Minimum Wage – Mining & quarrying industry
- Valid on March 2026
- The amounts are in Fiji Dollar.
Occupation
| Per hour | Per week | |
| Mining - underground rate - clerk Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.57 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - machinist Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.84 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - miner Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD7.01 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - assistant miner/scraper Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.84 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - operators Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.92 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - skilled worker Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.84 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - technical services Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.84 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - tradesman Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD6.27 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - tradesman trainee Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.75 | - |
| Mining - underground rate - unskilled worker Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.38 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - clerk Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.57 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - machinist Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.66 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - miner Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD6.83 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - assistant miner/scraper Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.66 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - operators Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.75 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - skilled worker Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.66 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - technical services Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.66 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - tradesman Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD6.10 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - tradesman trainee Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.57 | - |
| Mining - surface rate - unskilled worker Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.21 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - clerk Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.57 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - machinist Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.84 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - miner Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD7.01 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - assistant miner/scraper Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.84 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - operators Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.92 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - skilled worker Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.84 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - technical services Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.84 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - tradesman Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD6.27 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - tradesman trainee Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.75 | - |
| Quarrying - underground rate - unskilled worker Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.38 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - clerk Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.57 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - machinist Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.66 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - miner Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD6.83 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - assistant miner/scraper Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.66 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - operators Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.75 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - skilled worker Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.66 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - technical services Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.66 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - tradesman Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD6.10 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - tradesman trainee Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.57 | - |
| Quarrying - surface rate - unskilled worker Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2025 | FJD5.21 | - |
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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