The Economic Policy Institute Minimum Wage Tracker
The federal minimum wage has not been raised since 2009. 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
| [state] State | [locality] Locality | [min_wage] Minimum wage* | [min_wage last_inc] Most recent increase | [min_wage up_inc] Upcoming increases | [min_wage indexing] Indexing | [min_wage last_change] Most recent major change to minimum wage law | [min_wage notes] Notes | [tip_wage] Subminimum wage for tipped workers / Tipped wage* | [tip_wage last_inc] Most recent increase | [tip_wage up_inc] Upcoming increases | [tip_wage last_change] Most recent major change to tipped wage law | [tip_wage notes] Notes |
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| Alabama | Birmingham | $7.25 | $8.50, effective 7-1-2016* / $10.10, effective 7-1-2017 / Annual indexing beginning 7-1-2018 | Annual increases based on “the increase, if any, in the cost of living.” | Birmingham enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city council ordinance. | * The Alabama state legislature passed a law in March 2016, shortly before the ordinance was to go into effect, preempting local governments from adopting minimum wages above the state’s minimum wage. | $4.25, effective 7-1-2016* / $5.05, effective 7-1-2017 / Annual indexing beginning 7-1-2018 | Birmingham enacted its own tipped wage in 2015 by city council ordinance. | * The Alabama state legislature passed a law in March 2016, shortly before the ordinance was to go into effect, preempting local governments from adopting minimum wages above the state’s minimum wage. The city ordinance sets a tipped minimum wage at 50% of the city’s regular minimum wage. | |||
| Alaska | $11.91 | $10.73 to $11.91, effective 1-1-2025 | $13.00, effective 7-1-2025 / $14.00, effective 7-1-2026 / $15.00, effective 7-1-2027 / Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the percentage change in the CPI-U for the Anchorage metropolitan area. | 2024, by ballot measure | Alaska’s minimum wage is set at least two dollars above the federal minimum wage. This two dollar amount will also grow with inflation annually. | $11.91 | $10.73 to $11.91, effective 1-1-2025 | $13.00, effective 7-1-2025 / $14.00, effective 7-1-2026 / $15.00, effective 7-1-2027 / Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2024, by ballot measure | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| Arizona | $14.70 | $14.35 to $14.70, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the percentage change (August-to-August) in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2016, by ballot measure | $11.70 | $11.35 to $11.70, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2016, by ballot measure | Set at $3.00 per hour less than the regular minimum wage. | ||
| Arizona | Flagstaff | $17.85 | $17.40 to $17.85, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the percentage change (August-to-August) in the CPI-U, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2016, by ballot measure | Flagstaff enacted its own minimum wage by ballot measure in 2016. | $16.85 | $15.90 to $16.85, effective 1-1-2025 | Same as regular minimum wage, effective 1-1-2026 | 2016, by ballot measure | The Flagstaff tipped minimum wage will be gradually raised over a 10-year period until it is equal to the regular minimum wage in 2026. At that point, tipped employees will receive the regular minimum wage before tips. |
| Arizona | Tucson | $15.00 | $14.35 to $15.00, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective 1-1-2026 | Annual increases based on the percentage change (August-to-August) in the CPI-U, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2021, by ballot measure | Tucson’s minimum wage was superceded by the Arizona state minimum wage in 2023 and 2024. | $11.35 | $11.35 to $12.00, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective 1-1-2026 | 2021, by ballot measure | Set at $3.00 per hour less than the regular minimum wage. |
| Arkansas | $11.00 | $10.00 to $11.00, effective 1-1-2021 | 2018, by ballot measure | $2.63 | ||||||||
| California | $16.50 | $16.00 to $16.50, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2016, by legislation | The law provides the governor with the ability to temporarily pause the raises in the case of a forecast budget deficit of more than 1% of annual revenue, or due to an economic downturn. Inflation indexing cannot go beyond 3.5% in any given year. Beginning 1-1-2023, small businesses (those with 25 or fewer employees) will be required to pay the regular state minimum wage after previously having a lower minimum wage; AB 1228 revised the CA Labor Code and established a $20 minimum wage for all fast food workers and a Fast Food Council, which can increase the minimum wage and adopt other employment standards. | $16.50 | $16.00 to $16.50, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2016, by legislation | Same as regular minimum wage. | ||
| California | Alameda | $17.00 | $16.52 to $17.00, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the lesser of 5% or the February-to-February percentage change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | Alameda enacted its own minimum wage in 2018 by city council ordinance. | $17.00 | $16.52 to $17.00, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Alameda enacted its own minimum wage in 2018 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Belmont | $18.30 | $17.35 to $18.30, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the lesser of 3.5% or a percentage amount equal to the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | Belmont enacted its own minimum wage in 2017 by city council ordinance. | The law applies to adult and minor employees who work two or more hours per week for a business that is subject to the Belmont Business License Tax OR that maintains a facility in Belmont. | $18.30 | $17.35 to $18.30, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Belmont enacted its own minimum wage in 2017 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Berkeley | $18.67 | $18.07 to $18.67, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | The Berkeley City Council revised its minimum wage ordinance in 2016. | $18.67 | $18.07 to $18.67, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | The Berkeley City Council revised its minimum wage ordinance in 2016. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Burlingame | $17.43 | $17.03 to $17.43, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | The Burlingame City Council adopted a minimum wage ordinance in 2020. | $17.43 | $17.03 to $17.43, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | The Burlingame City Council adopted a minimum wage ordinance in 2020. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Cupertino | $18.20 | $17.75 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Cupertino enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | The law provides the city council with the ability to temporarily pause the raises in the event of significant reductions in statewide employment or state retail and use tax receipts. | $18.20 | $17.75 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Cupertino enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Daly City | $17.07 | $16.62 to $17.07, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area | Daly City enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | $17.07 | $16.62 to $17.07, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Daly City enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | East Palo Alto | $17.45 | $17.00 to $17.45, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | East Palo Alto enacted its own minimum wage in 2020 by city council ordinance. | $17.45 | $17.00 to $17.45, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | East Palo Alto enacted its own minimum wage in 2020 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | El Cerrito | $18.34 | $17.92 to $18.34, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | El Cerrito enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city council ordinance. | $18.34 | $17.92 to $18.34, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | El Cerrito enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Emeryville | $19.36 | $18.67 to $19.36, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | Emeryville enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city council ordinance; in 2019 they repealed an amendment to the minimum wage ordinance exempting “small independent restaurants” from paying the minimum wage. | $19.36 | $18.67 to $19.36, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Emeryville enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Foster City | $17.39 | $17.00 to $17.39, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the less of 3.0% or the August-to-August percentage change in CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | Foster City enacted its own minimum wage in 2022 by city council ordinance. | $17.39 | $17.00 to $17.39, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Foster City enacted its own minimum wage in 2022 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Fremont | $17.30 | $16.80 to $17.30, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the February-to-February change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | Fremont enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Nonprofit corporations are exempt from the city’s minimum wage law. | $17.30 | $16.80 to $17.30, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Fremont enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Half Moon Bay | $17.47 | $17.01 to $17.47, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area | Half Moon Bay enacted its own minimum wage in 2020 by city council wage ordinance. | $17.47 | $17.01 to $17.47, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Half Moon Bay enacted its own