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Minimum wage in Bahamas in 2026

260.00 BSD per week1

per weekGeneral rate since January 1, 2023

Also stated as 6.50 BSD / hour

Next change

No scheduled increase on record.

Year 2026

Rates in force during 2026

Applies toRateEffectiveUntil
Standard
Source: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation, 11 October 2022 (Office of the Prime Minister)
Tonight, I’m announcing that the country’s new minimum wage will be $260 a week. For minimum wage earners in the public service, the change will be retroactive, going back to July of this year. (insert) For minimum wage earners in the private sector, the increase will begin in a little less than three months, in January of the coming year, allowing employers time to prepare for the increased expense.
Source
press release
snapshot
September 27, 2026
Notes
National minimum wage raised from $210 to $260 per week (address of 11 October 2022). Private-sector start 'January of the coming year' = January 2023; the address gives no day. Implementation is confirmed by later OPM texts (March 2023 mid-year budget debate: 'The increase in the minimum wage rate from $210.00 per week to $260.00 per week'; 1 April 2026 remarks: 'we raised the minimum wage by 24 percent') and by the 2023 rectification order setting the hourly figure to $6.50.

Verified September 27, 2026

260.00 BSD/ weekJanuary 1, 2023 – currentJanuary 1, 2023current

2 questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the minimum wage in Bahamas in 2026?

260.00 BSD per week since January 1, 2023.

Is the minimum wage in Bahamas increasing?

No increase is scheduled on record as of October 1, 2026. Inflation-indexed jurisdictions announce the next figure a few months before it takes effect.

1 level of law

How this rate is resolved

The highest minimum that covers the work location applies.

Employers must pay the highest minimum that covers the work location. WageTable checks each level in turn:

  1. Bahamas

Bahamas sets 2 rules of its own.

Notes on this jurisdiction's rules and sources

National minimum wage under the Minimum Wages Act (Ch. 321B): $260 per week from January 2023 (Prime Minister's address of October 11, 2022) and $6.50 per hour (S.I. 73 of 2023 rectification order). The implementing 2022/23 order is not published on laws.bahamas.gov.bs; the 2023 start day is not stated in the official text.

Bahamas

Enforcement

Enforced by Department of Labour.