Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Minimum wages went up 40¢ an hour yesterday for American Samoa workers employed in industries covered by the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.

The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, as amended by Public Law 114-61, sets industry-specific minimum wage rates for American Samoa and provides that additional increases in those minimum wage rates of $0.40 per hour will occur every three years on Sept. 30, until all minimum wage rates equal the federal minimum wage. 

The last increase was Sept. 30, 2021.

American Samoa’s minimum wage rates are set for particular industries, not for an employee's particular occupation.

The rates are minimum rates, but an employer may choose to pay an employee at a rate higher than the industry-specific rate. The law also requires employers to display a poster showing the new minimum wage rates where employees can readily see it.

The law also covers the minimum wage for government employees which, under the schedule of incremental 40-cent increases, will be $6.01 per hour as of Sept. 30. However, the government of American Samoa previously established an hourly minimum wage of $7.25 for its employees.

Effective Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, the federal minimum wages in American Samoa by industry are as follows:

Bottling, Brewing & Dairy Products $6.29 

Publishing         $6.73

Construction    $6.70 

Retailing, Wholesaling & Warehousing        $6.20

Finance and Insurance           $7.09 

Ship Maintenance       $6.61

Fish Canning, Processing, Can Manufacturing     $6.36 

Government Employees        $6.01

Garment Manufacturing         $5.78 

Shipping & Transportation Stevedoring      $7.19

Hotel      $6.10 

Shipping & Transportation Unloading Fish $7.02

Petroleum Marketing  $6.95 

Shipping & Transportation: All other                        $6.98

Printing  $6.60 

Tour and Travel                       $6.58

Private Hospitals and Education Institution           $6.43 

Mic. Includes domestic work                        $5.80