minimum wage in 2020 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Hayward | $17.36 | $16.90 to $17.36, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the lesser of 5.0% or the annual percentage change in the CPI. | Hayward enacted its own minimum wage in 2020 by city council ordinance. | The minimum wage as listed applies to businesses with 26 or more employees. Beginning January 1, 2025, the small employer (fewer than 26 employees) minimum wage will be $16.50. | $17.36 | $16.90 to $17.36, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Hayward enacted its own minimum wage in 2020 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Los Altos | $18.20 | $17.75 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Los Altos enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | The law provides the city council with the ability to temporarily pause the raises in the event of significant reductions in statewide employment or state retail and use tax receipts. | $18.20 | $17.75 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Los Altos enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Los Angeles | $17.28 | $16.78 to $17.28, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the February-to-February percentage change in the CPI-W for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, beginning July 1, 2022. | Los Angeles enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city council ordinance. | $17.28 | $16.78 to $17.28, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Los Angeles enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Los Angeles County | $17.27 | $16.90 to $17.27, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the January-to-January percentage change in the CPI-W for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, beginning July 1, 2022. | Los Angeles County enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by county ordinance. | $17.27 | $16.90 to $17.27, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Los Angeles County enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by county ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Malibu | $17.27 | $16.90 to $17.27, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the January-to-January percentage change in the CPI-W for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, beginning July 1, 2022. | Malibu enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | $17.27 | $16.90 to $17.27, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Malibu enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by county ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Menlo Park | $17.10 | $16.70 to $17.10, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area, not to exceed 3%. | Menlo Park enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | The city council can temporarily suspend the inflation adjustment for a period of no more than one year. | $17.10 | $16.70 to $17.10, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Menlo Park enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Milpitas | $17.70 | $17.20 to $17.70, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Milpitas enacted its own minimum wage in 2017 by city council ordinance. | The minimum wage applies to adult and minor employees who work two or more hours per week. | $17.70 | $17.20 to $17.70, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Milpitas enacted its own minimum wage in 2017 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Mountain View | $19.20 | $18.75 to $19.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Mountain View updated its minimum wage law on November 10, 2015, by city council ordinance. | $19.20 | $18.75 to $19.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Mountain View updated its minimum wage law on November 10, 2015, by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Novato | $17.27 | $16.86 to $17.27, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | The lesser of 3.5% or the annual increase in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area. | Novato enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | The minimum wage as listed applies to businesses with 100 or more employees. Businesses with 26-99 employees are subject to a minimum wage of $17.00, effective January 1, 2025; and annual indexing each January 1 thereafter. Businesses with fewer than 26 employees are subject to a minimum wage of $16.42, effective January 1, 2025; and annual indexing each January 1 thereafter. | $17.27 | $16.86 to $17.27, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Novato enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Oakland | $16.89 | $16.50 to $16.89, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | Oakland enacted its own minimum wage in 2014 by ballot measure. | $16.89 | $16.50 to $16.89, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Oakland enacted its own minimum wage in 2014 by ballot measure. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Palo Alto | $18.20 | $17.80 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Palo Alto updated its minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | $18.20 | $17.80 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Palo Alto updated its minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Pasadena | $17.50 | $16.93 to $17.50, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the percentage change in the CPI-W for the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County metropolitan area, beginning July 1, 2022. | Pasadena enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | $17.50 | $16.93 to $17.50, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Pasadena enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by county ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Petaluma | $17.97 | $17.45 to $17.97, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | Petaluma enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | $17.97 | $17.45 to $17.97, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Petaluma enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Redwood City | $18.20 | $17.70 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | Redwood City enacted its own minimum wage in 2018 by city council ordinance. | All businesses within Redwood City’s boundaries are subject to pay the new local minimum wage. The local minimum wage applies to employees working two or more hours per week within the geographic boundaries of Redwood City. The minimum wage applies to employees who work within Redwood City even when their employer is not located within Redwood City. | $18.20 | $17.70 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Redwood City enacted its own minimum wage in 2018 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Richmond | $17.77 | $17.20 to $17.77, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | 2017, by city council ordinance | Employers who pay at least $1.50 per hour toward an employee medical benefits plan may pay $1.50 less than the applicable minimum wage. | $17.77 | $17.20 to $17.77, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2017, by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | San Carlos | $17.32 | $16.87 to $17.32, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increase based on the August-to-August change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitcan area, not to exceed 3.5%. | 2020, by city council ordinance | $17.32 | $16.87 to $17.32, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2020, by city council ordinance | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | San Diego | $17.25 | $16.85 to $17.25, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | San Diego enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | $17.25 | $16.85 to $17.25, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | San Diego enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | San Francisco | $18.67 | $18.07 to $18.67, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar year percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | 2014, by ballot measure | A small number of “Government supported employees” are subject to a lower minimum wage rate of $16.51. These employees are either under the age of 18 and employed at an after-school or summer employee in a bona fide training or apprenticeship subsidized by the federal, state, or local government; or over the age 55 and employed by social welfare services nonprofit as a core mission to individuals who are over the age of 55 and is in a position that is subsidized by federal, state, or local government. | $18.67 | $18.07 to $18.67, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | 2014, by ballot measure | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | San Jose | $17.95 | $17.55 to $17.95, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2016, by city council ordinance | The law provides the city manager with the ability to temporarily pause the raises in the event of significant declines in state sales tax revenue and employment, with specific requirements outlined in the ordinance. Inflation indexing cannot go beyond 5% in any given year. | $17.95 | $17.55 to $17.95, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2016, by city council ordinance | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | San Leandro | $16.50 | $16.00 to $16.50, effective 1-1-2025 | 2016, by city council ordinance | San Leandro’s minimum wage was superseded by the higher state minimum wage on January 1, 2022. Employees up to 25 years of age who are employed by a nonprofit or government entity for after-school or summer employment are not subject to the minimum wage. | $16.50 | $16.00 to $16.50, effective 1-1-2025 | 2016, by city council ordinance | ||||
