Minimum Wage – Eswatini

Industry

Valid on September 2026

Domestic employees
Hospitality - Group A - Casino, hotel with 75 or more bedrooms
Hospitality - Group B - Hotel, motel, guesthouse, bed & breakfast, lodge, restaurant, bar, or club not included in Group A
Hospitality - Group C - Hotel, motel, guesthouse, bed & breakfast, lodge, restaurant, bar, or club not included in Group A or B
Media - Media (electronic, print) publishing 3000 or more copies or with an audience of 100.000 people or more
Media - Media (electronic, print) publishing 3000 or more copies or with an audience of less than 100.000 people
Media - Media (electronic, print) publishing forthnightly, monthly, quarterly basis
Media - Undertaking involved inthe internet and other forms of regulated and registered media
Teachers - All other areas
Teachers - Urban areas: Bhunya, Big Bend, Havelock Mine, Luyengo, Matata, Malkerns, Manzini, Mbabane (including establishments situated along and within 5km on either side of the Mbabane /Manzini main road stretching 20 km from Mbabane), Matsapha Industrial Area, Mhlambanyatsi , Mhlume, Ngwenya, Nhlangano, Piggs Peak, Sidvokodvo, Simunye, Siteki, Tabankulu, Tshaneni, Vuvulane, Nsoko Ngonini, Ebuhleni, Lavumisa, Mankayane, Lomahasha, Ludzeludze, Siphofaneni, Luve, Mhlaleni and Hlatikulu

Source

THE REGULATION OF WAGES (MEDIA INDUSTRY) ORDER, 2023 THE REGULATION OF WAGES (HOTEL, ACCOMMODATION, CATERING AND FAST FOODS TRADES) ORDER,NOTICE 2023 THE REGULATION OF WAGES (PRE-SCHOOLS AND DAY-CARE CENTRES INDUSTRY) ORDER, 2023 THE REGULATION OF WAGES (DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES) ORDER, 2022

Minimum Wage Profiles by Country

Detailed country information on minimum wage policies, legislation, and institutional frameworks.

Eswatini has a statutory minimum wage
yes
Eswatini has a single minimum wage rate applicable to the entire dependent workforce
no
Eswatini has multiple minimum wage rates, jointly applicable to the entire dependent workforce
yes
Eswatini defines most minimum wage rates by geographical areas
no
Eswatini defines most minimum wage rates by job roles
yes
Eswatini defines most minimum wage rates by industries
no
Eswatini defines most minimum wage rates by workers' skill levels
yes
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates for Economic Processing Zones (EPZ) or similar
no
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates for youth age groups
no
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates for small firms
no
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates for domestic workers
yes
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates for agricultural workers
no
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates for piece rate workers
no
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates as net rates
no
Eswatini has on average adjusted minimum wage rates at least once per year since 2020
no
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates per hour
yes
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates per week
no
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates per month
yes
Eswatini defines minimum wage rates per year
no

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