Sask. minimum wage to increase to $11.32 per hour

Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will get a 26-cent-per-hour bump on Oct. 1; it’s going up to $11.32 per hour.

It’s currently $11.06 per hour, one of the lowest-such figures in Canada.

A media release Friday from the provincial government said the increase is “calculated based on an indexation formula the province has used since 2011.”

The release said “increases to the basic and spousal income tax exemptions, the dependent child tax credit and the Saskatchewan low income tax credit allow the province’s minimum wage earners and other low income earners to keep more of their money.”

Dating back to June 2015, the province has boosted the minimum wage by a total of $1.12 per hour.

At that time, it was $10.20 per hour. It since has gone up to the following amounts in October of each year:

• $10.50 in October 2015
• $10.72 in October 2016
• $10.96 in October 2017
• $11.06 in October 2018

Alberta’s minimum wage currently is the highest in the country at $15 per hour.