| California | San Mateo | $17.95 | $17.35 to $17.95, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area. | San Mateo enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | The city’s ordinance initially set a lower minimum wage for nonprofit organizations, but as of January 1, 2020, the same minimum wage applies to all employers. | $17.95 | $17.35 to $17.95, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | San Mateo enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | San Mateo County | $17.46 | $17.06 to $17.46, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the lesser of 3.5% or the annual percentage change in the CPI-W. | San Mateo County passed a minimum wage increase in 2022 by county ordinance. | The minimum wage applies only to the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County. Employees may earn 85% of the minimum wage for the first 160 hours of employment. | $17.46 | $17.06 to $17.46, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | San Mateo County passed a minimum wage increase in 2022 by county ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | Santa Clara | $18.20 | $17.75 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Santa Clara updated its minimum wage in 2017 by city council ordinance. | $18.20 | $17.75 to $18.20, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Santa Clara updated its minimum wage in 2017 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Santa Monica | $17.27 | $16.90 to $17.27, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the January-to-January percentage change in the CPI-W for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, beginning July 1, 2022. | Santa Monica enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | $17.27 | $16.90 to $17.27, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Santa Monica enacted its own minimum wage in 2016 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Santa Rosa | $17.87 | $17.45 to $17.87, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the lesser of 3.5% or the annual percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 10 cents. | Santa Rosa enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | $17.87 | $17.45 to $17.87, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Santa Rosa enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Sonoma | $18.02 | $17.60 to $18.02, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the lesser of 3.5% or the annual percentage change in a CPI index chosen by the Sonoma City Council. | Sonoma enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | The minimum wage as enacted had a separate minimum wage for business with less than 26 employees. As of January 1, 2024, the large business minimum wage applies to all businesses. | $18.02 | $17.60 to $18.02, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Sonoma enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| California | South San Francisco | $17.70 | $17.25 to $17.70, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August change in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, rounded to nearest five cents. | South San Francisco enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | $17.70 | $17.25 to $17.70, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | South San Francisco enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | Sunnyvale | $19.00 | $18.55 to $19.00, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | The Sunnyvale City Council updated its minimum wage ordinance in 2016. | $19.00 | $18.55 to $19.00, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | The Sunnyvale City Council updated its minimum wage ordinance in 2016. | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| California | West Hollywood | $19.65 | $19.08 to 19.65, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on calendar year percentage change in the CPI-W for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area | West Hollywood updated its minimum wage ordinance in 2021. | Effective July 1, 2024, the minimum wage rate for hotel employees will be $19.61. | $19.65 | $19.08 to 19.65, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | West Hollywood updated its minimum wage ordinance in 2021. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| Colorado | $14.81 | $14.42 to $14.81, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the first-half-of-the-year to first-half-of-the-year percentage change in the CPI-U for the Boulder-Denver region. | 2016, by constitutional amendment | $11.79 | $11.40 to $11.79, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2016, by constitutional amendment | Colorado’s tipped minimum wage is set at $3.02 less than the regular minimum wage. | ||
| Colorado | Boulder City | $15.57 | $14.42 to $15.57, effective 1-1-2025 | $16.82, effective 1-1-2026 / $18.17, effective 1-1-2027 / Annual indexing, effective 1-1-2028 | Annual calendar year change in the CPI-U for the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area. | Boulder City enacted its own minimum wage increase in 2024 by city ordinance | $12.55 | $11.40 to $12.55, effective 1-1-2025 | $13.80, effective 1-1-2026 / $15.15, effective 1-1-2027 / Annual indexing effective 1-1-2028 | Boulder City enacted its own minimum wage increase in 2024 by city ordinance | Boulder City’s tipped minimum wage is set at $3.02 less than the regular minimum wage. | |
| Colorado | Boulder County | $16.57 | $15.69 to $16.57, effective 1-1-2025 | $17.99, effective 1-1-2026 / $19.53, effective 1-1-2027 / $21.21, effective 1-1-2028 / $23.03, effective 1-1-2029 / $25.00, effective 1-1-2030 / Annual indexing, effective 1-1-31 | Annual calendar year change in the CPI-U for the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area. | Boulder county enacted its own minimum wage in 2023 by county ordinance | Boulder County’s minimum wage ordinance only applies to unincorporated areas within the county. | $13.55 | $12.67 to $13.55, effective 1-1-2025 | $14.97, effective 1-1-2026 / $16.51, effective 1-1-2027 / $18.19, effective 1-1-2028 / $20.01, effective 1-1-2029 / $21.98, effective 1-1-2030 / Annual indexing, effective 1-1-31 | Boulder county enacted its own minimum wage in 2023 by county ordinance | Boulder County’s tipped minimum wage is set at $3.02 less than the regular minimum wage. |
| Colorado | Denver | $18.81 | $18.29 to $18.81, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the percentage change in the CPI-W for the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood region. | Denver enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Workers under the age of 18 may be paid 15% less than the full minimum wage. | $15.79 | $15.27 to $15.79, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Denver enacted its own minimum wage in 2019 by city council ordinance. | Denver’s tipped minimum wage is set at $3.02 less than the regular minimum wage. |
| Colorado | Edgewater | $16.52 | $15.02 to $16.52, effective 1-1-2025 | $18.17, effective 1-1-2026 / $19.99, effective 1-1-2027 / $21.99, effective 1-1-2028 / Equal to Denver, effective 1-1-2029 | Effective January 1, 2029, Edgewater’s minimum wage will increase to equal the same level as the City of Denver’s minimum wage or by the year-over-year increase in the CPI-U for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area, whichever is greater. | Edgewater approved its own minimum wage in 2023 by city council ordinance. | $13.50 | $12.00 to $13.50, effective 1-1-2025 | $15.15, effective 1-1-2026 / $16.97, effective 1-1-2027 / $18.97, effective 1-1-2028 / Equal to Denver, effective 1-1-2029 | Edgewater approved its own minimum wage in 2023 by city council ordinance. | Edgewater’s tipped minimum wage is set at $3.02 less than the regular minimum wage. | |
| Connecticut | $16.35 | $15.69 to $16.35, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the June-to-June change in the employment cost index for wages and salaries of all civilian workers. | 2019, by legislation | Workers ages 17 and younger may be paid 85% of the state minimum wage, whichever is greater, for the first 90 days of their employment. The governor may recommend suspending increases in the minimum wage if the state experiences two consecutive quarters of negative growth in the state’s real domestic gross product. | $6.38 | $6.07 to $6.38, effective 1-1-2017 | 2019, by legislation | Hotel workers and restaurant waitstaff are subject to a tipped minimum wage of $6.38 per hour. Bartenders have a separate minimum wage equal to $8.23. Prior to July 1, 2019, these tipped minimums were set as percentages of the regular minimum. The 2019 legislation that will raise the regular minimum wage to $15.00 froze these tipped minimum wages at their existing dollar amounts. | ||
| Delaware | $15.00 | $13.25 to $15.00, effective 1-1-2025 | 2021, by legislation | $2.23 | $2.23, effective 10-1-1996 | |||||||
| Washington D.C. | $17.50 | $17.00 to $17.50, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the 12-month percentage change in the CPI-U for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2016, by city council ordinance | The D.C. ordinance specifies that in the event the federal minimum wage is increased above the specified District minimum wage, the District minimum wage will equal $1 more than the federal minimum wage. The ordinance also specifies that the mayor must report biannually on employers’ compliance with the minimum wage, describing the volume of audits and inspections, compliance rates, and any actions taken to remedy infractions | $10.00 | $8.00 to $10.00, effective 7-1-2024 | $12.00, effective 7-1-2025 / $14.00, effective 7-1-2026 / Same as regular minimum wage, effective 7-1-2027 / Annual indexing beginning 7-1-2028 | 2022, by ballot measure | A ballot measure was passed on November 8, 2022 that will gradually increase the tipped minimum wage until it is equal to the regular minimum wage in 2027. In January 2023, the implementation of this ballot measure was delayed until May 2023. | |
