Minimum Wage – Mining & quarrying industry

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

Occupation

Per hourPer week
Mining - underground rate - clerk

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.57 -
Mining - underground rate - machinist

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.84 -
Mining - underground rate - miner

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$7.01 -
Mining - underground rate - assistant miner/scraper

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.84 -
Mining - underground rate - operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.92 -
Mining - underground rate - skilled worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.84 -
Mining - underground rate - technical services

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.84 -
Mining - underground rate - tradesman

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.27 -
Mining - underground rate - tradesman trainee

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.75 -
Mining - underground rate - unskilled worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.38 -
Mining - surface rate - clerk

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.57 -
Mining - surface rate - machinist

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.66 -
Mining - surface rate - miner

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.83 -
Mining - surface rate - assistant miner/scraper

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.66 -
Mining - surface rate - operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.75 -
Mining - surface rate - skilled worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.66 -
Mining - surface rate - technical services

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.66 -
Mining - surface rate - tradesman

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.10 -
Mining - surface rate - tradesman trainee

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.57 -
Mining - surface rate - unskilled worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.21 -
Quarrying - underground rate - clerk

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.57 -
Quarrying - underground rate - machinist

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.84 -
Quarrying - underground rate - miner

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$7.01 -
Quarrying - underground rate - assistant miner/scraper

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.84 -
Quarrying - underground rate - operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.92 -
Quarrying - underground rate - skilled worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.84 -
Quarrying - underground rate - technical services

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.84 -
Quarrying - underground rate - tradesman

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.27 -
Quarrying - underground rate - tradesman trainee

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.75 -
Quarrying - underground rate - unskilled worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.38 -
Quarrying - surface rate - clerk

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.57 -
Quarrying - surface rate - machinist

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.66 -
Quarrying - surface rate - miner

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.83 -
Quarrying - surface rate - assistant miner/scraper

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.66 -
Quarrying - surface rate - operators

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.75 -
Quarrying - surface rate - skilled worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.66 -
Quarrying - surface rate - technical services

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.66 -
Quarrying - surface rate - tradesman

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$6.10 -
Quarrying - surface rate - tradesman trainee

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.57 -
Quarrying - surface rate - unskilled worker

Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025

$5.21 -

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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