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Territory Minimum Wage 2010 per hour Future Minimum Wage and Notes
AMERICAN SAMOA
 $4.18 - $5.99
 Varies by industry:
  • Bottling, brewing, dairy prod. Ind.: $4.69  up to $5.19 May 25, 2010
  • Construction: $5.10 up to $5.60 5.25.2010
  • Finance/Insurance: $5,49 up to $5.99 5.25.2010
  • Fish Canning/Processing Ind.: $4.75 up to $5.26 5.25.2010
  • Garment Manufacturing Ind: $4.18 up to $4.68 5.25.2010
  • Government Employees: $4.41 up to $4.91 5.25.2010
  • Hotel Ind.: $4.50 up to $5.00 5.25.2010
  • Petroleum Ind.: $5.35 up to $5.85 5.25.2010
  • Printing: $5.00 up to $ $5.50 5.25.2010
  • Private Hospitals/educational Institutions: $4.83 up to $5.33 5.25.2010
  • Publishing: $5.13 up to $5.63 5.25.2010
  • Retailing, Wholesaling, Warehousing Ind.: $4.60 up to $5.10 5.25.2010
  • Ship Maintenance: $5.10 up to $5.51 5.25.2010
  • Shipping and Transportation: Class A Stevedoring, Lighterage and Maritime Shipping Agency Activities: $5.59 up to $6.06 5.25.2010
  • Shipping and Transportation: Class B Unloading Fish: $5.42 up to $5.92 5.25.2010
  • Shipping and Transportation: Class C other activities than above: $5.38 up to $5.88 5.25.2010
  • Tour and Travel Ind.: $4.98 up to $5.48 5.25.2010
  • Miscellaneous Activities: $4.20 up to $4.70 5.25.2010
GUAM
 $7.25
NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS
 $4.55
 The new minimum wage rates in American Samoa, starting May 26th 2009, vary by industry: from $4.18 for garment manufacturing to $5.59 for certain types of shipping and transportation. Employees who work in the CNMI can expect to receive $4.55 per hour.  The July 2007 wage increase kicked off the nine-step increase of 50 cents every year until the CNMI's minimum wage reaches the federal wage floor of $7.25 an hour by 2015.
PUERTO RICO
 $4.25 - $7.25
 Varies by industry. Employers not covered by the FLSA will be subject to a minimum wage that is at least 70 percent of the Federal minimum wage or the applicable mandatory decree rate, whichever is higher. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may authorize a rate based on a lower percentage for any employer who can show that implementation of the 70 percent rate would substantially curtail employment in that business.
U.S. VIRGIN 
ISLANDS
 $7.25
 Except businesses with gross annual receipts of less than $150,000, then $4.30. (In practice, the Virgin Islands adopts the Federal per hour rate)

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