| Florida | $13.00 | $12.00 to $13.00, effective 9-30-2024 | $14.00, effective 9-30-2025 / $15.00, effective 9-30-2026 / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | Annual increases based on the annual percentage change in the CPI-W for the South census region. | 2020, by ballot measure | $9.98 | $8.98 to $9.98, effective 9-30-2024 | $10.98, effective 9-30-2025 / $11.98, effective 9-30-2026 / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | 2020, by ballot measure | The tipped minimum wage is set at the regular minimum wage minus a fixed tip credit of $3.02. | ||
| Georgia | $5.15 | $5.15, effective 1-1-2001 | 2001 | Employees covered under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are subject to the federal minimum wage of $7.25, but those not covered under the FLSA may be paid the state minimum wage of $5.15. | Georgia exempts tipped employees from its minimum wage law. | |||||||
| Hawaii | $14.00 | $12.00 to $14.00, effective 1-1-2024 | $16.00, effective 1-1-2026 / $18.00, effective 1-1-2028 | 2022, by legislation | Employees guaranteed a monthly compensation of $2,000 or more are exempt from the state minimum wage law. | $12.75 | $11.00 to $12.75, effective 1-1-2024* | $14.75, effective 1-1-2026 / $16.50, effective 1-1-2028 | 2022, by legislation | *Generally the tipped minimum wage is the same as the regular minimum wage. Employers may pay $1.00 below the regular minimum wage if an employee’s combined base wage plus tips exceeds $7.00 per hour more than the regular minimum wage. Starting January 1, 2024 this credit will increase to $1.25. January 1, 2028 it will increase to $1.50. The displayed tipped minimum wage and future increase values reflect the full minimum wage minus the credit. | ||
| Idaho | $7.25 | 2007, by legislation | Idaho’s minimum wage is set equal to the federal minimum wage by statute. | $3.35 | ||||||||
| Illinois | $15.00 | $14.00 to $15.00, effective 1-1-2025 | 2019, by legislation | Illinois’s minimum wage law sets a lower minimum wage for workers under age 18 for their first 650 hours of work with any employer. The minimum wage for these workers is: $13.00, effective 1-1-2025. | $9.00 | $8.40 to $9.00, effective 1-1-2025 | 2019, by legislation | Illinois’s tipped minimum wage is set at 60% of the regular minimum wage. | ||||
| Illinois | Chicago | $16.20 | $15.80 to $16.20, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the percentage change in the CPI-U beginning July 1, 2022, capped at 2.5%, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Chicago amended its minimum wage ordinance in 2019. | The minimum wage listed applies to employers with 4 or more employees. The minimum wage will not increase when Chicago’s unemployment rate is greater than 8.5% for the preceding year. | $11.02 | $9.48 to 11.02, effective 7-1-2024 | 76% of regular minimum wage, effective 7-1-2025 / 84% of regular minimum wage, effective 7-1-2026 / 92% of regular minimum wage, effective 7-1-2027 / Equal to regular minimum wage, effective 7-1-2028 | Chicago’s tipped minimum wage ordinance was amended in 2023. | Chicago’s tipped minimum wage is set at 76% of the regular minimum wage. The tipped minimum wage will be phased out in annual increments until 7-1-2028, at which point tipped workers will be paid the full minimum wage. |
| Illinois | Cook County | $15.00 | $14.05 to $15.00, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the percentage change in the CPI-U beginning July 1, 2021, capped at 2.5%, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Cook County enacted its own minimum wage ordinance in 2016. | The minimum wage will not increase when Cook County’s unemployment rate is greater than 8.5% for the preceding year. As of January 1, 2025, Cook County’s minimum wage is temporarily superceded by the state minimum wage. | $9.00 | $8.40 to $9.00, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | 2016, by county ordinance | As of January 1, 2025, Cook County’s minimum wage is temporarily superceded by the state minimum wage. |
| Indiana | $7.25 | Indiana’s minimum wage is set equal to the federal minimum wage by statute. | $2.13 | Indiana’s tipped minimum wage is set equal to the federal tipped minimum wage by statute. | ||||||||
| Iowa | $7.25 | $7.25, effective 1-1-2008 | Iowa’s minimum wage is set at the higher of $7.25 or the current federal minimum wage. | $4.35 | $4.35, effective 1-1-2008 | Iowa’s tipped minimum wage is set at 60% of the regular minimum wage. | ||||||
| Iowa | Johnson County | $7.25 | $9.15 to $10.10, effective January 1, 2017 (reverted to $7.25 in March 2017)* | The Johnson County minimum wage reverted to $7.25 in March 2017 due to state-level preemption of the county ordinance (see Notes).* If the ordinance had not been preempted, the Johnson County minimum wage would have continued at $10.10, with annual indexing beginning July 1, 2018.* | If the county ordinance had not been preempted,* annual indexing increases would have been based on the percentage change in the CPI-U for the Midwest region for the preceding calendar year. | 2015, by county ordinance* | *On March 30, 2017, Iowa’s governor signed HF 295, a bill that nullified Johnson County’s minimum wage ordinance, including all future increases, and preempted any local government in Iowa from establishing a minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage. This lowered the effective minimum wage in Johnson County from $10.10 down to $7.25. | $4.35 | $5.49 to $6.06, effective January 1, 2017 (reverted to $4.35 in March 2017)* | The Johnson County tipped minimum wage reverted to $4.35 in March 2017 due to state-level preemption of the county ordinance (see Notes).* If the ordinance had not been preempted, the Linn County tipped minimum wage would have continued at $6.06, with annual indexing beginning July 1, 2018.* | 2015, by county ordinance* | *On March 30, 2017, Iowa’s governor signed HF 295, a bill that nullified Johnson County’s minimum wage ordinance, including all future increases, and preempted any local government in Iowa from establishing any minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage. This lowered the effective tipped minimum wage in Johnson County from $6.06 down to $4.35. |
| Iowa | Linn County | $7.25 | $7.25 to $8.25, effective 1-1-2017 (reverted to $7.25 in March 2017)* | The Linn County minimum wage reverted to $7.25 in March 2017 due to state-level preemption of the county ordinance (see Notes).* If the ordinance had not been preempted, the Linn County minimum wage would have increased to $9.25, effective January 1, 2018,* and $10.25, effective January 1, 2019.* | 2016, by county ordinance* | *On March 30, 2017, Iowa’s governor signed HF 295, a bill that nullified Linn County’s minimum wage ordinance, including all future increases, and preempted any local government in Iowa from establishing a minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage. This lowered the effective minimum wage in Linn County from $8.25 down to $7.25. | $4.35 | $4.35 to $4.95, effective January 1, 2017 (reverted to $4.35 in March 2017)* | The Linn County tipped minimum wage reverted to $4.35 in March 2017 due to state-level preemption of the county ordinance (see Notes). If the ordinance had not been preempted, the Linn County tipped minimum wage would have increased to $5.55, effective January 1, 2018, and $6.15, effective January 1, 2019.* | 2016, by county ordinance* | *On March 30, 2017, Iowa’s governor signed HF 295, a bill that nullified Linn County’s minimum wage ordinance, including all future increases, and preempted any local government in Iowa from establishing any minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage. This lowered the effective tipped minimum wage in Linn County from $4.95 down to $4.35. | |
| Iowa | Polk County | $7.25 | Increases scheduled to begin in 2017 did not go into effect due to state-level preemption* | The Polk County minimum wage remains equal to the state minimum wage due to state-level preemption of the county ordinance (see Notes). If the ordinance had not been preempted, the Polk County minimum wage would have increased to $8.75, effective April 1, 2017, *$9.75, effective January 1, 2018, and $10.75, effective January 1, 2019, with a annual indexing beginning January 1, 2020.* | If the county ordinance had not been preempted,* annual indexing increases would have been based on the percentage change in the CPI-U, beginning January 1, 2020. | 2016, by county ordinance* | *On March 30, 2017, Iowa’s governor signed HF 295, a bill that nullified Polk County’s minimum wage ordinance, including all future increases, and preempted any local government in Iowa from establishing a minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage. | $4.35 | Increase scheduled for 2017 did not go into effect due to state-level preemption* | No upcoming increases are scheduled and Polk County’s tipped wage remains equal to the state tipped wage due to state preemption of the county ordinance.* If the ordinance had not been preempted, the Polk County subminimum tipped wage would have increased to $5.00, effective April 1, 2017.* | 2016, by county ordinance* | *On March 30, 2017, Iowa’s governor signed HF 295, a bill that nullified Polk County’s minimum wage ordinance, including all future increases, and preempted any local government in Iowa from establishing any minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage. |
