Minimum Wage – Sawmilling & logging industry

  • Valid on June 2026
  • The amounts are in Fiji Dollar ($).

Occupation

Per hourPer week
Field workers - log truck drivers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.57 -
Field workers - truck drivers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.22 -
Field workers - mobile plant operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.57 -
Field workers - logging crew hands

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.18 -
Field workers - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Road construction workers - mobile plant & equipment operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.57 -
Road construction workers - truck drivers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.22 -
Road construction workers - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Quarry and gravel pit workers - mobile plant & equipment operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.57 -
Quarry and gravel pit workers - stationary plant operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.24 -
Quarry and gravel pit workers - spallers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.18 -
Quarry and gravel pit workers - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Sawmilling sawshop log yard workers - sawyers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.57 -
Sawmilling sawshop log yard workers - saw doctor

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$7.89 -
Sawmilling sawshop log yard workers - saw blade grinder

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.57 -
Sawmilling sawshop log yard workers - plant & equipment operator

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.18 -
Sawmilling sawshop log yard workers - sawmill & log yard hands

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.10 -
Sawmilling sawshop log yard workers - sawshop hands

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.18 -
Sawmilling sawshop log yard workers - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Timber Yard Workers - mobile plant & equipment operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.49 -
Timber Yard Workers - tallymen

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.24 -
Timber Yard Workers - timber yard hands

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.11 -
Timber Yard Workers - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Planner mill workers - machinist

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.18 -
Planner mill workers - mill hands

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.10 -
Planner mill workers - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Boron treatment plant workers - treatment plant operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.48 -
Boron treatment plant workers - treatment plant hands

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.22 -
Boron treatment plant workers - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Pressure treatment plant workers - treatment plant operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.49 -
Pressure treatment plant workers - treatment plant hands

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.10 -
Pressure treatment plant workers - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Kiln drying operations - kiln operator

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.57 -
Kiln drying operations - assistant kiln operator

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.22 -
Kiln drying operations - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Store workers - store assistant

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.22 -
General workers not otherwise specified - plant & equip. operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.40 -
General workers not otherwise specified - drivers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.22 -
General workers not otherwise specified - watchman

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
General workers not otherwise specified - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Vaneer/lathe & plywood operations - plant & equip. operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.23 -
Vaneer/lathe & plywood operations - assistant operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.16 -
Vaneer/lathe & plywood operations - other workers

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -
Chip mill operations - chip mill operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.23 -
Chip mill operations - chipper hand

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.16 -
Chip mill operations - other worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.07 -

Working hours

9 hours x 5 days (45 hours) or 8 hours x 6 days (48 hours)

Definitions

Wages per month are calculated as 4.33 times if a weekly wage is defined. It is calculated as 4.33 times the standard hours per week if an hourly wage is given.

Source

Employment Relations (National Minimum Wage) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, Legal Notice (LN) 44, Fiji Government Gazette Supplement No. 20 (1 Aug 2024).

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