The Saskatchewan Legislation's annual review on changes to the average hourly wage and consumer price index has provided the eighth increase to minimum wage in Saskatchewan since 2007.

Minimum wage currently sits at $10.50 an hour and will raise 22 cents to $10.72 an hour in October of this year.  Currently Saskatchewan is tied for the second lowest minimum wage in the country, only British Columbia is lower at $10.45 an hour, but their minimum wage is expected to increase to $10.85 this year.  The highest minimum wage is found in Nunavut at $13 per hour.

Despite one of the lower minimum wages in the country, the Saskatchewan Government states Saskatchewan's low income residents have the fourth-highest disposable income in the country, due to some other support systems.  The Saskatchewan Government offers basic personal tax exemptions, child tax credits and the Saskatchewan Low Income Tax Credit which is a tax-free amount paid to help Saskatchewan residents with low and modest incomes.  In Saskatchewan many employers also pay a minimum of 3 hours per shift.

The annual review in Saskatchewan must be completed by June 30th, every year and is calculated with the CPI, a collection of average goods in services purchased by households in Saskatchewan, and the previous average wage the year before.  The annual review also gives the advantage of predictability to employers who can prepare for a possible increase at the same time every year.

In 2007 the Minimum wage of Saskatchewan was $7.95, an increase of $2.77 has occured in the last 9 years.  October's increase is expected to directly affect 23,000 residents in Saskatchewan earning minimum wage, more than half of which are under the age of 25.