Publications on Wages

June 2023

  1. Global Wage Report Data

    Global Wage Report: Data

    12 June 2023

    This excel file provides data in two seperate sheets on the nominal monthly wages in local currency and the real wage-growth, 2006 to latest available.

May 2023

  1. Publication

    A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining

    30 May 2023

April 2023

  1. Guidance Note

    Guidance note: Wage protection for migrant workers

    27 April 2023

    Working time and wages are the working conditions that have the most direct and tangible effect on the everyday lives of workers and employers. Wages can determine job choice, the number of hours worked, and whether or not to migrate for employment. Adequate wages that ensure a fair share of the fruits of progress to all and standards for wage protection lie at the heart of the ILO’s mandate on social justice and the promotion of decent work.

  2. Publication

    Guidance note: Wage protection for migrant workers

    27 April 2023

February 2023

  1. Publication

    Labour Overview 2022 for Latin America and the Caribbean [Executive summary]

    07 February 2023

    Latin America and the Caribbean faces a "highly complex and uncertain" labour market in 2023 due to a conjunction of multiple crises that impact labour markets and make it necessary to apply policies to create formal employment. The most urgent labour problem for the region is the quality of employment and the insufficient labour and total income generated by workers and their families.

January 2023

  1. Executive Summary

    World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023

    16 January 2023

    This ILO flagship report details the impact of economic slowdown on the global labour market.

  2. Report

    World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023

    16 January 2023

    This ILO flagship report details the impact of economic slowdown on the global labour market.

November 2022

  1. Publication

    Digital guide of the Global wage report 2022-23: full report, key findings, datasets, summary

    30 November 2022

August 2022

  1. ILO Brief

    Gender-sensitive reporting and communication on labour migration

    25 August 2022

    Stories about “migrants” tend to not capture gender-related disparities and the specific challenges that women or men can face in their labour migration experiences, this brief explores how journalists and communicators can introduce a gender-sensitive approach to their work.

July 2022

  1. ILO Working paper 72

    Why should we integrate income and employment support? A conceptual and empirical investigation

    18 July 2022

    This paper conceptualizes, for the first time, the implementation of policy approaches that integrate active labour market policies within income support schemes, focusing on low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). We develop a conceptual framework to understand how integrated policies can address labour market challenges, exploring the theoretical effects they exert on selected labour market and social dimensions. We compare this to the empirical literature, which does not always find that policies are effective. To reconcile this discrepancy, we investigate the design and implementation of integrated approaches across LMIC and identify factors which contribute to their effectiveness.