Minimum Wage – Food processing (includes agro-industry), Sugar mills and refineries
- Valid on April 2026
- The amounts are in US Dollar.
Position / Activity
| Per month | |
| Head of departments. Administrative authorities of the sector - B1 - Sugar refineries and sugar mills Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $493.10 |
| Chief / superintendent technical and agricultural industry - B1 - Sugar refineries and sugar mills Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $493.10 |
| Head of sections: industrial, agricultural and administrative sectors of the industry - B2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $491.93 |
| Shift leader / head of agricultural sector - B2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $491.93 |
| Agricultural supervisor, industrial and maintenance industry - B3 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $490.76 |
| Sugar Warehouse Supervisor / Industrial Safety Inspector - B3 - Sugar Mills and Refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $490.76 |
| Supervisor of biological control and entomology - B3 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $490.76 |
| Mechanical masters, master electricians, repair / maintenance of industrial and agricultural equipment of the industry - C2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Supervisor of: quality, laboratory and environment - C2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Technical operators of agricultural and heavy equipment typical of the industry - C2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Stationary pump / irrigation operators - C2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Technical operators: control room, cauldron, tandem controls - trapiche / press, quadruples, mill / trapiche machine, diesel / turbo power plant, sugar cane conveyor, shredder, sugar cane feeder, centrifuges, crystallizer, crane, scale / romanero, juice pump / meladura, lime plant, reagents, turbine, water turbine, vibrator, filters oliver, tachero / puntista; and, other specialized equipment of the industry - C2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Lime plant operator - C2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Reagent operator - C2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Instrumentalist / planner of plant - C2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Electrician, mechanic, technicians of repair / maintenance of industrial and agricultural equipment of the industry - C2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Technical drawer of specialized equipment of the industry - C2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $488.41 |
| Insect controller sugar cane - C3 - Sugar refineries and sugar mills Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $487.47 |
| Industrial warehouse and tool controller - D1 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $485.58 |
| Assistant of instrumentalists - D2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $483.72 |
| Assistant of production laboratory analyst / sampler - D2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $483.72 |
| Agricultural / industrial supervision assistant - D2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $483.72 |
| Master modeler - D2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $483.72 |
| Technical repair / maintenance assistants; and, processes of industrial and agricultural equipment of the industry - D2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $483.72 |
| Entomology control workers - D2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $483.72 |
| Drivers of personnel and equipment of the sugar sector - D2 - Sugar refineries and sugar mills Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $483.72 |
| Workers of the sugarcane industrial process - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Sugar plantation worker - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Centrifugueros - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Auxiliary repair and maintenance industry - E2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Workers of the sugarcane agricultural process - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Guardian of channels - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Guide controller - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Stitcher, weigher, sheather, typical of the sector - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Dispenser of molasses - E2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Gang workers typical of the industry - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Sugar cane cutter - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Seed cutters / fumigators in general - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Agricultural laborer of sugarcane plantations - E2 - Sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
| Vulcanizer of agricultural equipment - E2 - sugar mills and refineries Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $479.02 |
Source
MINISTERIAL AGREEMENT No. MDT-2025-195 on Minimum Wage
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