<Tr> <Td> Youth </Td> <Td> $4.25 </Td> <Td> The Fair Labor Standards Act has since September 1, 1996 allowed for persons under the age of 20 to be paid $4.25 for the first 90 calendar days of their employment . </Td> </Tr> <P> The average US minimum wage per capita (2017) is $8.49 based on the population size of each state and generally represents the average minimum wage experienced by a person working in one of the fifty US states . Cities, counties, districts, and territories are not included in the calculation . As of October 2016, there have been 29 states with a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum . From 2014 to 2015, nine states increased their minimum wage levels through automatic adjustments, while increases in 11 other states occurred through referendum or legislative action . Beginning in January 2017, Massachusetts and Washington state have the highest minimum wages in the country, at $11.00 per hour . New York City's minimum wage will be $15.00 per hour by the end of 2018 . - </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> State </Th> <Th> Min Wage ($/ h) </Th> <Th> Tipped ($/ h) </Th> <Th> Youth / Training ($/ h) </Th> <Th> Automatic Indexed Adjustment </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alaska </Td> <Td> $9.80 </Td> <Td> $9.80 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $9.80 on January 1, 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arizona </Td> <Td> $10.00 </Td> <Td> $7.00 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $8.05 on January 1, 2015 . The state tipped minimum wage is $3 per hour less . Pursuant to Arizona Proposition 202 (2006), the rates are adjusted annually on January 1 based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index . This rate increase does not affect student workers in places such as libraries and cafeterias because those positions are given by universities, which are state entities . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arkansas </Td> <Td> $8.50 </Td> <Td> $2.63 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The 2014 rate applies to employers of 4 or more employees . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> California </Td> <Td> $10.50 </Td> <Td> $10.50 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $10.00 on January 1, 2016 and will increase to $15.00 by 2022 . Berkeley: $13.75 since October 1, 2017 and will increase to $15.00 by 2018 . Emeryville: $15.20 for businesses with 56 or more employees; $14.00 for businesses with 55 employees or less, effective July 2017 . Jackson Rancheria: $10.60 since January 1, 2014 on the Tribe's sovereign 1,500 - acre reservation in Amador County . Oakland: $12.86 since January 1, 2017 . Unions are exempt from Oakland's minimum wage law . Los Angeles: $10.50 since July 1, 2016 and will increase to $15.00 by 2020 . Unions are exempt from Los Angeles's minimum wage law . San Francisco: $14.00 since July 1, 2017 and will increase to $15.00 by 2018 . Unions are exempt from San Francisco's minimum wage law . San Jose: $12.00 since January 1, 2017 . Unions are exempt from San Jose's minimum wage law . El Cerrito: $12.25 since Januaury 1, 2017 and will increase to $15 by 2019 and thereafter increase based on local Consumer Price Index </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colorado </Td> <Td> $9.30 </Td> <Td> $6.28 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> On January 1, 2017, the minimum wage was increased to $9.30 and will be increased annually by $0.90 until it becomes $12 in January 2020 . Starting in 2021, it will be adjusted by cost of living increases . The tipped wage is $3.02 less than the minimum wage </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Connecticut </Td> <Td> $10.10 </Td> <Td> $6.59 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> On March 26, 2014, the state passed legislation to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 by January 1, 2017 . Connecticut's tipped minimum wage is 65.2% of the state minimum wage (tipped employees defined as $10 / wk or $2 / day in tips). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Delaware </Td> <Td> $8.25 </Td> <Td> $2.23 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $8.25 on June 1, 2015 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Florida </Td> <Td> $8.10 </Td> <Td> $5.08 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage is increased annually on September 30 (effective January 1 of the following calendar year) based upon a cost of living formula (the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, not seasonally adjusted, for the South Region or a successor index as calculated by the United States Department of Labor, using the rate of inflation for the 12 months prior to September 1). Florida's minimum wage increased to $8.10 and the tipped minimum wage to $5.08 on January 1, 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Georgia </Td> <Td> $5.15 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Only applicable to employers of 6 or more employees . 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hawaii </Td> <Td> $9.25 </Td> <Td> $8.50 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $8.50 on January 1, 2016, and will increase to $10.10 by January 1, 2018 . Tipped employees earn 75 cents less than the current state minimum wage . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Idaho </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $3.35 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Illinois </Td> <Td> $8.25 </Td> <Td> $4.95 </Td> <Td> $7.75 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Employers may pay anyone under the age of 18, or anyone for the first 90 days of employment, fifty cents less . Tipped employees earn 60% of the minimum wage (employers may claim credit for tips, up to 40% of wage). There is a training wage for tipped employees . Chicago: $10.00 from July 1, 2015 and will increase to $13.00 by 2019 . Unions are exempt from Chicago's minimum wage law . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indiana </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iowa </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $4.35 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Most small retail and service establishments grossing less than $300,000 annually are not required to pay the minimum wage . A tipped employee who makes $30.00 per month or more in tips, can be paid 60% of the minimum wage, i.e. as little as $4.35 per hour . Increased minimum wage laws in Johnson and Linn counties were nullified by the legislature . