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Wages
Wages are among the most important conditions of work and a major subject of collective bargaining. The ILO is committed to promoting policies on wages and incomes that ensure a just share of the fruits of progress to all and a minimum living wage for all employed in need of such protection. In order to do so it undertakes research and provides evidence-based policy advice on minimum wages, public sector pay, wage bargaining and gender pay gaps. Since 2008, the ILO publishes the Global Wage Report, one of its flagship reports and an authoritative source of information on wage trends and policies at national and global levels.
Thematic pages

The Protection of Wages

Wage bargaining

The question of living wages

The gender pay gap

Minimum Wage Policy Guide

The Global Wage Report
Technical cooperation projects

SAW-A Project
Setting adequate wages - a focus on agriculture

Setting adequate wages

Indicators and methodologies for setting adequate wages
Key publications
Report
The gender pay gap in the health and care sector: A global analysis in the time of COVID-19
Publication
Setting adequate wages: The question of living wages
Report
A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining
Factsheet
Temporary wage subsidies
Publication
General Survey on Minimum Wage Systems (2014)
Factsheet
Protection of workers’ wage claims in enterprise insolvency
Publications
ILO Flagship report
Global Wage Report 2024-25: Is wage inequality decreasing globally?
ILO Working Paper 131
A study on the employment and wage outcomes of persons living with a same-sex partner
Technical Paper
Assessment and mapping of cash transfer payment modalities and frequencies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
News and articles

Global Wage Report 2024-25
Wage inequality has declined in two-thirds of countries worldwide since start of 21st century
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International Year of Cooperatives
ILO advances dairy value chain in Ethiopia by strengthening cooperatives
Databases
Statistics on wages (ILOSTAT)
Contact info
For additional information on the ILO's Wages topic please contact the Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations and Working Conditions Branch at inwork@ilo.org
Meeting of experts on wage policies, including living wages
An ILO meeting of experts on wage policies, including living wages was held in Geneva between 19 and 23 February 2024.

Wage policies and living wages: everything you always wanted to know
Learn about minimum and living wages in this online course, offered every two years in English, French, and Spanish. The latest course took place from 17 June to 12 July 2024.
Global Wage Report 2022-23: The impact of COVID-19 and inflation on wages and purchasing power
Key Findings, Chapters, Data and Full Report of the latest Global Wage Report