The minimum wage and offset rates
The current minimum wage and offset rates are shown in the table below:
Minimum wage (per hour)
| £13
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Maximum weekly offset against minimum wage for accommodation
| £146.02
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Maximum weekly offset against minimum wage for accommodation and food
| £194.60
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Qualification for the minimum wage
An employee is entitled to receive the minimum wage once they have reached the statutory school leaving age. This falls on 30 June in the year in which the employee completes their Year 11 studies.
Most young people will be 16 on this date. Those with birthdays in July or August will still be 15. This is also the date from which an employer is required to deduct and pay social security contributions.
The hourly rate paid to an employee who is below the statutory school leaving age is at the discretion of the employer and social security contributions are not required.
Trainee Minimum Wage and approved training programmes
The minimum wage and offset rates for trainees effective from 1 September 2025
Minimum wage (per hour) – Year 1 trainee rate
| £10.50
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Minimum wage (per hour) – Year 2 trainee rate
| £11.75
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Maximum weekly offset against minimum wage for accommodation (Year 1 and Year 2 trainee rates)
| £117.95
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Maximum weekly offset against minimum wage for accommodation and food (Year 1 and Year 2 trainee rates)
| £157.15
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By law, an employer may only pay one of the Trainee Minimum Wage rates if the trainee employee is taking part in an approved training programme.
Further details can be found in
the trainee minimum wage rates and approved training programmes guidance. This also includes the current list of approved courses.
Skills Jersey approve relevant training courses. Employers can apply to Skills Jersey to seek approval for training not listed and Skills Jersey are able to advise employers and employees further.
The new trainee minimum wage rates apply to trainees who begin an approved training programme on or after 1 September 2025.
Trainees who began an approved training programme before 1 September 2025 will continue to be entitled to the main minimum wage rate.
Previous reviews of the minimum wage
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