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kansas </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kansas had the lowest legislated, non-tipped worker, minimum wage in the U.S., $2.65 per hour, until it was raised to $7.25, effective January 1, 2010 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kentucky </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Louisville: $8.10 from July 1, 2015 and will increase to $9.00 by 2017 . However, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that localities do not have authority to increase the minimum wage . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louisiana </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maine </Td> <Td> $9.00 </Td> <Td> $5.00 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Tipped rate is half of the current state minimum wage . On July 6, 2015, the city council of Portland voted 6 - 3 to raise the city's minimum wage to $10.10 beginning on January 1, 2016--an increase of 34% . Note: The tipped wage will return to being 50% of the regular minimum wage starting January 1, 2018; minimum wage will increase to $10 in January 2018, $11 in January 2019; $12 in January 2020 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maryland </Td> <Td> $9.25 </Td> <Td> $3.63 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minimum wage is $8.75 per hour as July 1, 2016; $9.25 as of July 1, 2017; and $10.10 as of July 1, 2018 . <P> For employees working in Prince George's County, the minimum wage is $10.75 per hour, effective October 1, 2016, and increases to $11.50 on October 1, 2017 . </P> <P> For employees working in Montgomery County, the minimum wage is $11.50 per hour starting July 1, 2017 . County Council bill 12 - 16 was enacted on January 17, 2017 to adjust the minimum wage to $15 and base future adjustments on the Consumer Price Index, but was later vetoed by the County Executive . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> $11.00 </Td> <Td> $3.75 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $11.00 ($3.75 for tipped workers) on January 1, 2017, making it the highest minimum - wage in the country at the state level . Massachusetts is the only state in the country that mandates time - and - a-half for retail workers working on Sunday . With state minimum wage at $11 an hour the effective minimum wage for a retail worker working on Sunday is $16.50 an hour . As of 2017, Massachusetts has the largest gap between the hourly minimum wage for tipped workers ($3.75) and the general minimum wage ($11). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michigan </Td> <Td> $8.90 </Td> <Td> $3.38 $8.90 (tips included) </Td> <Td> $4.25 (training) $7.57 (youth) </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage will increase to $9.25 by January 2018 and increase with the consumer price index yearly after 2018 . Yearly increases, starting on February 1 2019, shall not exceed 3.5% . There will be no increase in minimum wage if the unemployment rate rises to or above 8.5% in the previous year . Tipped workers must earn at least standard Michigan minimum wage once tips are included in their wages . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Minnesota </Td> <Td> $9.50 </Td> <Td> $9.50 </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Small employers, whose annual receipts are less than $500,000 and who do not engage in interstate commerce, can pay their employees $7.25 per hour . Overtime applies after 48 hours per week . Note: For large employers, the minimum wage became $9.00 on August 1, 2015; and $9.50 on August 1, 2016 . For small employers the minimum wage became $7.25 on August 1, 2015; and $7.75 on August 1, 2016 . Beginning January 1, 2018, all minimum wage rates will increase by the national implicit price deflator or 2.5%, whichever is lower . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mississippi </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Missouri </Td> <Td> $7.70 </Td> <Td> $3.825 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage rate is automatically adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index rounded to the nearest five cents, and increased to $7.70 on January 1, 2017 . While a city ordinance was passed in St. Louis area to increase the minimum wage was set to $8.25 in 2015, in October 2015 the law was voided by a new statewide bill barring cities from setting their own minimum wages . The State Supreme Court ruled on 28 February 2017 that the ordinance was lawful and could go into effect, with the minimum wage rate set to rise to $11.00 an hour by 2018 in St. Louis . However, on July 5, 2017, another law was passed to nullify the increase and to have a statewide minimum wage of $7.70 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Montana </Td> <Td> $8.15 </Td> <Td> $8.15 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage rate is automatically adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index, and increased to $8.15 on January 1, 2017 . Income from tips cannot offset an employee's pay rate . The state minimum wage for business with less than $110,000 in annual sales is $4.00 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nebraska </Td> <Td> $9.00 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $9.00 January 1, 2016 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nevada </Td> <Td> $8.25 </Td> <Td> $8.25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> The minimum wage has been $8.25 ($1 higher than the federal minimum) since July 1, 2010 . Employers who offer health benefits can pay employees $7.25 . The rate is adjusted every July 1, based on the federal minimum or the accumulated inflation since 2006, whichever is higher, based on a 2006 Minimum Wage Amendment to the Nevada Constitution . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Hampshire </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $3.27 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Jersey </Td> <Td> $8.44 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $8.44 on January 1, 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Mexico </Td> <Td> $7.50 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Santa Fe: $10.84 since January 1, 2015 . Albuquerque: $8.75 since January 1, 2015 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New York </Td> <Td> $9.75 </Td> <Td> Varies </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> The minimum wage rate increased to $9.00 on December 31, 2015 . As of July 24, 2009 there has been a minimum for exempt employees of $543.75 per week . Tipped employee minimum ranges from $4.90 to $5.65 depending on industry . Effective December 31, 2013, there have been different rules for the minimum cash wage for tipped employees outside of the hospitality industry, (e.g., in car washes and in salons). For workers earning more than $1.95 on average per hour in tips, the minimum cash wage has been $6.05 per hour; for workers earning between $1.20 and $1.95 in tips on average per hour, the cash wage has been $6.80 . <P> A 2016 law changed the minimum wage over the following six years . "Large" employers have 11 or more employees, and "small" have between 1 and 10 . "Downstate" includes Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties . NYC large employers: $11.00, NYC small employers: $10.50, Downstate employers: $10.00, Upstate employers: $9.70 . As of December 31, 2017: NYC large employers: $13.00; NYC small employers: $12.00; Downstate employers: $11.00; Upstate employers: $10.40 . As of December 31, 2018: NYC large employers: $15.00; NYC small employers: $13.50; Downstate employers: $12.00; Upstate employers: $11.10 . As of December 31, 2019: NYC large employers: $15.00; NYC small employers: $15.00; Downstate employers: $13.00; Upstate employers: $12.50 . As of December 31, 2020: NYC large employers: $15.00; NYC small employers: $15.00; Downstate employers: $14.00; Upstate employers: $12.50 . As of December 31, 2021: NYC large employers: $15.00; NYC small employers: $15.00; Downstate employers: $15.00; Upstate employers: Set by Commissioner of Labor based on economic conditions, up to $15.00 . </P> <P> Tipped food service workers will be paid $7.50 per hour, or two - thirds of the applicable minimum wage rate rounded to the nearest $0.05, whichever is higher . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Carolina </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The employer may take credit for tips earned by a tipped employee and may count them as wages up to the amount permitted in section 3 (m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Dakota </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $4.86 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tipped minimum is 67% of the minimum wage . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ohio </Td> <Td> $8.15 </Td> <Td> $4.08 </Td> <Td> $7.25 under 16 years old </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> The rate is $7.25 for employers grossing $283,000 or less . The rate is adjusted annually on January 1 based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index and </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oklahoma </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minimum wage for employers grossing under $100,000 and with fewer than 10 employees per location is $2.00. (OK Statutes 40 - 197.5). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oregon </Td> <Td> $11.25 (Portland metro) $10.25 (non-rural counties) $10.00 (rural counties) </Td> <Td> $11.25 (Portland metro) $10.25 (non-rural counties) $10.00 (rural counties) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> On March 2, 2016, Senate Bill 1532 was signed into law, increasing minimum wage depending on the county . Beginning July 1, 2016 the minimum wage increased to $9.75 for non-rural counties and to $9.50 for rural counties, thereafter increasing each year by fixed amounts until June 30, 2022 when the minimum wage will be $14.75 for the Portland metro area, $13.50 for other non-rural counties, and $12.50 for rural counties . Thereafter, the minimum wage will be adjusted each year based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index . Non-rural counties are defined as Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill counties . Rural counties are defined as Baker, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler counties . The Portland Metro rate ($1.25 over the non-rural rate) applies to employers located within the urban growth boundary (UGB) of the Portland metropolitan service district . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.83 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rhode Island </Td> <Td> $9.60 </Td> <Td> $3.39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $9.60 January 1, 2016 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Carolina </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Dakota </Td> <Td> $8.65 </Td> <Td> $4.325 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $8.65 on January 1, 2017, and is indexed to inflation . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tennessee </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Texas </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Applies to all workers in the state, excluding patients of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation who have diminished production capacity and who work on behalf of the Department; their salary is calculated at the minimum wage times a percentage of their diminished capacity . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Utah </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vermont </Td> <Td> $10.00 </Td> <Td> $4.80 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $10.00 on January 1, 2017, will increase to $10.50 by January 1, 2018, and will be indexed to inflation beginning on January 1, 2019 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Washington </Td> <Td> $11.00 </Td> <Td> $11.00 </Td> <Td> $9.35 </Td> <Td> Y </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increases annually by a voter - approved cost - of - living adjustment based on the federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI - W). Seattle: $11.00 for businesses less than 500 employees, 15.00 for businesses with over 500 employees, and for all businesses by 2021 . SeaTac: $15.00 for airport - related businesses . Union workshops are exempt from SeaTac's $15 minimum wage law . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Virginia </Td> <Td> $8.75 </Td> <Td> $2.62 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minimum wage increased to $8.75 on December 31, 2015 . The state minimum wage is applicable to employers of six or more employees at one location not involved in interstate commerce and for tipped employees is 30% of the federal minimum wage . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wisconsin </Td> <Td> $7.25 </Td> <Td> $2.33 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wyoming </Td> <Td> $5.15 </Td> <Td> $2.13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> State </Th> <Th> Min Wage ($/ h) </Th> <Th> Tipped ($/ h) </Th> <Th> Youth / Training ($/ h) </Th> <Th> Automatic Indexed Adjustment </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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