National Minimum Wage
The adult minimum wage is £6.08 an hour from 1 October 2011.

The rate for young workers aged 18 to 20 is £4.92 an hour.

The rate for workers aged 16 and 17 is £3.64 an hour.

From 1 October 2010 the adult minimum wage applied from the age of 21, instead of 22.

National Minimum Wage Timeline

Increases in the National Minimum Wage, 1999-2010

Effective date

Adult NMW (age 21 and over)

% increase

April 1999

£3.60

-

October 2000

£3.70

2.8

October 2001

£4.10

10.8

October 2002

£4.20

2.4

October 2003

£4.50

7.1

October 2004

£4.85

7.8

October 2005

£5.05

4.1

October 2006

£5.35

5.9

October 2007

£5.52

3.2

October 2008

£5.73

3.8

October 2009

£5.80

1.2

October 2010

£5.93

2.2

October 2011

£6.08

2.5

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