Pay scale / Kitchen Hand
Kitchen Hand pay in Fiji
Pay varies by employer, location, experience, and hours. Figures are estimates from public sources and from jobs listed on FijiCareers that state pay. Not a guarantee.
Combined estimate
FJD 5.19 - 6.00 / hour (gross)
FJD 5.19Median
FJD 6High
FJD 6.00
Limited inventory samples · Official context · Sep 2026
National minimum wage: FJD 5.00/hr (Apr 2025). Floor only, not typical skilled pay. Hub facts
How it is built
- Layer D · InventoryFijiCareers stated pay (primary private signal)Placeholder band FJD 5.19 - 6.00 / hr
Few or no live FijiCareers listings state pay for this cluster yet (n = 0). This band is an indicative seed fallback for UI only. An estimate engine should override with 25th–75th percentile (or documented min–max) from stated-pay inventory when n ≥ 5.
- Layer B · Official surveyFiji Bureau of Statistics EUSFood preparation support / kitchen assistants · EUS 2023
Official occupation/industry context only. Survey year is 2023. Employer offers on live jobs may differ. We do not invent precise survey dollar averages without a cited table cell.
- Layer A · Sector floorSector wage order · Hotel & catering tradeFJD 5.19 - 5.44 / hr (Kitchen hand (other / licensed undertaking))
WageIndicator Fiji classification floor, effective Apr 2025, cited Sep 2026. Confirm current Wages Regulation Order for exact grade. Source: https://wageindicator.org/work/minimum-wage/countries/fiji/1754-hotel-catering-trade/
- Layer A · Legal floorNational minimum wageNot below FJD 5.00 / hr (Apr 2025)
Legal floor where relevant. FJD 5.00 / hr from 1 Apr 2025 (cited Sep 2026). Not typical skilled pay. Confirm current Wages Regulation Orders for sector-specific floors.
Placeholder fallback for Kitchen Hand until FijiCareers inventory samples state pay. Official context: EUS 2023 + national minimum wage (Apr 2025, cited Sep 2026). Not a guarantee. Data label: Sep 2026.