| Iowa | Wapello County | $7.25 | $7.25 to $8.20, effective January 1, 2017 (reverted to $7.25 in March 2017)* | The Wapello County minimum wage reverted to $7.25 in March 2017 due to state-level preemption of the county ordinance (see Notes). If the ordinance had not been preempted, the Wapello County minimum wage would have increased to $9.15, effective January 1, 2018, and $10.10, effective January 1, 2019.* | 2016, by county ordinance* | *On March 30, 2017, Iowa’s governor signed HF 295, a bill that nullified Wapello County’s minimum wage ordinance, including all future increases, and preempted any local government in Iowa from establishing a minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage. This lowered the effective minimum wage in Wapello County from $8.20 down to $7.25. | $4.35 | $4.35 to $4.92, effective January 1, 2017 (reverted to $4.35 in March 2017)* | The Wapello County tipped minimum wage reverted to $4.35 in March 2017 due to state-level preemption of the county ordinance (see Notes).* If the ordinance had not been preempted, the Wapello County tipped minimum wage would have increased to $5.49, effective January 1, 2018, and $6.06, effective January 1, 2019.* | 2016, by county ordinance* | *On March 30, 2017, Iowa’s governor signed HF 295, a bill that nullified Wapello County’s minimum wage ordinance, including all future increases, and preempted any local government in Iowa from establishing any minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage. This lowered the effective tipped minimum wage in Wapello County from $4.92 down to $4.35. | |
| Kansas | $7.25 | $6.55 to $7.25, effective 7-1-2009 | 2009, by legislation | $2.13 | Kansas’s tipped minimum wage is set equal to the federal tipped minimum wage by statute. | |||||||
| Kentucky | $7.25 | $6.55 to $7.25, effective 7-1-2009 | 2007, by legislation | Kentucky’s minimum wage is set at the higher of $7.25 or the current federal minimum wage. | $2.13 | Kentucky’s tipped minimum wage is set equal to the federal tipped minimum wage by statute. | ||||||
| Kentucky | Lexington | $7.25 | $6.55 to $7.25, effective 7-1-2009 | Lexington’s Urban County Council enacted its own minimum wage in 2015.* | *In October 2016, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that cities do not have the authority to raise the minimum wage, and the Lexington minimum wage was rolled back to $7.25. | $2.13 | ||||||
| Kentucky | Louisville | $7.25 | $6.55 to $7.25, effective 7-1-2009 | Louisville enacted its own minimum wage in 2014 by metro council ordinance.* | *In October 2016, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that cities do not have the authority to raise the minimum wage, and the Louisville minimum wage was rolled back to $7.25. | $2.13 | ||||||
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| Maine | $14.65 | $14.15 to $14.65, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W for the Northeast Region, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2016, by ballot measure | $7.33 | $7.08 to $7.33, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2017, by legislation | The 2016 ballot measure that raised Maine’s regular minimum wage also established gradual increases in Maine’s tipped minimum wage that would have eventually made it equal to the regular minimum wage. In 2017, the legislature passed a law that undid the scheduled increases in the tipped minimum wage, instead setting it at 50% of the regular minimum wage. | ||
| Maine | Portland | $15.50 | $15.00 to $15.50, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W for the Northeast Region, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2020, by ballot measure | Portland’s ordinance also requires that employees be paid 1.5 times the minimum wage rate for work performed during an emergency declared by the state or city if that emergency applies to the employee’s geographical workplace. This provision went into effect in 2022 when the local minimum wage will exceed the state minimum. | $7.75 | $7.50 to $7.75, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2019, by ballot measure | The tipped minimum wage is set at 50% of the regular minimum wage. |
| Maine | Rockland | $15.50 | $15.00 to $15.50, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-U for the Northeast Region, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2020, by ballot measure | Rockland’s minimum wage applies to employers with 25 or more employees. | $7.75 | $7.50 to $7.75, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2020, by ballot measure | The tipped minimum wage is set at 50% of the regular minimum wage. |
| Maryland | $15.00 | $13.25 to $15.00, effective 1-1-2024 | 2023, by legislation | In 2023, Maryland accelerated its minimum wage increase to $15.00 by one year, effective 1-1-2024. | $3.63 | 2014, by legislation | Prior to the legislation that increased the regular minimum wage in 2014, the Maryland tipped minimum wage was set at 50% of the regular minimum wage. As of 2014, it is set at the fixed amount of $3.63 per hour and will no longer automatically go up as the regular minimum wage increases. | |||||
| Maryland | Howard County | $16.00 | $15.00 to $16.00, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | Annual increase based on the June 30 to June 30 change in the CPI-U for the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area. | Howard County enacted its own minimum wage increase in 2021 by county ordinance | The minimum wage for small is employers is $15.00 per hour as of 1-1-2024. The small employer minimum wage increase schedule is: $15.50 on 1-1-2026, $16.00 on 7-1-2026, equal to regular minimum thereafter. Small employers include employers with 14 or fewer employees, 501(c)(3) employers, home health services employers receiving at least 75% of gross revenues from Medicaid, and food service facility under Maryland state code. | $3.63 | ||||
| Maryland | Montgomery County | $17.15 | $16.70 to $17.15, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the calendar-year increase in the CPI-W for the Washington-Baltimore region, beginning July 1, 2022. | 2017, by county ordinance | Employers with fewer than 51 employees are subject to a separate increase schedule. For businesses with 11 to 50 employees: $15.50, effective 7-1-2024. For businesses with 10 or fewer employees: $15.00, effective 7-1-2024; $15.00, effective 7-1-2024. After reaching $15.00, the minimum wage for small- and medium-size employers will be increased by CPI-W plus 1% until it equals the large-employer minimum wage. Workers under age 19 who work no more than 20 hours per week are exempt from the county minimum wage. Employers may pay 85% of the minimum wage to any employee under the age of 20 for the first six months of employment. | $4.00 | 2015, by county ordinance | The Montgomery County Council originally set the tipped minimum wage at 50% of the regular minimum wage. In 2015, it amended the ordinance to freeze the tipped minimum wage at $4.00 per hour, regardless of any subsequent changes in the regular minimum wage. In addition, if an employee’s average weekly tips plus the minimum tipped wage do not equal the minimum wage, the employer must pay the difference up to the minimum wage | ||
| Maryland | Prince George’s County | $15.00 | $13.25 to $15.00, effective 1-1-2024 | Prince George’s County enacted its own minimum wage in 2013 by county ordinance.* | *Prince George’s County’s minimum wage is superseded by the higher state minimum wage. Amusement parks and recreational establishments are only required to pay 85% of the regular minimum wage. | $3.63 | Prince George’s County’s tipped minimum wage is set equal to the state tipped minimum wage. | |||||
| Massachusetts | $15.00 | $14.25 to $15.00, effective 1-1-2023 | 2018, by legislation | The Massachusetts minimum wage bill also established a paid family and medical leave program for all workers in the state. | $6.75 | $6.15 to $6.75, effective 1-1-2023 | 2018, by legislation | |||||
| Michigan | $10.56 | $10.33 to $10.56, effective 1-1-2025 | $12.48, effective 2-21-2025 / $13.29, effective 2-21-2026 / $14.16, effective 2-21-2027 / $14.97, effective 2-21-2028 / Annual indexing effective 2-1-2029 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W | 2024, by court ruling | In September 2018, the Michigan legislature adopted an initiative scheduled to be on the November ballot that would have raised the state minimum wage to $12.00 by 2022 and set it to be adjusted for inflation every year thereafter. By adopting the initiative, the legislature removed the measure from the ballot. Subsequently, after the November election, the legislature amended the legislation so that the minimum wage would reach $12 by 2030—eight years more slowly—with no further automatic inflation adjustments. In 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled the 2018 legislation unconstitutional and reinstated the original speed of the increase, while adjusting the value of the original ballot measure to account for inflation. No increase is made if the state unemployment rate in the preceding year is 8.5% or higher. | $4.01 | $3.93 to $4.01, effective 1-1-2025 | $5.99, effective 2-21-2025 / $7.97, effective 2-21-2026 / $9.91, effective 2-21-2027 / $11.98, effective 2-21-2028 / 90% of regular minimum wage, effective 2-21-2029 / Equal to regular minimum wage, effective 2-21-2030 | 2024, by court ruling | In September 2018, the Michigan legislature adopted an initiative scheduled to be on the November ballot that would have raised the state tipped minimum wage to be equal to the regular minimum wage by 2024. By adopting the initiative, the legislature removed the measure from the ballot. Subsequently, after the November election, the legislature amended the legislation so that the tipped minimum wage would remain equal to 38% of the regular minimum wage. In 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled the 2018 legislation unconstutional and reinstated the elimination of the tipped minimum wage through 2030. | |
