Employers reported that Thais should be paid at least 157 baht ($3.65) a day and migrants at least
124 baht ($2.88) a day, or 80 per cent as much. Policymakers in the 50 provinces in which the survey was
conducted also thought that migrants should be paid 80 per cent as much as Thais. The Thai workers interviewed
responded that migrants should be paid 74 per cent as much. Even the migrants interviewed said that Thais
should be paid more than they received.