In accordance with the law of October 6, 2009, which mandates compliance with the legal minimum wage, the Superior Wage Council (CSS) submitted to the Government, via the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, its report on applicable wage increases ** starting in April 2025, for the various activity segments, three years after the last increases. https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/arrete_fixant_le_salaire_minimum_21-02-2022.pdf

CSS Recommendations :

Segment A + 29.87%: 1,000 Gourdes (770 Gourdes in 2022)

Proposed minimum wage: 1,000 Gourdes per 8-hour workday in : private electricity production; financial institutions (banks, money transfer houses, insurance companies); telecommunications; Import-export trade; supermarkets; jewelry stores; art galleries; furniture, furnishings, and appliance stores; doctors' offices, polyclinics, and 4 hibiscus hotels.

Segment B + 46.34%: 900 Gourdes (615 Gourdes in 2022) :

Proposed minimum wage : 900 Gourdes per 8-hour workday in the following sectors : construction and public works (BTP); truck and heavy equipment rental companies; construction material rental companies; construction material transportation companies; hardware stores; Other financial institutions (cooperatives, credit unions, etc..) 3 Hibiscus Hotel, manufacturing industries focused on the local market [...]

Segment C +40.74% : 760 Gourdes (540 Gourdes in 2022) :

Proposed minimum wage : 760 Gourdes per 8-hour day in : Restaurants; agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fishing; agricultural product processing industry; retail trade, except supermarkets, jewelry stores, cosmetics stores, and clothing stores [...]

Segment E +42.85%: 500 Gourdes (350 Gourdes in 2022) :

Proposed minimum wage : 500 Gourdes for 8 hours of work as : home service staff (domestic staff).

Segment F +38.68% : 950 Gourdes (685 Gourdes in 2022) :

Proposed minimum wage : 950 Gourdes per 8-hour workday in export-oriented assembly industries and other export-oriented manufacturing industries. The production wage is set at 1,300 Gourdes (textile workers were demanding 2,500 Gourdes).

Segment G +46.34% : 900 Gourdes (615 Gourdes in 2022) :

Proposed minimum wage : 900 Gourdes per 8-hour workday in private security agencies and petroleum product distribution companies.

Segment H +46.34% : 900 Gourdes (615 Gourdes in 2019) :

Proposed minimum wage : 900 Gourdes per 8-hour workday in private vocational schools and private healthcare institutions employing more than 10 people and providing hospitalization services.

** Please note that until the Government publishes the decree setting the new minimum wages, these figures are still subject to change.

See also :

2022 minimum wage before the Government's revision : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35994-haiti-flash-new-minimum-wages-proposed-by-the-superior-council-of-wages.html

2022 Government Revision : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36009-haiti-flash-minimum-wages-the-government-readjusts-upwards-final-version-official.html

Download the Government Decree (for 2022) : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/arrete_fixant_le_salaire_minimum_21-02-2022.pdf

Minimum Wage 2019 : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29201-haiti-flash-increase-of-minimum-wage-all-the-details.html

SL/ HaitiLibre