| Minnesota | $11.13 | $10.85 to $11.13, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the price deflator for national personal consumption expenditures (PCE), with a maximum increase of 5.0%. | 2014, by legislation | Effective January 1, 2025, Minnesota eliminated its small-employer minimum wage, the youth large-employer minimum wage and the J-1 visa wage for hotels, motels and lodging establishments. Minnesota also increased its annual adjustment cap from 2.5% to 5.0%. | $11.13 | $10.85 to $11.13, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2014, by legislation | Effective January 1, 2025, Minnesota eliminated its small-employer minimum wage, the youth large-employer minimum wage and the J-1 visa wage for hotels, motels and lodging establishments. Minnesota also increased its annual adjustment cap from 2.5% to 5.0%. | |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis | $15.97 | $15.57 to $15.97, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the price deflator for national personal consumption expenditures (PCE), with a maximum increase of 2.5%. | Minneapolis enacted its own minimum wage in 2017 by city council ordinance. | Effective 7-1-2024, all businesses are subject to the regular minimum wage regardless of employer size. | $15.97 | $15.57 to $15.97, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Minneapolis enacted its own minimum wage in 2017 by city council ordinance. | Same as the regular minimum wage. |
| Minnesota | St. Paul | $15.97 | $15.57 to $15.97, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the price deflator for national personal consumption expenditures (PCE), with a maximum increase of 2.5%. | St. Paul enacted its own minimum wage in 2018 by city council ordinance. | The St. Paul minimum wage ordinance establishes separate minimum wages and increase schedules for businesses of four different sizes: macro (more than 10,000 employees), large (101-10,000 employees), small (6-100 employees), and micro (five or fewer employees). The “macro” value and schedule are listed in the tracker. Effective 7-1-2024, the regular minimum wage applies to large businesses. The small business minimum wage is $14.00 as of 7-1-2023, with $1.00 increases every July 1 until 2026, when the macro minimum wage applies. The micro business minimum wage is $12.25 as of 7-1-2024, with $0.75 increases every July 1 until 2028, when the macro minimum wage applies. | $15.97 | $15.57 to $15.97, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | St. Paul enacted its own minimum wage in 2018 by city council ordinance. | Same as the regular minimum wage. Businesses of different sizes have different raise schedules. See the notes for the regular minimum wage for details. |
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| Missouri | $13.75 | $13.00 to $13.75, effective 1-1-2025 | $15.00, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing effective 1-1-2027 | Annual increases based on the July-to-July percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to nearest 5 cents. | 2024, by ballot measure | Missouri’s minimum wage does not apply to public employees. | $6.88 | $6.15 to $6.88, effective 1-1-2025 | $7.50, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2024, by ballot measure | The Missouri tipped minimum wage is set at 50% of the regular minimum wage. | |
| Missouri | Kansas City | $13.75 | $13.00 to $13.75, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the July-to-July percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to nearest 5 cents. | Kansas City enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city ordinance.* | *The Missouri state legislature passed a law in September 2015 preempting local governments from adopting minimum wages above the state’s minimum wage. Therefore the increases specified in the 2015 Kansas City ordinance have not gone into effect; the state minimum wage applies. The city ordinance specifies the following schedule: $8.50, effective 8-24-2015; $9.82, effective 1-1-2017; $10.96, effective 1-1-2018; $11.98, effective 1-1-2019; $13.00, effective 1-1-2020; annual indexing beginning 1-1-2021. Annual increases based on the July-to-July percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to nearest 5 cents, beginning 1-1-2021. | $6.88 | $6.15 to $6.88, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Kansas City enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city ordinance.* | The Kansas City tipped minimum wage is set at 50% of the regular state minimum wage. *The Missouri state legislature passed a law in September 2015 preempting local governments from adopting minimum wages above the state’s minimum wage. The city’s tipped minimum wage was set to be equivalent to the state tipped minimum wage policy, so the preemption of the city ordinance is irrelevant. |
| Missouri | St. Louis | $13.75 | $13.00 to $13.75, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the July-to-July percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to nearest 5 cents. | St. Louis enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city ordinance.* | *The Missouri state legislature passed a law in September 2015 preempting local governments from adopting minimum wages above the state’s minimum wage. St. Louis’s ordinance was originally thought to be “grandfathered in”; however, a circuit judge struck down the St. Louis measure in October 2015, just before it was scheduled to take effect. In February 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court struck down the state legislature’s 2015 minimum wage preemption law, effectively overturning the circuit judge’s decision. The St. Louis ordinance went into effect on May 5, 2017, raising the city’s minimum wage to $10.00. However, the state legislature subsequently passed a new preemption law to undo the St. Louis increase. The governor allowed that bill to go into effect in July 2017, thereby lowering the city’s minimum wage back down to $7.70 until a statewide ballot measure raised the state minimum wage to $8.60 in January 2019. The city ordinance specifies the following schedule: $10.00, effective 5-5-2017; $11.00, effective 1-1-2018. Annual increases based on the July-to-July percentage change in the CPI-W, St. Louis metropolitan area, rounded to nearest 5 cents, beginning 1-1-2019. | $6.88 | $6.15 to $6.88, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | St. Louis enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by city ordinance.* | The St. Louis tipped minimum wage is set at 50% of the regular city minimum wage. *The Missouri state legislature passed a law in September 2015 preempting local governments from adopting minimum wages above the state’s minimum wage. St. Louis’s ordinance was originally thought to be “grandfathered in”; however, a circuit judge struck down the St. Louis measure in October 2015. In February 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court struck down the state legislature’s 2015 minimum wage preemption law, effectively overturning the circuit judge’s decision. The St. Louis ordinance went into effect on May 5, 2017, raising the city’s tipped minimum wage to $5.00. However, the state legislature subsequently passed a new premption law to undo the St. Louis increase. The governor allowed the bill to go into effect in July 2017, thereby lowering the city’s tipped minimum wage back down to $3.85 until a statewide ballot measure raised the state’s tipped minimum wage to $4.30 in January 2019. The city ordinance specifies the following schedule: $5.00, effective 5-5-2017; $5.50, effective 1-1-2018; annual indexing beginning 1-1-2019. |
| Montana | $10.55 | $10.30 to $10.55, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-U, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2006, by ballot measure | Minimum wage of $4.00 applies to all businesses that have gross annual sales less than $110,000 and that are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. | $10.55 | $10.30 to $10.55, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2006, by ballot measure | Same as the regular minimum wage. | |
| Nebraska | $13.50 | $12.00 to $13.50, effective 1-1-2025 | $15.00, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing on January 1 | Annual increase based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-U for the Midwest region, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2022, by ballot initiative | $2.13 | ||||||
| Nevada | $12.00 | $11.25 to $12.00, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual increases may occur on July 1 of each year based on the percentage change in the CPI-U, if certain circumstances apply. See notes. No single-year adjustments may exceed 3%. | 2019, by legislation | Nevada Ballot Question 2, passed in 2022, eliminated the two-tier minimum wage system and cost-of-living adjustments; Nevada Assembly Bill 456 scheduled the minimum wage to increase $0.75 annually, from 2019 to 2024 | $12.00 | $11.25 to $12.00, effective 7-1-2024 | 2019, by legislation | Same as the regular minimum wage. | |||
| New Hampshire | $7.25 | 2011, by legislation | In 2011, the New Hampshire legislature eliminated the minimum wage established by the state, setting it equal to the value set by the federal minimum wage. | $3.26 | The New Hampshire tipped minimum wage is set at 45% of the effective regular minimum wage. | |||||||
| New Jersey | $15.49 | $15.13 to $15.49, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2025 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average. | 2019, by legislation | The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) sets the minimum wage for the coming year using the scheduled increase specified in the law or a calculation based on the CPI, whichever is higher. Businesses with fewer than six employees, and those engaged in seasonal employment, are subject to a separate increase schedule: $13.50, effective 1-1-2024; $14.30, effective 1-1-2025; $15.00, effective 1-1-2026; half the difference between $15.00 and the regular minimum wage, effective 1-1-2027; parity with the regular minimum wage, effective 1-1-2028. | $5.62 | $5.26 to $5.62, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2025 | 2019, by legislation | From 1-1-2024 onward, the New Jersey tipped minimum wage is set at $9.87 less than the regular minimum wage. | |
