Mozambique: Higher Minimum Pay Ranges from $110 Per Month for Cashew Workers to $319 for Bank Workers; But No Rise for Health and Other Government Workers

Small increases in minimum wages for the private sector were approved Tuesday (28 April) by the Council of Ministers, after negotiations between government, employers and the trade union federation Consilimo.

There are 19 different sectoral minimum wages (see table). Agriculture, fishing, and cashew processing workers have the lowest minimum wage of $110 or $111 per month.

Civil servants had their minimum wage doubled in 2023 to $137 as part of the much criticised unified state salary scale (TSU),…