Federal Minimum Wage

Minimum
Wage per hour

FEDERAL $7.25 - White House supports the proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to
$10.10.

Federal $10.15 - Jan. 1, 2017: $10.20 - Read more at Minimum wage federal contractors
(sub)contractors

Minimum Wage per State

State Minimum Future Minimum Wage and Notes

Wage 2016
per hour

ALABAMA NONE Federal minimum applies.

ALASKA $9.75 to be adjusted based on inflation or remain $1 higher than the federal
minimum.

ARIZONA $8.05 Increases annually upon cost of living formula. This rate increase does
not affect student workers in places as libraries and cafeterias because
those positions are given by universities, which are State entities.

ARKANSAS $8.00 to $8.50 on 1/1/17.

With an allowance for gratuities in 2016 not to exceed $5.37 per hour and
in 2017 not to exceed $5.87.
The Arkansas minimum wage applies to employers of four (4) or more
persons.
Osage Nation: $11.50

CALIFORNIA $10.00 Click here for California Counties, Cities and Tribal Minimum Wages

COLORADO $8.31 See more at Minimum Wage Colorado

Calculated annually upon cost of living formula after 2012.
CONNECTICUT $9.60 Jan. 1, 2017: $10.10
New London: $10.10 for municipal workers and contractors.

DELAWARE $8.25 The Delaware minimum wage is automatically replaced with the Federal
minimum wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum.
New Castle County employees: $10.10
Delaware tribe: $8.50

DISTRICT OF $11.50 Jul.1, 2017: $12.50, It will be raised each year thereafter until it reaches
COLUMBIA $15.00 per hour in July of 2020, after that it will be increased based on
the CPI.

FLORIDA $8.05 See for city's minimum wages and more Florida Minimum Wage

GEORGIA $5.15 applicable to employers with 6 or more employees, less than 6 then
there is no minimum wage.

HAWAII $8.50 $9.25 in Jan. 2017; and $10.10 in 2018.

IDAHO $7.25

ILLINOIS $8.25 New employees (First 90 days of employment) and employees under age 18
may be paid up to $0.50 less. Applicable to employers of 4 or more
employees, excluding family members.
Chicago city contractors: $13.00 for contracts advertised by the city
after Oct. 1 2014.
Chicago: $10.50; July 1, 2017: $11.00; July 1, 2018: $12.00; July 2019:
$13.00
Cook county: July 1, 2017: $10 an hour, July 1, 2018: $11, July 1, 2019:
$12 in July 2019, July 1, 2020: $13.

INDIANA $7.25 Employees under 20 years of age may be paid $4.25 per hour during
their first 90 consecutive days of employment. Applicable to employers
of 2 or more employees.

IOWA $7.25 Employers are eligible to pay less than the minimum wage for the first 90
calendar days of employment.
Johnson County: $9.15, Jan.1 2017: $10.10 Applies after 90 days of
employment for new employees; applies only for work done in the county;
must perform at least two hours of work in a two hour period in the county to
be entitled to the minimum wage.
Linn County: Jan.1, 2017: $8.25; Jan.1, 2018: $9.25; Jan.1, 2019:
$10.25. (see Ordinance) - Hiawatha’s City Council has expressed support for
the ordinance, councils in Marion and Cedar Rapids seem split.
 Polk County: April 2017: $8.75; Jan. 2018: $9.75; Jan. 2019: $10.75
Wapello County: Jan. 1, 2017: $8.20; Jan.1, 2018: $9.15; Jan. 1, 2019:
$10.10

KANSAS $7.25 Employees not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standard Act are
subject to Kansas minimum wage laws.
For workers under 20: $4.25.

KENTUCKY $7.25 July 1st, 2015: $10.10 for state executive branch workers July, private
companies with state service contracts will have to pay their workers at least
$10.10 per hour. But that won't take effect until the current contracts come
up for renewal.
Louisville Metro: $7.75 and to $9 by July 1, 2017 - Oct. 2016: minimum
wage increase is ruled 'invalid and uneforceable' by the Kentucky
Supreme court.
Lexington County: $8.20 - July 1, 2017: $9.15 and July 1, 2018: $10.10 -
Oct 2016: this minimum wage increase is ruled 'invalid and
unenforceable' by the Kentucky Supreme Court.

LOUISIANA NONE Federal minimum applies.

