Minimum wages per January 1, 2019

Written by Sue van Elteren
Posted on 5 Feb 2019 - 2 minutes read

As of January 2019, minimum wages have been increased on the BES islands and Curaçao.

In Aruba the minimum wages are no longer indexed since August 2017, on St. Maarten the minimum wages are no longer indexed since January 2017 and in Suriname the minimum wages still apply as of July 2018.

Below you will find an overview of the current minimum wages per country:

Aruba
Minimum wage per week (in Afl.)	399.10
Age	working hours per week	minimum gross per hour (Afl.) 1 aug. 2017	minimum gross per hour (Afl.) 1 jan. 2019
18 year or older	40	9.98	9.98
	42	9.50	9.50
	44	9.07	9.07
	45	8.87	8.87

Bonaire
Age	procent	minimum gross per hour (USD) 1 jan. 2018	minimum gross per hour (USD) 1 jan. 2019
21 year or older	100%	4,76	5,16
20 year	90%	4,28	4,65
19 year	85%	4,05	4,39
18 year	75%	3,57	3,87
17/16 year	65%	3,09	3,36

Sint Eustatius
Age	procent	minimum gross per hour (USD) 1 jan. 2018	minimum gross per hour (USD) 1 jan. 2019
21 year or older	100%	6,09	6,46
20 year	90%	5,48	5,81
19 year	85%	5,18	5,49
18 year	75%	4,57	4,84
17/16 year	65%	3,96	4,20

Saba
Age	procent	minimum gross per hour (USD) 1 jan. 2018	minimum gross per hour (USD) 1 jan. 2019
21 year or older	100%	5,68	6,21
20 year	90%	5,11	5,59
19 year	85%	4,82	5,28
18 year	75%	4,26	4,66
17/16 year	65%	3,69	4,04

Curacao
Age	procent	minimum gross per hour (NAF) 1 jan. 2018	minimum gross per hour (NAF) 1 jan. 2019
21 year or older	100%	9,175	9,37
20 year	90%	8,26	8,43
19 year	85%	7,80	7,96
18 year	75%	6,88	7,03
17/16 year	65%	5,96	6,09

Sint maarten
Age	procent	minimum gross per hour (NAF) 1 jan. 2018	minimum gross per hour (NAF) 1 jan. 2019
21 year or older	100%	8,83	8,83
20 year	90%	7,95	7,95
19 year	85%	7,51	7,51
18 year	75%	6,62	6,62
17/16 year	65%	5,74	5,74

Suriname
Sectors and professional groups	procent	minimum gross per hour (SRD) 1 jan. 2017	minimum gross per hour (SRD) 1 jan. 2018
All sectors and professional groups	100%	6,14	8,40
Special deviating groups:
Retail compagnies with less than 4 employees	120%	7,37	10,08
Catering industy with more than 12 employees	140%	8,60	11,76
Survaillance companies	140%	8,60	11,76