
- How does United States rank for monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre?
- United States ranks 169th out of 169 countries with data for 2023.
- Is monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Monthly minimum wage divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Monthly minimum wage ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Monthly minimum wage International Labour Organization
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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About this data
Monthly minimum wage divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.