The table below lists the current prevailing 2025 minimum wage rates for every state in the United States. Click any state for details about the minimum wage, exemptions, and other state labor laws. You can find a list of highest and lowest minimum wage rates here .

2025年1月1日 · Release Table for 2025, Release Tables: Federal and State Minimum Wage Rates, Annual. FRED: Download, graph, and track economic data.

2025年1月1日 · Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the current Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Basic Minimum Rate (per hour): $11.91. Premium Pay After Designated Hours 1 : Daily - 8, Weekly - 40.

This page lists the states, cities, and counties with the highest minimum wage rates in the United States, as well as those that adopt the lowest permitted minimum wage rate (the Federal minimum wage). The below listed states have the highest statewide minimum wages in …

Below is a compact table of the minimum wages by U.S. state, U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia. This table is an exact duplicate of the Department of Labor source page ("Consolidated Minimum Wage Table").

Below is a table outlining state-by-state minimum wages and wage requirements to make compliance simpler for employers.

Check out the table below for a breakdown of the new minimum wage rates by state, with additional details further down. Please note: this blog only covers state minimum wage rates that update on January 1, 2025. County and city rates are not included. Your locations may be required to pay a different wage, depending on factors such as:

2 天之前 · Arizona’s minimum wage will increase to $14.70 at the start of 2025. Employers in the state must display the state’s minimum wage poster in a prominent location. California. In California, the minimum wage will be increased to $16.50 per hour on January 1, 2025. Colorado. Colorado residents must be paid a minimum wage of $14.81. However ...

2 天之前 · If the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, but your state minimum wage rate is $11.00 per hour, you must pay the higher minimum wage. And if a major city has a local minimum requiring $15.00 per hour, that local rule takes priority for employees working there.

2024年12月20日 · More than 20 states are raising their minimum wages in 2025. Michigan’s minimum wage will increase in two steps in 2025: $10.56 per hour starting January 1 and rising to $12.05–$12.48 per hour on February 21, pending inflation adjustments.

2002年1月1日 · In the absence of action at the national level, many states and localities have raised their own minimum wages. Explore the map to see how these rapidly changing laws differ across the country. Updated January 1, 2025. Related: Why the U.S. needs a $17 minimum wage • Why eliminate the tipped minimum wage.

1 天前 · Federal Minimum Wage vs. State Minimum Wage. As of 2024, the federal minimum wage remains $7.25 per hour under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). However, many states and localities have enacted higher minimum wages. When a state’s minimum wage is higher than the federal standard, employers must pay the higher rate.

2025年1月1日 · Three states, Georgia, Oklahoma and Wyoming, have a minimum wage below $7.25 per hour. In all eight of these states, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour generally applies. The table below reflects current state minimum wages in effect as of Jan 1, 2025, as well as future enacted increases.

In 2025, 21 states increased (or are scheduled to increase) their minimum wage rates. Below is a list of each state's minimum wage rate as of Jan. 1, 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The minimum wage in Alaska increased from $11.73 per hour to $11.91 on Jan. 1, 2025.

2024年1月1日 · Federal minimum wage is still $7.25, but more than 20 states are increasing their minimum wage in 2025. Washington state and Washington, D.C. have the highest minimum wage. Georgia and Wyoming have the lowest minimum wage.

2024年11月27日 · Understand these hourly minimum wage rates for any of the states where your business operates: $8.85 for small employers and $10.85 for large employers.‡. $15.49 for most employers; $14.53 for seasonal and small employers who have less than six workers.

2024年7月5日 · As of January 1, 2024, the District of Columbia had the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at 17 U.S. dollars per hour. This was followed by Washington, which had 16.28 U.S. dollars per hour as...

2025年1月1日 · There are 30 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands with minimum wage rates set higher than the federal minimum wage. There are 13 states plus the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that have a minimum wage requirement that is the same as the federal minimum wage requirement.

2025年2月3日 · Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have established their own state wage laws and regulations. [Download our chart of state minimum wage rates and credits for easy comparison of state-by-state wage laws, including exemptions and planned rate increases.] State and local wage laws can sometimes override federal minimum wage laws.

We developed the Living Wage Calculator to help individuals, communities, employers, and others estimate the local wage rate that a full-time worker requires to cover the costs of their family’s basic needs where they live. Explore the living wage in your county, metro area, or state for 12 different family types below. The data was last ...

New York rounds out the top five states with the highest minimum wage, providing its workforce with a commendable $14.20 per hour. Further down the list, we still see states significantly surpassing the federal minimum wage, such as Arizona with $13.85, Maine with $13.80, Colorado with $13.65, Oregon with $13.20, and Vermont finally with $13.18.

2025年2月12日 · State-by-State Comparison: Minimum Wage vs. Housing Costs. The following table offers a snapshot of the stark reality for minimum wage workers in select states, comparing the minimum wage to the average cost of a two-bedroom apartment. These figures are estimates and can vary based on location and specific market conditions.

The average state minimum wage in 2025 is $11.18, up from $10.69 in 2024, $10.47 in 2023, and $9.85 in 2022. The top five highest 2024 statewide minimum wages were set to be as follows: $17.50 in Washington, D.C.; $16.66 in Washington; $16.50 in California, $16.35 in Connecticut; and $15.50 in New York.

6 天之前 · In California, where the minimum wage for restaurant workers was listed as about $16 an hour, people still tipped about 17%, according to data on the average tip rate by state.

2025年2月12日 · Washington’s current minimum wage of $16.66 per hour is already among the highest in the nation, but workers and labor advocates argue that it has failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living.

6 天之前 · The state’s current hourly minimum wage of $16.66 is the second highest in the country (behind Washington, D.C.), with local jurisdictions like Seattle boasting a minimum wage of more than $20 ...

5 天之前 · The tipped minimum wage would remain at 38% of the standard minimum wage this year, then increase to 40% in 2026, 42% in 2027, 44% in 2028, 46% in 2029, 48% in 2030 and 50% in 2031.