| New Mexico | $12.00 | $11.50 to $12.00, effective 1-1-2023 | 2019, by legislation | New Mexico has a lower minimum wage of $8.50 for students enrolled in secondary school. | $3.00 | $2.80 to $3.00, effective 1-1-2023 | 2019, by legislation | |||||
| New Mexico | Albuquerque | $12.00 | $11.50 to $12.00, effective 1-1-2023* | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2012 | *Albuquerque’s minimum wage is superseded by the higher state minimum wage. The city’s lower minimum wage for employees receiving health care or child care benefits at an annualized cost of $2,500 or more is also negated by the higher state minimum wage. All workers must be paid at least the state minimum wage regardless of health care or child care benefits. | $7.20 | $6.90 to $7.20, effective 1-1-2023 | 2012 | The Albuquerque tipped minimum wage is set at 60% of the regular minimum wage. | ||
| New Mexico | Bernalillo County | $12.00 | $11.50 to $12.00, effective 1-1-2023* | Annual increases based on the percentage change in the CPI, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2013, by county ordinance | *Bernalillo County’s minimum wage is superseded by the higher state minimum wage. The county ordinance does not apply to the City of Albuquerque, which sets its own minimum wage. The county’s lower minimum wage for employees receiving health care or child care benefits at an annualized cost of $2,500 or more is also negated by the higher state minimum wage. All workers must be paid at least the state minimum wage regardless of health care or child care benefits. | $3.00 | $2.80 to $3.00, effective 1-1-2023 | ||||
| New Mexico | Las Cruces | $12.65 | $12.36 to $12.65, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W for the West census region, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | Las Cruces enacted its own minimum wage in 2014 by city council ordinance. | $5.06 | $4.95 to $5.06, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Las Cruces enacted its own tipped minimum wage in 2014. | The tipped minimum wage is set at 40% of the regular city minimum wage. | |
| New Mexico | Santa Fe City | $14.60 | $14.03 to $14.60, effective 3-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective March 1 | Annual increases based on the previous year’s percentage change in the CPI-W for the West census region. | 2003, by city ordinance | Santa Fe’s minimum wage law is similar to “living wage” laws in other cities that require any business under contract with the city government to pay a determined “living wage.” Santa Fe, however, extends this requirement to any business granted a business license to operate within city limits. | $3.00 | ||||
| New Mexico | Santa Fe County | $14.60 | $14.03 to $14.60, effective 3-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective March 1 | Annual increases based on the previous year’s percentage change in the CPI-W for the West census region. | 2014, by county ordinance | $4.38 | $4.21 to $4.38, effective 3-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective March 1 | 2014 | The Santa Fe County tipped minimum wage is set at 30% of the regular minimum wage. The county ordinance applies to businesses outside the incorporated boundaries of the City of Santa Fe. It does not supersede the city’s ordinance. | |
| New York | $15.50 | $15.00 to $15.50, effective 1-1-2025 | $16.00, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | Indexed schedule to be set by the Director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor. | 2023, by legislation | This is the base minimum wage for the state that applies to all areas outside New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties. State law establishes separate minimum wage rates for New York City and downstate counties. The New York minimum wage law allows for wage orders that govern wage requirements in specific industries. In 2015, a wage board for the fast-food industry set higher minimum wages for workers in fast food. As of 12-31-2018, the fast-food minimum wage in New York City is the same as the overall city minimum wage. New York’s minimum wage law has an “off-ramp” provision that temporarily suspends indexing if unemployment increases by 0.5% or employment levels fall. | $10.35 | $10.00 to $10.35, effective 1-1-2025 | $10.65, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | 2023, by state legislation | New York’s tipped minimum wage is set equal to the greater of $8.35 or two-thirds of the regular minimum wage or the prevailing minimum wage of a given geography. This rate applies to all tipped workers except those in the fast-food industry, who are subject to a separate minimum wage schedule. | |
| New York | New York City | $16.50 | $16.00 to $16.50, effective 1-1-2025 | $17.00, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | Indexed schedule to be set by the Director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor. | 2023, by legislation | $11.00 | $10.65 to $11.00, effective 1-1-2025 | $11.35, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | 2023, by state legislation | New York’s tipped minimum wage is set equal to the greater of $7.85 or two-thirds of the regular minimum wage or the prevailing minimum wage of a given geography and size employer. This rate applies to all tipped workers except those in the fast-food industry, who are subject to a separate minimum wage schedule. | |
| New York | Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties | $16.50 | $16.00 to $16.50, effective 1-1-2025 | $17.00, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | Indexed schedule to be set by the Director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor. | 2023, by legislation | $11.00 | $10.65 to $11.00, effective 1-1-2025 | $11.35, effective 1-1-2026 / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | 2023, by state legislation | New York’s tipped minimum wage is set equal to the greater of $7.85 or two-thirds of the regular minimum wage or the prevailing minimum wage of a given geography and size employer. This rate applies to all tipped workers except those in the fast-food industry, who are subject to a separate minimum wage schedule. | |
| North Carolina | $7.25 | The North Carolina minimum wage is set equal to the federal minimum wage by statute. | $2.13 | North Carolina’s tipped minimum wage is set equal to the federal tipped minimum wage by statute. | ||||||||
| North Dakota | $7.25 | $6.55 to $7.25, effective 6-24-2009 | 2007, by legislation | $4.86 | $4.39 to $4.86, effective 6-24-2009 | North Dakota’s tipped minimum wage is set at 67% of the regular minimum wage. | ||||||
| Ohio | $10.70 | $10.45 to $10.70, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2006, by constitutional amendment | $5.35 | $5.25 to $5.35, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Ohio’s tipped minimum wage is set at 50% of the regular minimum wage. | |||
| Oklahoma | $7.25 | $6.55 to $7.25, effective 6-24-2009 | State minimum wage of $2.00 applies to workers in companies with fewer than 10 employees or who work for businesses with gross annual sales less than $100,000. All others subject to federal minimum. | $2.13 | ||||||||
| Oregon | $14.70 | $14.20 to $14.70 effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases based on the March-to-March change in the CPI-U, U.S. city average, rounded to nearest 5 cents. | 2016, by legislation | Base minimum wage for the state. State law establishes separate minimum wage rates for the Portland Urban Growth Boundary area and designated non-urban counties. | $14.70 | $14.20 to $14.70 effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | 2016, by legislation | Same as regular minimum wage. | |
| Oregon | Portland Urban Growth Boundary | $15.95 | $15.45 to $15.95, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases to the state’s base minimum wage are based on the March-to-March change in the CPI-U, U.S. city average, rounded to nearest 5 cents. Portland UGB’s rate is then set to $1.25 greater than the state’s base rate. | 2016, by legislation | Region’s minimum wage to be set at $1.25 greater than the state’s base minimum wage when indexing begins on July 1, 2023. | $15.95 | $15.45 to $15.95, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | 2016, by legislation | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| Oregon | Nonurban counties | $13.70 | $13.20 to $13.70, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | Annual increases to the state’s base minimum wage are based on the March-to-March change in the CPI-U, U.S. city average, rounded to nearest 5 cents. Nonurban counties’ rate is then set to $1.00 less than the state’s base rate. | 2016, by legislation | Nonurban counties include Baker, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler counties. The region’s minimum wage is to be set at $1.00 less than the state’s base minimum wage when indexing begins on July 1, 2023. | $13.70 | $13.20 to $13.70, effective 7-1-2024 | Annual indexing effective July 1 | 2016, by legislation | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| Pennsylvania | $7.25 | Pennsylvania’s minimum wage is set equal to the federal minimum wage by statute. | $2.83 | |||||||||
| Rhode Island | $15.00 | $14.00 to $15.00, effective 1-1-2025 | 2021, by legislation | $3.89 | $3.39 to $3.89, effective 1-1-2017 | 2017, by legislation | ||||||
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| South Dakota | $11.50 | $11.20 to $11.50, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the percentage change in the CPI, rounded to the nearest 5 cents. | 2014, by ballot measure | $5.75 | $5.60 to $5.75, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2014, by ballot measure | South Dakota’s tipped minimum wage is set at 50% of the regular minimum wage. | ||
