50 years, does "Thai wages" grow up to eat? 💸🍚🥗
Let's compare it visually.
From 1975, the minimum wage was about 25 baht / day.
Arriving in 2025 at around 400 baht a day.
Looks like a lot more...
But compared to "basic foods" like 1 kg of rice and 1 dish of papaya salad, the price of food is equally strong.
1975
Wage 25 baht. May buy about 10 kg of rice or about 8 papaya salad dishes.
2025
Wage 400 baht. May buy about 9 kg of rice or about 8 papaya salad dishes.
What does that mean?
The wage figures actually increased.
But "everyday purchasing power" may not increase as much as we feel from the wage numbers, because the prices of food, travel, rent and other expenses also move up.
In a nutshell,
Wages grow, but the cost of living grows.
Life is not always as light as the paper numbers say.
And everyone thinks...
How much should the minimum wage be today to live?
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