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minimum wage

wage regulation system that sets a statutory floor on wages to prevent low pay, while increases may create upward pressure on prices through higher labor costs
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minimum wage
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Summary

minimum wage is a wage[1]. It draws 5,999 Wikipedia views per month (wage category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: minimum[3], price controls[4]
  • Commons category: Minimum wage[5]
  • Opposite of: maximum wage[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Minimum wage[7]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8]
  • Partially coincident with: living wage[9]
  • Main Wikidata property: P6794[10]
  • Different from: universal basic income[11]
  • Has list: list of minimum wages by country[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]
  • P14717: minimum wage[14]

Why It Matters

minimum wage has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Aojokoi · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14717 → minimum wage
    Wikidata description → wage regulation system that sets a statutory floor on wages to prevent low pay,
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, ja */"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → minimum-wage
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: minimum-wage, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943241|minimum wage (#289943241)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000666-minimalni-mzdy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000666-minimalni-mzdy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/minimum-wage, money/minimum-wage
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Opposite of → maximum wage
    Topic's main category → Category:Minimum wage
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 20220, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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