The national minimum wage in 2023 depends on which country you mean, but most people using the phrase “National Minimum Wage” are referring to the UK.

Quick Scoop

In the UK , the legal minimums from 1 April 2023 were roughly:

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<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rate type (UK)</th>
      <th>Hourly rate from 1 April 2023</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>National Living Wage (age 23+)</td>
      <td>£10.42</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Age 21–22</td>
      <td>£10.18</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Age 18–20</td>
      <td>£7.49</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Age 16–17</td>
      <td>£5.28</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Apprentice rate</td>
      <td>£5.28</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

These rates are reviewed every year and usually change each April, so what counted as the “national minimum wage 2023” stopped being current once the 2024 and 2025 uprates took effect. If instead you meant the United States , there is no “national minimum wage” in the same sense; the federal minimum wage stayed at 7.25 dollars per hour in 2023 and had not changed since 2009, while many states set higher local minimums.

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