This is a list of the official
minimum wage rates of the
50 US states and the
federal district
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of
Washington, D.C.
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[State Minimum Wage Laws]
Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Wage and Hour m ...
(WHD). United States Department of Labor
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. Click on states on that map to see exact minimum wage info by state. See bottom of page for District of Columbia
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and U.S. territories
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.[Changes in Basic Minimum Wages in Non-Farm Employment Under State Law: Selected Years 1968 to 2021]
Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Wage and Hour m ...
(WHD). United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemploy ...
. The data on the last table on the page covers 2020 to 2022 and matches up with other sources. The 2019 column in the next to last table has many mistakes. Use other sources for 2019.[Minimum wage rates by state]
LaborLawCenter
Table of state by state rates by year going back many years.[ Minimum Wage Rates by State]
Horton Group.[Minimum Wage /Rates by State]
Minimum-Wage.org - Also has links to state sources.[Minimum Wage by State - Paycor]
And se
archive with 2020-22 numbers. Reload if necessary to eliminate popup
See notes there that explain why there is an asterisk (or multiple asterisks) next to some of the wages listed in the table.[Consolidated Minimum Wage Table]
From: Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Wage and Hour m ...
of the U.S. Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the United States federal executive departments, executive departments of the federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of fede ...
. See abbreviations list.[Minimum Wage Tracker]
The Economic Policy Institute
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. Click state on map to see sidebar info for minimum wage and subminimum wage for tipped workers. Also most recent increase, upcoming increases, indexing, and notes.[State Minimum Wage Chart - State-by-State Requirements]
Employer Pass. Also has exceptions, and tipped wages. See
minimum wage in the United States
In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Ro ...
for much more info, including detailed state-by-state and city-by-city breakdown of the facts and numbers, and info on US territories. For comparisons to other countries see:
List of countries by minimum wage
This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the 193 United Nations member states and former members of the United Nations, also including the following territories and states with limited recognition (Northern Cyprus, Kosovo, etc.) an ...
.
Table for last few years
Notes:
*Bolding has been added to current-year minimum wages that are an increase from last year.
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* Table does not include info on pay for tipped, part-time, overtime, or underage employees.][Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees by State]
Paycor.[Tipped Minimum Wage Laws by State 2023]
Minimum-Wage.org - Table. See state links for detailed info.
*TBD means "to be determined" on that date.
*State links below are "Economy of STATE" links.
Additional information
This section breaks it down further by state.[State Labor Offices]
Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Wage and Hour m ...
(WHD). United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemploy ...
.[
* $15.00 applies to employers of 26 or more employees. Employers of 25 or fewer employees must pay a minimum wage of $14.00 per hour.
* $12.50 applies to employers of 15 or more employees. Employers of 14 or fewer employees must pay a minimum wage of $12.20 per hour.
* The higher minimum wage applies to employers with annual gross revenues of at least $500,000. The lower minimum wage applies to smaller employers with annual gross revenues below $500,000.What to know about minimum wage in Minnesota]
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Wage and Hour Bulletin. September 2022.
* The lower minimum wage is for employees who are offered health insurance. Employees who are not offered health insurance must receive the higher minimum wage.
* The higher minimum wage applies to non-seasonal employers of 6 or more employees. The lower minimum wage applies to seasonal or smaller employers of 5 or fewer employees.
* The higher minimum wage applies to employers with annual gross revenues of a specified minimum amount ($372,000 in 2023,[Ohio’s Minimum Wage to Increase in 2022]
Sep 30, 2022. Updated Nov 4, 2022. Ohio Department of Commerce
The Ohio Department of Commerce is the administrative department of the Ohio state government Ohio Rev. Code § 121.01 ''et seq.'' responsible for regulating banks and savings institutions, credit unions, mortgage lenders and consumer finance busi ...
. $342,000 in 2022,[ $323,000 in 2021,][2021 Minimum Wage]
Ohio Department of Commerce
The Ohio Department of Commerce is the administrative department of the Ohio state government Ohio Rev. Code § 121.01 ''et seq.'' responsible for regulating banks and savings institutions, credit unions, mortgage lenders and consumer finance busi ...
. $319,000 in 2020,[2020 Minimum Wage]
Ohio Department of Commerce
The Ohio Department of Commerce is the administrative department of the Ohio state government Ohio Rev. Code § 121.01 ''et seq.'' responsible for regulating banks and savings institutions, credit unions, mortgage lenders and consumer finance busi ...
. and $314,000 in 2019[2019 Minimum Wage]
Ohio Department of Commerce
The Ohio Department of Commerce is the administrative department of the Ohio state government Ohio Rev. Code § 121.01 ''et seq.'' responsible for regulating banks and savings institutions, credit unions, mortgage lenders and consumer finance busi ...
.). The federal minimum wage of $7.25 applies to smaller employers with annual gross revenues below the specified minimum amount.