MAINE $7.50 Jan. 1, 2017: $9.00, after that it will raise $1 each year, until it reaches
$12.00 by 2020. After that, it will be tied to inflation.
Portland: Jan.1, 2016:$10.10, Jan. 1, 2017: $10.68
Bangor: Jan.1 2017: $8.25, Jan.1 2018: $9.00, Jan. 1 2019: 9.75

MARYLAND $8.75 July 2017: $9.25; July 2018: $10.10

The minimum wage is automatically replaced with the Federal minimum
wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum wage rate.
Montgomery county: $9.55; Oct. 2016: $10.75;
Oct. 2018: $11.50
Prince George's County: $8.40, Oct. 2015: $9.55; Oct. 2016: $10.75; Oct.
2018: $11.50

MASSACHUSETTS $10.00 $3.00 for service (tipped) employees, $8.00 for agricultural employees.
Jan.1 2017: $11.00
Home care workers, International Union Local 1199, starting pay up in
stages from $13.38 to $15 an hour by July 2018.

MICHIGAN $8.50 2016: Jan. 1 $8.50, 85% rate: $7.25, tip $3.23
2017, Jan.1: $8.90, 85% rate: $7.57, tip $3.38
2018, Jan.1: $9.25, 85% rate: $7.86, tip $3.52
 Minors 16-17 years of age may be paid 85% of the minimum hourly wage
rate. A training wage of $4.25 per hour may be paid to workers 16 to 19
years of age for the first days of employment.
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa: $10.50

MINNESOTA $9.50/7.75 for large companies with annual gross sales over $500,000: $9.50
for smaller companies with annual gross sales below $500,000: $7.75
youth rate and training rate for the first 90 of employment: $7.75
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe employees: $10.25

MISSISSIPPI NONE Federal minimum applies.

MISSOURI $7.65 Increases annually upon cost of living formula. Employers engaged in
retail or service business whose annual gross income is less than
$500,000 are required to pay the state minimum wage rate.

MONTANA $8.05 Increases annually upon cost of living formula. No tip credit, training wage
or meal credit is allowed. The minimum pay is $4/hour for business with less
than $110,000 in annual sales.
Missoula non-union city workers: $12.00 per hour, Jan.1 2017: $13.50;
Jan.1, 2018: $15.00

NEBRASKA $9.00 All employers having four or more full or part-time employees are subject to
paying the minimum wage.

NEVADA $8.25/7.25 For a worker with health insurance coverage offered by his or her
employer, the hourly rate is $7.25, regardless if the worker accept this
offer, according to the Supreme Court in Oct. 2016. For a worker without
medical coverage offer, the rate is $8.25 an hour. The law also set a 10
percent wage cap on the amount an employee can be required to
contribute toward coverage - tips are not to be included in those
calculation

NEW HAMPSHIRE $7.25 The minimum wage is automatically replaced with the Federal minimum
wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum wage rate.

NEW JERSEY $8.38 Jan. 1, 2017: $8.44

The minimum wage is based on any percentage increase during the one-year
period of
August of the prior year through August of the current year of the consumer
price index.
Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed a measure lawmakers approved June 23 that
would have increased the minimum wage to $15 by 2021.

NEW MEXICO $7.50 Not linked to the federal rate.

SANTA FE : $10.91
 SANTA FE COUNTY: $10.84
ALBUQUERQUE rate: $8.75, but the minimum wage will be $7.60 if an
employer provides healthcare and/or childcare benefits to the employee
during any pay period and the employer pays an amount for these benefits
equal to or in excess of an annualizes cost of $2,500.
BERNALILLO COUNTY: $8.65
LAS CRUCES: $8.40; Jan. 2017: $9.20; Jan. 2019: $10.10
SANTA FE : $10.91
SANTA FE COUNTY: $10.84

NEW YORK $9.00 $9.70, Dec 31, 2016; $10.40 Dec 31, 2018; $11.10 Dec 31, 2018; $11.80
Dec 31, 2019; $12.50 Dec 31, 2020.
Thereafter indexed to inflation.
Increase phased in to $15 for fast food workers and workers of NYC at
12/31/18 and for NY state workers at 07/01/2021.
State minimum wage rate includes agricultural workers, although a specific
credit may be granted for meals and/or lodging provided by the employer
$13.13 for employees working on commercial projects that have received
more than $1 million in subsidies from the city - with health insurance:
$11.50 See more at New York Minimum Wage.
Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties: $10.00 Dec 31, 2016; $11.00
Dec 31, 2018; $12.00 Dec 31, 2018; $13.00 Dec 31, 2019; $14.00 Dec 31,
2020; and $15.00 Dec 31, 2021.
Buffalo and Rochester city workers: to $15 by 2021
Syracuse city workers: $15 per hour
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe employees: $11.03

