# EU Minimum Wage Data (Eurostat)

> EU Minimum Wage Data (Eurostat) is a paid API for AI agents from api.vextorium.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Returns a ranking of gross monthly minimum wages in euros for European countries, or the historical evolution for a specific country, sourced from official Eurostat data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/eu-minimum-wages?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eu-minimum-wage-data-eurostat-c266d16b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_yYsA6Rd0Sgg8h2O5jO6Y8

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability eu-minimum-wage-data-eurostat-c266d16b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Give me the latest Eurostat ranking of gross monthly minimum wages in euros for all European countries that have one.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need official, Eurostat-sourced minimum wage data for European countries in euros — particularly for cross-country rankings or historical evolution for a specific country. Prefer this over generic web searches when you need structured, citable, machine-readable data with provenance (CC BY 4.0) and regular updates tied to Eurostat's publication schedule.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported country ISO code returns empty or error response
- Countries without a statutory minimum wage (e.g. Sweden, Denmark) may be absent from results
- Data may lag real-world changes if Eurostat has not yet published the latest figures
- Malformed request body (missing required fields) returns a 4xx error
- Service unavailable or upstream Eurostat data temporarily inaccessible returns 5xx

## How this service works

Gross monthly minimum wage in euros of European countries that have one (ranking), or the evolution for one country. Official Eurostat data.

## Output

A JSON object containing a ranked list of European countries with their gross monthly minimum wage in euros, the applicable period (e.g. '2026-S2'), country ISO code, full country name, the Eurostat data source attribution, and a last-updated timestamp. When a specific country is requested, returns the evolution of that country's minimum wage over time.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "country": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ISO code (ES, DE, FR...), EU, EA or omit for a ranking of all countries"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "source": "Eurostat (earn_mw_cur, CC BY 4.0)",
  "ranking": [
   {
    "name": "Luxembourg",
    "period": "2026-S2",
    "country": "LU",
    "eur_per_month": 2771
   },
   {
    "name": "Ireland",
    "period": "2026-S2",
    "country": "IE",
    "eur_per_month": 2391
   }
  ],
  "updated": "2026-07-31T11:00:00+0200"
 }
}
```

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