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Minimum Wage Laws in the States - January 1, 2015 (en español)

Historical Table

Click on any state or jurisdiction to find out about applicable minimum wage laws.

Note: Where federal and state law have different minimum wage rates, the higher standard applies.

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Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

States with minimum wage rates higher than the federal

States with no minimum wage law (federal minimum wage rate applies)

States with minimum wage rates the same as the federal

States with minimum wage rates lower than the federal (federal minimum wage rate applies)

American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have special minimum wage rates.

Minimum Wage and Overtime Premium Pay Standards Applicable to

Nonsupervisory NONFARM Private Sector Employment

Under State and Federal Laws

January 1, 20151

Consolidated State Minimum Wage Update Table

After Designated Hours2

No state minimum wage law.

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After Designated Hours 2

$8.75

Under a voluntary flexible work hour plan approved by the Alaska Department of Labor, a 10 hour day, 40 hour workweek may be instituted with premium pay after 10 hours a day instead of after 8 hours.

The premium overtime pay requirement on either a daily or weekly basis is not applicable to employers of fewer than 4 employees.

AMERICAN SAMOA

American Samoa has special minimum wage rates.

After Designated Hours 2

$8.05

Rate is increased annually based upon a cost of living formula.

After Designated Hours 2

After Designated Hours 2

Over 12 (double time) 40; on

7th day: First 8 hours (time and half)

Over 8 hours on 7th day

(double time)

Any work in excess of eight hours in one workday, in excess of 40 hours in one workweek, or in the first eight hours worked on the seventh day of work in any one workweek shall be at the rate of one and one-half times the regular rate of pay. Any work in excess of 12 hours in one day or in excess of eight hours on any seventh day of a workweek shall be paid no less than twice the regular rate of pay. California Labor Code section 510. Exceptions apply to an employee working pursuant to an alternative workweek adopted pursuant to applicable Labor Code sections and for time spent commuting. (See Labor Code section 510 for exceptions).

(per hour) Premium Pay

After Designated Hours 2

Minimum wage rate and overtime provisions applicable to retail and service, commercial support service, food and beverage, and health and medical industries.

Rate is increased or decreased annually based upon a cost of living formula.

(per hour) Premium Pay

After Designated Hours 2

$6.05

(per hour) Premium Pay

After Designated Hours 2

$9.15

In restaurants and hotel restaurants, for the 7th consecutive day of work, premium pay is required at time and one half the minimum rate.

The Connecticut minimum wage rate automatically increases to 0.5 percent above the rate set in the Fair Labor Standards Act if the federal minimum wage rate equals or becomes higher than the State minimum.

After Designated Hours 2

$8.25

The State adopts the federal minimum wage rate by reference if the federal rate is greater than the State rate.

District of Columbia Minimum Wage Rates DISTRICT

OF COLUMBIA

Basic Minimum Rate(per hour) Premium Pay

After Designated Hours 2

$10.50

The District of Columbia minimum wage equals the federal minimum wage plus $1.00 if it is set below the federal rate.

$8.05

Rate is increased annually based upon a cost of living formula.

After Designated Hours 2

The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act when the federal rate is greater than the State rate.

After Designated Hours 2

After Designated Hours 2

$7.75

An employee earning a guaranteed monthly compensation of $2,000 or more is exempt from the State minimum wage and overtime law.

Domestic service workers are subject to Hawaii's minimum wage and overtime requirements. Act 248, Regular Session 2013.

The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act unless the State wage rate is higher than the federal rate.

Pay

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

After Designated Hours 2

(Applicable to employers of 4 or more employees, excluding family members)

$8.25

After Designated Hours 2

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

The Iowa minimum wage equals the federal minimum wage rate if it is set below the federal rate.

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

7th day

The 7th day overtime law, which is separate from the minimum wage law, requires premium pay on the seventh day for employees who work seven days in any one workweek.

The state adopts the federal minimum wage rate by reference if the federal rate is greater than the State rate.

