How much would you need to earn online to make minimum wage in your country?
By techweb
@techweb (217)
United States
October 13, 2012 4:49pm CST
I find it interesting that in so many of these discussions that involve how can you become wealthy online, people don't mention what country they live in. The current minimum wage in the US for any state is $7.25/hour. I would be amazed if someone could easily make that online. What's your minimum wage, and do you reach it with opportunities on the web? Are their any countries out there where working online can actually produce even minimum wage? To make things fair, min wage is usually for individuals performing completely unskilled labor, so whatever you are doing shouldn't be too complex. Clicking on ads is pretty unskilled labor.
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@UmiNoor (4523)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 12
I live in Malaysia and there never used to be a minimum wage policy in my country but this year the government implemented minimum wage to the chagrin of many privately owned company owners.
Here in the peninsular, the minimum wage is RM900 which is about USD295 a month which is about USD9.80 a day which comes down to USD1.22 per hour for an 8 hour day work. It's pretty low but we're a developing nation and our standard of living is not as high as in the US or the UK.
I guess that is possible to earn online if you work on the Internet every day.
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@micha5088 (554)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 12
Hi Umi, looking at your breakdown figure, USD10 can be achieved just by working full time on mylot. But I think one can do better than that if he or she seriously treat this as his/ her job.
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
13 Oct 12
Here in mexico the min. wage is about 75.00 per week. Thats a six day work week ( 1/2 day on sat) any thing more they have to pay more.
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@GemmaR (8517)
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14 Oct 12
I am not sure of the exact conversion rate from my currency, but I think that our minimum wage is something along the lines of $10 per hour. But one of the things that you have to remember as well is that in my country things cost a lot more than they do in America so this is one of the reasons that the wage is higher. I always make almost this amount when I am working on the internet, but one of the things that I have to remember is that when I am at home I don't have to pay for the transport into the city which would take a little out of my earnings, and I don't have to buy things like uniforms or foods when I am on shift either.
@techweb (217)
• United States
14 Oct 12
This is interesting. $3 a day I believe can definitely do online with unskilled "tasks". By unskilled I just mean anything that doesn't take very long to learn (a week, maybe). In a way, online earnings is almost a global free market economy with very few regulations (laws, trade tariffs, taxes, etc.). So it does seem to make sense that the wage of unskilled labor could be that of the minimal living wage in any country participating that provides enough workers. So unless there is a regulation (like as you say, only US, UK, CA can answer survey) than those folks are just out of luck.
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
14 Oct 12
Hi techweb! So in a day a worker in US can earn $58 which is equivalent to 2,300 Philippine pesos. That is already a big amount. Thanks for this information. Going back to the question, as of now I know I couldn't be able to earn that amount online even if I didn't sleep the whole day. But I know there is a way which I still have to discover.
I'm sure there are really people who are successful online and I am hoping to be one of them in the days to come.
@bdfreelancer (518)
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14 Oct 12
There is no minimum wage policy in my country at the moment that is being implemented at all levels. However, for day labourer, the minimum wage per day is something like $4 a day, which is good for people involved in laborious work. But it is not enough if the physical labour they invest in. Ours is a developing nation so people that are on a minimum daily wage can make most out of it as cost of living is low relatively. But people who have got some skills and those who are working in the officers earn pretty good amount comparable to some developed nations. There is a huge difference in earnings at various levels.
