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Explore how minimum wage compares to Big Mac prices in Jordan, and how many burgers you can earn with 1 hour of work.

Minimum wage (gross)
JOD 1.39
/ hour
Big Mac price
JOD 2.50
Burgers per hour
0.56
You can buy about 0 burgers in 1 hour
Work time for 1 Big Mac
1h 47m

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Minimum wage / hour
JOD 1.39
÷
Big Mac price
JOD 2.50
=
Burgers per hour
0.56

Converted from JOD 290 / month at 48 h/week

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  1. 49Costa Rica0.60
  2. 50Honduras0.58
  3. 51Jordan0.56
  4. 52South Africa0.55
  5. 53Ecuador0.52

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Minimum wage (gross)

Source: WageIndicator.org (Minimum Wage Update - Jordan, January 2025) · effective Jan 1, 2025

WageIndicator.org (Minimum Wage Update - Jordan, January 2025)

National statutory minimum wage is JOD 290/month (gross), set by the Tripartite Minimum Wage Committee and approved by the Council of Ministers, effective 1 Jan 2025 (up from JOD 260). Confirmed unchanged through 2026 by Trading Economics and multiple payroll sources. This is the standard adult full-time rate applying to most workers (both Jordanian nationals and foreign workers). TIERS: the garment/textile sector has a separate lower minimum of JOD 230/month, and non-Jordanian domestic workers were excluded from the increase; I selected the JOD 290 national standard tier as it covers the largest group. Only a monthly rate is published; basis=converted_from_monthly. Standard statutory weekly hours in Jordan are 48 (8 hours/day, typically Sunday-Thursday); did not compute hourly per instructions.

Big Mac price: The Economist · Jan 1, 2026

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