Barbados Minimum Wage Rate 2024

Barbados has a government-mandated minimum wage, and no worker in Barbados can be paid less then this mandatory minimum rate of pay. Employers in Barbados who fail to pay the Minimum Wage may be subject to punishment by Barbados' government.

What is the Barbados Minimum Wage?

Barbados' Minimum Wage is the lowest amount a worker can be legally paid for his work. Most countries have a nation-wide minimum wage that all workers must be paid.

The Barbados minimum wage rate us BDS$6.25 per hour for household domestics and shop assistants. This rate is recommended as the de facto minimum wage for all industry by the Ministry of Labor. Barbados' minimum wage was last changed in 1-Mar-2012.

Facts and statistics about Barbados

Barbados is a country located in the Caribbean region with a population of 270,000 and an average life span of 73.0 years.