* $8.75 applies to employers of 6 or more employees at one specific location. Employers of 5 or fewer employees at one specific location must pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
Consolidated minimum wage table
Below is a compact table of current minimum wages by U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
, U.S. territory
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, and the District of Columbia
)
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. The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage (column titled "No MW Required"). This table duplicates the Department of Labor
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source page ("Consolidated Minimum Wage Table"). Go there for more details.[Consolidated Minimum Wage Table]
From: Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Wage and Hour m ...
of the U.S. Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the United States federal executive departments, executive departments of the federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of fede ...
. See abbreviations list.[
*Note: See abbreviations list.
*Note: Territories listed in this table (see bottom of columns too):
:GU = ]Guam
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. VI = U.S. Virgin Islands. PR = Puerto Rico
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. CNMI = Northern Mariana Islands
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.
Map of state minimum wages
See the date at the top of the map.
See also
* Timeline of federal minimum hourly wage for the United States (including inflation-adjusted)
* Average worker's wage
Average wage is the mean salary of a group of workers. This measure is often monitored and used by government or other organisations as a benchmark for the wage level of individual workers in an industry, area or country.
The usefulness of this me ...
* Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and " time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "opp ...
* History of labor law in the United States
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* Income inequality in the United States
* List of countries by minimum wage
This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the 193 United Nations member states and former members of the United Nations, also including the following territories and states with limited recognition (Northern Cyprus, Kosovo, etc.) an ...
* Living wage
A living wage is defined as the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs. This is not the same as a subsistence wage, which refers to a biological minimum, or a solidarity wage, which refers to a minimum wage tracking lab ...
* Maximum wage
A maximum wage, also often called a wage ceiling, is a legal limit on how much income an individual can earn. It is a prescribed limitation which can be used to effect change in an economic structure, but its effects are unrelated to those of minim ...
* Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970
Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970no 131 is a Convention by the International Labour Organization established in 1970. The preamble stated:
Noting the terms of the Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928, and the Equal Remuneration Conve ...
* Minimum wage law Minimum wage law is the body of law which prohibits employers from hiring employees or workers for less than a given hourly, daily or monthly minimum wage. More than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation.
History
Until r ...
* Price/wage spiral
In macroeconomics, a wage-price spiral (also called a wage/price spiral or price/wage spiral) is a proposed explanation for inflation, in which wage increases cause price increases which in turn cause wage increases, in a positive feedback loop. Gr ...
* United States labor law
United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the United States. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality of bargaining power" between employees and employers, especially employers "org ...
* Wage slavery
Wage slavery or slave wages refers to a person's dependence on wages (or a salary) for their livelihood, especially when wages are low, treatment and conditions are poor, and there are few chances of upward mobility.
The term is often us ...
* Wage theft
Wage theft is the failing to pay wages or provide employee benefits owed to an employee by contract or law. It can be conducted by employers in various ways, among them failing to pay overtime; violating minimum-wage laws; the misclassificati ...
(Act by employer of failing to pay wage per contract or legal required)
* Working poor
The working poor are working people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line due to low-income jobs and low familial household income. These are people who spend at least 27 weeks in a year working or looking for employment, but remain und ...
* List of countries by average wage
The average wage is a measure of total income after taxes divided by total number of employees employed. In this article, the average wage is adjusted for living expenses "purchasing power parity" (PPP). This is not to be confused with the averag ...
* List of countries by median wage
* List of countries by wealth per adult
This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult or household, from sources such as Credit Suisse's annual ''Global Wealth Databook'' See table 3-1 for all countries, on pages 119-122, for mean and median wealth, Gini coefficient, ...
* List of minimum wages in Canada
Under the Constitution of Canada, the responsibility for enacting and enforcing labour laws, including the minimum wage, rests primarily with the ten Provinces of Canada. The three Territories of Canada have a similar power, delegated to them by fe ...
* List of minimum wages in China (PRC)
As different parts of China have very different standards of living, China does not set one minimum wage for the entire nation. Instead, the task of setting minimum wages is delegated to the local governments. Each province, municipality, or regi ...
* The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
The Minimum Wages Act 1948 is an Act of Parliament concerning Indian labour law that sets the minimum wages that must be paid to skilled and unskilled labours.
The Indian Constitution has defined a 'living wage' that is the level of income fo ...
* List of European countries by minimum wage
The following list provides information relating to the minimum wages (gross) of countries in Europe.
The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours), San Marino ...
* List of European Union member states by minimum wage
The following list provides information relating to the (gross) minimum wages (before tax & social charges) of in the European Union member states.
The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the ...
* List of European countries by average wage
This is the map and list of European countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages for full-time employees in their local currency and in euros. The chart below reflects the aver ...
* List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
This is a map of European countries by GNI (gross national income nominal) per capita for year 2021. High income in purple ($13,205 or more, as defined by the World Bank), upper middle income in orange ($4,256 and $13,205), and lower middle income ...
* List of countries by GDP (nominal)
* List of U.S. states and territories by median wage and mean wage
References
Further reading
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External links
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Federal Minimum Wage
United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
Inflation Adjusted Minimum Wage by Year
Compares minimum wage adjusted for inflation by year.
United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
Maps and charts of minimum wage vs. housing costs
– National Low Income Housing Coalition (advocacy group).
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United States
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