Minimum Wage – Sawmilling & logging industry
- Valid on April 2026
- The amounts are in Fiji Dollar ($).
Occupation
| Per hour | Per 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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