Compensating time in lieu of overtime is allowed upon written request by an employee of any county, charter county, consolidated local government, or urban-county government, including an employee of a county-elected official.

After Designated Hours 2

N/A

After Designated Hours 2

$7.50

The Maine minimum wage equals the federal minimum wage when it is set below the federal rate, with the exception that any such increase is limited to no more than $1.00 per hour above the current legislated State rate.

After Designated Hours 2

The Maryland minimum wage equals the federal minimum wage when set below the federal rate.

After Designated Hours 2

$9.00

The Massachusetts minimum wage rate automatically increases to 10 cents above the federal rate if the federal rate equals or becomes higher than the State rate.

In no case shall the Massachusetts minimum wage rate be less than $0.50 higher than the effective federal minimum rate.

After Designated Hours 2

(Applicable to employers of 2 or more employees)

$8.15

The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act unless the State wage rate is higher than the federal rate.

After Designated Hours 2

Small employer (enterprise with annual receipts of less than $500,000) $7.25

After Designated Hours 2

N/A

After Designated Hours 2

$7.65

In addition to the exemption for federally covered employment, the law exempts, among others, employees of a retail or service business with gross annual sales or business done of less than $500,000.

Premium pay required after 52 hours in seasonal amusement or recreation businesses.

Minimum wage is to be increased or decreased by a cost of living factor starting January 1, 2008 and every January 1 thereafter.

Montana Minimum Wage Rates MONTANA

Pay

After Designated Hours 2

$8.05

A business not covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act whose gross annual sales are $110,000 or less may pay $4.00 per hour, however, if an individual employee is producing or moving goods between states or otherwise covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, that employee must be paid the greater of either the federal minimum wage or Montana’s minimum wage.

Minimum wage is subject to a cost of living adjustment done by September 30 of each year and effective on January 1 of the following year.

After Designated Hours 2

(Applicable to employers of 4 or more employees)

$8.00

After Designated Hours 2

$8.25 (with no health ins. benefits provided by employer)

$7.25 (with health ins. benefits provided by employer and received by employee)

The premium overtime pay requirement on either a daily or weekly basis is not applicable to employees who are compensated at not less than one and one-half times the minimum rate or to employees of enterprises having a gross annual sales volume of less than $250,000.

The minimum wage rate may be increased annually based upon changes in the cost of living index increase.

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

The New Hampshire minimum wage equals the federal minimum wage when set below the federal rate.

After Designated Hours 2

$8.38

The minimum wage rate is to be increased on an annual basis, on or about September 30 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 (CPI) for all urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W, U.S. City Average), as released by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After Designated Hours 2

$7.50

After Designated Hours 2

$8.75, effective December 31, 2014

The New York minimum wage equals the federal minimum wage when set below the federal rate.

For residential employees, the overtime rate applies after 44 hours.

Employers operating a factory, mercantile establishment, hotel, restaurant, freight/passenger elevator, or theater; or a building employing security guards, janitors, superintendents, managers, engineers, or firemen must provide 24 hours of consecutive rest each week. Domestic workers are entitled to 24 hours of consecutive rest each week, and receive premium pay if they work during such period.

Employees receive 1 hour’s pay at minimum wage rate in addition to owed wages when spread of hours exceeds 10 hours, there is a split shift, or both.

After Designated Hours 2

Premium pay is required after 45 hours a week in seasonal amusements or recreational establishments.

After Designated Hours 2

After Designated Hours 2

After Designated Hours 2

Employers of ten or more full time employees at any one location and employers with annual gross sales over $100,000 irrespective of number of full time employees.

The Oklahoma state minimum wage law does not contain current dollar minimums. Instead the state adopts the federal minimum wage rate by reference.

The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

After Designated Hours 2

$9.25

Premium pay required after 10 hours a day in nonfarm canneries, driers, or packing plants and in mills, factories or manufacturing establishments (excluding sawmills, planning mills, shingle mills, and logging camps).

