Puerto Rico minimum wage 2026: calculate your take-home pay

How much it is today

Puerto Rico stopped depending on the federal minimum with Act 47-2021, which created its own state minimum wage with scheduled increases: $8.50 in 2022, $9.50 in 2023 and $10.50 per hour since July 2024. That $10.50 is the current base for most private-sector employees.

As of October 2026 the figure is still $10.50. The same law created a Minimum Wage Evaluation Commission with the power to decree increases, but the Commission lost its quorum in September 2026 after one of its members resigned, so no increase is coming that way. In addition, the House passed House Bill 1115 (P. de la C. 1115) in June 2026, which would repeal Act 47-2021 and the Commission and return the decision to raise the minimum to the Legislature; it is pending in the Senate and, if passed, the minimum would stay at $10.50.

Before negotiating or filing a claim, confirm the current figure with the Department of Labor; it is the official source and publishes it.

Calculate your take-home pay

The minimum says what they must pay you per hour; what reaches your pocket is a different figure. Enter your gross salary to estimate your net pay per year, month and paycheck after Puerto Rico income tax, Social Security and Medicare.

Who it covers and who it does not

The general rule covers private-sector employees covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Tipped employees have a different structure where tips supplement the base wage.

Who the Act 47-2021 increases do not apply to (its section 2.02): employees of government agencies, municipalities and the Judicial and Legislative branches, and administrators, executives and professionals as Regulation 13 defines them. Agricultural workers were also left out of the $8.50–$10.50 increases: the law told the Commission to set a separate decree for them, and as of October 2026 that decree has not been issued (the Department of Labor's 2025 report lists it as pending). Exempt employees (administrators, executives and professionals) are still under the old $455 a week threshold, because their decree is also pending.

A minimum also does not stop a job from paying more, and many do. On MyPRjobs you can filter by hourly pay to see only jobs advertising above-minimum wages, and manufacturing job fairs usually announce their base rate right on the flyer.

If you are paid less

Paying below the applicable minimum is not negotiable or 'how this place works': it is a violation you can claim. Keep your pay stubs and your own record of hours (photos of the punch clock, shift messages; everything helps), because the difference is calculated hour by hour.

The complaint is filed with the Department of Labor and Human Resources, you do not need a lawyer to start, and the law prohibits retaliation for claiming. If you are fired or your hours are cut for claiming, that becomes an additional claim, not the end of yours.