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minimum wage

lowest remuneration which can be paid legally in a state for working
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minimum wage
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minimum wage

Summary

minimum wage is a wage[1]. It draws 1,448 Wikipedia views per month (wage category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • minimum wage's instance of is recorded as wage[3].
  • minimum wage is a type of minimum[4].
  • minimum wage is a type of price controls[5].
  • minimum wage's Commons category is recorded as Minimum wage[6].
  • minimum wage is the opposite of maximum wage[7].
  • minimum wage's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Minimum wage[8].
  • minimum wage's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • minimum wage's partially coincident with is recorded as living wage[10].
  • minimum wage's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6794[11].
  • minimum wage's different from is recorded as universal basic income[12].
  • minimum wage's has list is recorded as list of minimum wages by country[13].
  • minimum wage's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].

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Definition and Type

minimum wage's instance of is recorded as wage[3]. Recorded subclass of include minimum[4] and price controls[5]. It is the opposite of maximum wage[7].

Why It Matters

minimum wage draws 1,448 Wikipedia views per month (wage category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 48 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.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → 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 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20220, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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