Beginning January 1, 2004, and annually thereafter, the rate will be adjusted for inflation by a calculation using the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items. The wage amount established will be rounded to the nearest five cents.

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25/hour for employees covered by the FLSA

$5.08/hour for employees not covered by the FLSA

And on statutory rest day (double time)

(double time)

Employers covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are subject only to the federal minimum wage and all applicable regulations. Employers not covered by the FLSA will be subject to a minimum 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.

After Designated Hours 2

$9.00

Time and one-half premium pay for work on Sundays and holidays in retail and certain other businesses is required under two laws that are separate from the minimum wage law.

After Designated Hours 2

N/A

After Designated Hours 2

$8.50

After Designated Hours 2

N/A

The state does have a promised wage law whereby the employers are responsible for paying to the employees the wages promised by the employer.

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

The Texas State minimum wage law does not contain current dollar minimums. Instead the State adopts the federal minimum wage rate by reference.

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

The Utah state minimum wage law does not contain current dollar minimums. Instead the state law authorizes the adoption of the federal minimum wage rate via administrative action.

The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

After Designated Hours 2

The State overtime pay provision has very limited application because it exempts numerous types of establishments, such as retail and service; seasonal amusement/recreation; hotels, motels, restaurants; and transportation employees to whom the federal (FLSA) overtime provision does not apply.

The Vermont minimum wage is automatically replaced with the federal minimum wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum.

After Designated Hours 2

On 6th and 7th consecutive days.

After Designated Hours 2

(Applicable to employers of 4 or more employees)

The Virginia state minimum wage law does not contain current dollar minimums. Instead the state adopts the federal minimum wage rate by reference.

The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

After Designated Hours 2

$9.47

Premium pay not applicable to employees who request compensating time off in lieu of premium pay.

Beginning January 1, 2001, and annually thereafter, the rate will be adjusted for inflation by a calculation using the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the prior year.

After Designated Hours 2

(Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees at one location)

$8.00, effective December 31, 2014

After Designated Hours 2

$7.25

After Designated Hours 2

$5.15

1Like the federal wage and hour law, State law often exempts particular occupations or industries from the minimum labor standard generally applied to covered employment. Particular exemptions are not identified in this table. Users are encouraged to consult the laws of particular States in determining whether the State's minimum wage applies to a particular employment. This information often may be found at the websites maintained by State labor departments. Links to these websites are available at www.dol.gov/whd/contacts/state_of.htm.

2The overtime premium rate is one and one-half times the employee's regular rate, unless otherwise specified.

This document was last revised in December 2014.

Consolidated State Minimum Wage Update Table

MS

SC

TN

MI - $8.15

MN - $8.00

MO - $7.65

MT - $8.05

NE - $8.00

NJ - $8.38

NM - $7.50

NY - $8.75

NV - $8.25

OH - $8.10

OR - $9.25

RI - $9.00

SD - $8.50

VT - $9.15

WA - $9.47

WV - $8.00

The state minimum wage rate requirements, or lack thereof, are generally controlled by legislative activities within the individual states.

wage. There are 29 states plus DC with minimum wage rates set higher than the federal minimum wage. There are 14 states that have a minimum wage requirement that is the same as the federal minimum wage requirement. The remaining 5 states do not have an established minimum wage requirement.

The District of Columbia has the highest minimum wage at $9.50/hour. The states of Georgia and Wyoming have the lowest minimum wage ($5.15/hour) of the 45 states that have a minimum wage requirement.

Note: There are 10 states (AZ, CO, FL, MO, MT, NJ, NV, OH, OR, and WA) that have minimum wages that are linked to a consumer price index. As a result of this linkage, the minimum wages in these states are normally increased each year, generally around January 1st.

The exception is Nevada which adjusts in the month of July each year. Effective January 1, 2015, 9 of the 10 states increased their respective minimum wages.

The exception was Nevada.

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This document was last revised in February 24, 2015.

The Wage and Hour Division tries to ensure that the information on this page is accurate but individuals should consult the relevant state labor office for official information.

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