Employment

This report assesses the impact of planned minimum wage increases on the economy and labor market of American Samoa.

To identify challenges to employment growth and identify potential policy interventions for improving labor markets. American Samoa is cited in only a few statistics, but other South Pacific jurisdictions are thoroughly covered.

To reassess the guidelines and threshold of "Poverty" in the insular areas.

This document assesses the economic status of the Pacific Islands and identifies opportunities for growth and development.

To summarize the Growth Experience of developing countries over 25 years in order to inform Growth and Development Strategies in the South Pacific.

2010 GAO Report on the Impact of the increase in the Minimum Wage in American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 28, 2011
Presidential Memorandum -- Making it Easier for America's Small Businesses and America's Exporters to Access Government Services to Help Them Grow and Hire

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Making it Easier for America's Small Businesses and America's Exporters to Access Government Services to Help Them Grow and Hire

Report prepared for American Samoa Industry Committee No. 27, to use in determining minimum wages in American Samoa.

In 2007, the United States enacted a law incrementally raising the minimum wages in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) until they equal the U.S. minimum wage. American Samoa's minimum wage increased by $.50 three times, and the CNMI's four times before legislation delayed the increases, providing for no increase in American Samoa in 2010 or 2011 and none in the CNMI in 2011. As scheduled, American Samoa's minimum wage will equal the current U.S. minimum wage of $7.25 in 2018, and the CNMI's will reach it in 2016.