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