Minimum Wage 2024 18 Year Old. The national minimum wage is the legal minimum hourly rate of pay for workers over the compulsory school age, generally 16 years of age. Apprentices under the age of 19 years old or aged 19 years old or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship.

Mimum wage for a 16 year old is £6.40 per hour until you’re 18. National minimum wage rates from april 2024.