Building service $6.00 Not applicable to janitors with a weekly pay of $382.80.
janitors in residential Tips are not part of the minimum wage.
buildings

All employees except $9.00 Same as New York state minimum wage
janitors in residential
buildings

N. CAROLINA $7.25 Dec. 1, 2015: Wake County employees: $13.50

Greensboro city contract and seasonal employees (excluding Coliseum
workers): $10.00

N. DAKOTA $7.25

OHIO $8.10 applies to workers of 16 and older working for employers with an annual
gross receipts of at least $297,000. Workers of smaller companies, and for
under 16 year olds: the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
Increases annually upon cost of living formula.
OKLAHOMA $7.25 for employers of ten or more full time employees at any one location and for
employers with annual gross sale over $100,000 irrespective of number of
full time employees. All other employers $2.00.
Federal minimum wage is used as reference; no amounts written in law.
Cherokee Nation: $9.50
Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe: $9.00
Chickasaw Nation: $9.50
Muscogee Nation: $10.50
Osage Nation: $11.50

OREGON $9.50/9.75 Click here to get more info on the Oregon state, city/county minimum wages

PENNSYLVANIA $7.25 State employees and state contractors: $10.25

Philadelphia's city contractors and subcontractors: $12.00 per hour.
Pittsburgh city employees: $15.00

RHODE ISLAND $9.60 except full time students under 19: $8.10 per hour, minors of 14 and 15 years
old: $6.75

S. CAROLINA NONE Federal minimum applies.

S. DAKOTA $8.55 minimum wage raised each year based on inflation.

Teenagers will have to be paid the minimum wage of $8.55 is the outcome of
the ballot vote on 11/8/16

TENNESSEE NONE Federal minimum applies.

TEXAS $7.25 Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law.

UTAH $7.25 Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law.

VERMONT $9.60 $10.00 Jan. 1, 2017

$10.50 Jan. 1, 2018
increases linked to inflation

VIRGINIA $7.25 Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law.

WASHINGTON $9.47 See at Minimum Wage Washington

WEST VIRGINIA $8.75 Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees at one location.

WISCONSIN $7.25 Ho-Chunk Nation employees: $10.00

WYOMING $5.15

Territorial Minimum Wage

Territory Minimum Future Minimum Wage and Notes

Wage per
hour

AMERICAN $4.60 - $5.99 Varies by industry:

SAMOA

 Bottling, brewing, dairy prod. Ind.: $5.09

 Construction: $5.50
 Finance/Insurance: $5.89
 Fish Canning/Processing Ind.: $5.16
 Garment Manufacturing Ind: $4.58
 Government Employees: $4.81
 Hotel Ind.: $4.90
 Petroleum Ind.: $5.75
 Printing: $5.40
 Private Hospitals/educational Institutions: $5.23
 Publishing: $5.53
 Retailing, Wholesaling, Warehousing Ind.: $5.00
 Ship Maintenance: $5.41
 Shipping and Transportation: Class A Stevedoring, Lighterage and Maritime
Shipping Agency Activities: $5.99
 Shipping and Transportation: Class B Unloading Fish: $5.82
 Shipping and Transportation: Class C other activities than above: $5.78
 Tour and Travel Ind.: $5.38
 Miscellaneous Activities: $4.60

Federally mandated 50 cent minimum wage increases are to go into effect annually
until the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour is reached.

GUAM $8.25

NORTHERN $6.05
MARIANA
ISLANDS
(CNMI)

PUERTO $5.08 - $7.25 Varies by industry. Employers not covered by the FLSA will be subject to a minimum
RICO wage that is at least 70 percent of the Federal minimum wage or the applicable
mandatory decree rate, whichever is higher. The Secretary of Labor and Human
Resources may authorize a rate based on a lower percentage for any employer who
can show that implementation of the 70 percent rate would substantially curtail
employment in that business.
U.S. VIRGIN $7.25 Except businesses with gross annual receipts of less than $150,000, then $4.30. (In
ISLANDS practice, the Virgin Islands adopts the Federal per hour rate)