| Tennessee | Tennessee has a promised wage law whereby the employers are responsible for paying to the employees the wages promised by the employer. | |||||||||||
| Texas | $7.25 | Texas’s minimum wage is set equal to the federal minimum wage by statute. | $2.13 | |||||||||
| Utah | $7.25 | Utah excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. | $2.13 | |||||||||
| Vermont | $14.01 | $13.67 to $14.01, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases of the smaller of 5% of the current minimum, or the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-U, U.S. city average. | 2020, by legislation | Vermont started indexing in January 2007. | $7.01 | $6.84 to $7.01, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2020, by legislation | Vermont’s tipped minimum wage is set at 50% of the regular minimum wage. The 2020 legislation that raised Vermont’s minimum wage also created a study group that will investigate the potential impacts of eliminating the lower minimum wage for tipped workers so that all workers are paid the regular minimum wage, regardless of tips. | |
| Virginia | $12.41 | $12.00 to $12.41, effective 1-1-2025 | $13.50, effective 1-1-2025* / $15.00, effective 1-1-2026* / Annual indexing beginning 1-1-2027 | Annual increases based on the calendar-year increase in the CPI-U, U.S. city average. | 2020, by legislation | *Virginia’s minimum wage law stipulates that the increases to $13.50 and $15.00, scheduled to occur in 2025 and 2026, must be reauthorized by the legislature by July 1, 2024. If they are not reauthorized, the annual indexing provisions will take effect from the $12.00 minimum wage level established on 1-1-2023. | $2.13 | |||||
| Washington | $16.66 | $16.28 to $16.66, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average, beginning 1-1-2021. | 2016, by ballot measure | Washington was the first state to enact annual inflation indexing in 2001. | $16.66 | $16.28 to $16.66, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2016, by ballot measure | Same as regular minimum wage | |
| Washington | Bellingham | $17.66 | $17.28 to $17.66, effective 1-1-2025 | Two dollars above the state minimum wage, effective 5-1-2025 / Two dollars above the state minimum wage, effective 1-1-2026 and thereafter | Bellingham enacted its own minimum wage increase in 2023 by city ordinance. | $17.66 | $17.28 to $17.66, effective 1-1-2025 | Two dollars above the state minimum wage, effective 5-1-2025 / Two dollars above the state minimum wage, effective 1-1-2026 and thereafter | Bellingham enacted its own minimum wage increase in 2023 by city ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage | ||
| Washington | Burien | $19.66 | $16.28 to $19.66, effective 1-1-2025 | Three dollars above the state minimum wage, effective 1-1-2026 and thereafter | Burien enacted its own minimum wage increase in 2024 by city council ordinance. | A “Level 1” employer means all employers, including franchisees, employ more than 500 FTE’s in King County. A “Level 2” employer means all employers, including franchisees, employ 21 to 499 FTEs. Employers with 20 or fewer FTE’s are exempt from the ordinance. Beginning January 1, 2025, Level 1 employers will pay a minimum wage $3.00 above the state minimum wage. Level 2 employers will pay a minimum wage $2.00 above the state minimum wage. | $19.66 | $16.28 to $19.66, effective 1-1-2025 | Three dollars above the state minimum wage, effective 1-1-2026 and thereafter | Burien enacted its own minimum wage increase in 2024 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage | |
| Washington | King County | $20.29 | $16.28 to $20.29, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | King County enacted a minimum wage increase in 2024 by county ordinance. | Affects the unincorporated areas of King County, WA. The minimum wage ordinance contains temporary exceptions based on business size and gross revenue. As of January 1, 2025 these exceptions are: 1) More than 15 employees, but fewer than 500 ($18.29) 2) 15 or fewer employees and an annual gross revenue of $2 million or more ($18.29) 3) 15 or fewer employees and an annual gross revenue of less than $2 million ($17.29). These exceptions will be phased out through 2030. | $20.29 | $16.28 to $20.29, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | King County enacted a minimum wage increase in 2024 by county ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage | |
| Washington | Renton | $20.90 | $20.29 to $20.90, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual increase is based on the August to August change in the CPI-U for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area | Renton passed a minimum wage increase in 2024 by ballot intiative. | Renton’s minimum wage policy sets the 2024 minimum wage rate equal to the City of Tukwila, WA’s minimum wage. Renton’s minimum wage applies to employers with at least 15 employees or gross annual revenue over $2 million. For other employers, the minimum wage is: The full minimum wage minus two dollars, effective 7-1-2024; The full minimum wage minus one dollar, effective 7-1-2025; Equal to the regular minimum wage, effective 7-1-2026. | $20.90 | $20.29 to $20.90, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing, effective 1-1-2025 | Renton passed a minimum wage increase in 2024 by ballot intiative. | Same as regular minimum wage |
| Washington | Seattle | $20.76 | $19.97 to $20.76, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W. | Seattle enacted its own minimum wage in 2014 by city council ordinance | Employers with 500 or fewer employees are subject to a minimum wage of $18.04 in 2025, provided covered employees receive tips or employer contributions toward medical benefits equivalent to at least $2.72 per hour. | $20.76 | $19.97 to $20.76, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Seattle enacted its own tipped wage in 2014 by city council ordinance. | Same as regular minimum wage. |
| Washington | SeaTac | $20.17 | $19.71 to $20.17, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average. | 2013, by city council ordinance | SeaTac’s minimum wage applies only to hospitality and transportation workers within the city. | $20.17 | $19.71 to $20.17, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | 2013, by city council ordinance | SeaTac’s tipped minimum wage is the same as the regular minimum wage. The ordinance specifies that service charges must be paid directly to the nonmanagerial, nonsupervisory workers who perform the direct service to customers. |
| Washington | Tacoma | $16.66 | $16.28 to $16.66, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1* | Annual increases based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W, U.S. city average.* | Tacoma enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by ballot measure* | *Tacoma’s city minimum wage was superseded by the state minimum wage on 1-1-2020. | $16.66 | $16.28 to $16.66, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1* | Tacoma enacted its own minimum wage in 2015 by ballot measure.* | Same as regular minimum wage. *Tacoma’s city minimum wage was superseded by the state minimum wage on 1-1-2020. |
| Washington | Tukwila | $21.10 | $20.29 to $21.10, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Annual increase based on the August-to-August percentage change in the CPI-W for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area. | Tukwila enacted its own minimum wage in 2022 by ballot initiative. | The listed minimum wage is the level for large employers (more than 500 employees). Employers with at least 15 employees and less than 500 employees must pay a minimum of $20.10 in 2025. On July 1, 2025, the mid-size employer minimum wage will be the same as the large employer rate. Employers with fewer than 15 employees and earning less than $2 million in annual revenue are subject to the state minimum wage. | $21.10 | $20.29 to $21.10, effective 1-1-2025 | Annual indexing effective January 1 | Tukwila enacted its own minimum wage in 2022 by ballot initiative. | Same as regular minimum wage |
| West Virginia | $8.75 | $8.00 to $8.75, effective 12-31-2015 | 2014, by legislation | $2.63 | $2.40 to $2.63, effective 1-1-2016 | 2014, by legislation | West Virginia’s tipped minimum wage is set at 30% of the regular minimum wage. | |||||
| Wisconsin | $7.25 | $6.55 to $7.25, effective 6-1-2009 | $2.33 | |||||||||
| Wyoming | $5.15 | $1.60 to $5.15, effective 1-1-2002 | 2001, by legislation | $2.13 | ||||||||
| Federal | 7.25 | $6.55 to $7.25, effective 7-24-2009 | 2007 | The Fair Labor Standards Act excludes any business with gross annual revenue less than $500,000 whose employees do not engage in “interstate commerce.” It also contains a variety of smaller occupational exclusions, such as those for telephone switchboard operators, private investigators, and babysitters. | 2.13 | $2.09 to $2.13 effective 4-1-1991 | 1996 | Until 1996 the federal tipped minimum wage was set as a percentage of the regular minimum wage. When the regular minimum wage was increased in 1996, the tipped minimum wage was fixed at $2.13. |
Notes
In states with no minimum-wage law (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee) or minimum wages below the federal minimum wage (Georgia and Wyoming), the federal minimum wage of $7.25 applies.
Many states exclude very small businesses, such as those with fewer than five employees or those with gross annual revenue below a specified threshold. Many also contain a variety of smaller occupational exclusions and in some cases, exclusions for seasonal and part-time youth workers. The exclusions listed here are not exhaustive; they only highlight the more significant or noteworthy exclusions to minimum-wage laws.
“CPI” refers to the Consumer Price Index, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“CPI-U” refers to the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“CPI-W” refers to the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.