Minimum Wage

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

Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that the General Accounting Office (GAO) has released its report on American Samoa’s administration of federal grants.

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

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.