Minimum wage in the United States
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Minimum wage in the United States

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State	Min. wage ($/h)	Tipped ($/h)	Youth/ training ($/h)	Automatic indexed adjustment	Notes

Alabama	None	No	Local laws preempted in 2016 with the signing of the Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act. The Act was subsequently found to be unconstitutional by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, but that opinion has been vacated and the case is pending before an en banc panel.

Alaska	$9.89	$9.89	Yes	Minimum wage increased to $9.89 on January 1, 2019.

Arizona	$11.00	$7.50	Yes	Voters passed Proposition 206 in 2016 scheduling a series of wage increases which will be completed next year on January 1, 2020 when Arizona's minimum wage will be $12.00.

Arkansas	$9.25	$2.63	No	Voters passed Issue 5 in 2018 to schedule a series of wage increases starting with $9.25/hour in 2019, $10.00 in 2020, and $11.00 in 2021.

California	$12.00	$12.00	Yes	Minimum wage increased to $12.00 for business with 26 employees or more; $11.00 for business with 25 employees or fewer, effective on January 1, 2019 and increases to $15.00 by 2022.

Colorado	$11.10	$8.08	Yes	On January 1, 2019, the minimum wage increased to $11.10 and will increase to $12.00 on January 1, 2020. On January 1, 2021, it will be adjusted in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Connecticut	$10.10	$6.59	No	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/week or $2/day in tips).

Delaware	$8.75	$2.23	No	Minimum wage increased to $8.75 on January 1, 2019.

Florida	$8.46	$5.44	Yes	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).

Georgia	$5.15	$2.13	No	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.

Hawaii	$10.10	$9.35	No	Minimum wage increased to $10.10 on January 1, 2018. Tipped employees earn 75 cents less than the current state minimum wage.

Idaho	$7.25	$3.35	No

Illinois	$8.25	$4.95	$7.75	No	Employers may pay anyone under the age of 18, or anyone for the first 90 days of employment, fifty cents less.

Indiana	$7.25	$2.13	No

Iowa	$7.25	$4.35	No	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.

Kansas	$7.25	$2.13	No	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.

Kentucky	$7.25	$2.13	No	Louisville: $8.10 from July 1, 2015 and increases to $9.00 by 2017. However, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that localities do not have authority to increase the minimum wage.

Louisiana	None	No

Maine	$11.00	$5.50	Yes	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%.

Maryland	$10.10	$3.63	No	Minimum wage is $10.10 as of July 1, 2018. The minimum wage increases as follows: For large employers, $11.00 starting on January 1, 2020; $11.75 on January 1, 2021; $12.50 on January 1, 2022; $13.25 on January 1, 2023; $14.00 on January 1, 2024; and $15.00 on January 1, 2025.

Massachusetts	$12.00	$4.35	No	Minimum wage increased to $12.00 ($4.35 for tipped workers) on January 1, 2019. Massachusetts is the only state in the country that mandates time-and-a-half for retail workers working on Sunday.

Michigan	$9.45	$3.59	$4.25 (training) $8.03 (youth)	Yes	Annual minimum wage increases, linked to the Consumer Price Index, will start on February 1, 2019, and shall not exceed 3.5%.

Minnesota	$9.86	$9.65	$7.87 (for small employers; training; youth; and employees in J-1 status working for hotels, motels, lodging establishments, or resorts)	Yes	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.

Mississippi	None	No

Missouri	$8.60	$4.30	Yes	On November 6, 2018 Missouri passed Proposition B, which increased the minimum wage to $8.60 on January 1, 2019 and increases to $9.45 on January 1, 2020; $10.30 January 1, 2021; $11.15 January 1, 2022; and $12.00 January 1, 2023.

Montana	$8.50	$8.50	Yes	Minimum wage rate is automatically adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index, and increased to $8.50 on January 1, 2019.

Nebraska	$9.00	$2.13	No	Minimum wage increased to $9.00 January 1, 2016.

Nevada	$8.25	$8.25	Yes	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.

New Hampshire	$7.25	$3.27	No

New Jersey	$8.85	$2.13	Yes	Minimum wage increased to $8.85 on January 1, 2019. On January 17, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy and state legislative leaders passed an agreement to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024, with a bill to raise the minimum wage passed and signed by the Governor.

New Mexico	$7.50	$2.13	No	Santa Fe: $10.84 since January 1, 2015. Albuquerque: $8.75 since January 1, 2015.

New York	$11.10	Varies	Yes	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.

North Carolina	$7.25	$2.13	No	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.

North Dakota	$7.25	$4.86	No	Tipped minimum is 67% of the minimum wage.

Ohio	$8.55	$4.30	$7.25 under 16 years old	Yes	The rate is $7.25 for employers grossing $350,000 or less. The rate is adjusted annually on January 1 based on the U.S.

Oklahoma	$7.25	$2.13	No	Minimum wage for employers grossing under $100,000 and with fewer than 10 employees per location is $2.00. (OK Statutes 40-197.5).

Oregon	$10.50 (rural counties) $10.75 (non-rural counties) $12.00 (Portland metro)	$10.50 (rural counties) $10.75 (non-rural counties) $12.00 (Portland metro)	Yes	On March 2, 2016, Senate Bill 1532 was signed into law, increasing minimum wage depending on the county. Beginning July 1, 2018 the minimum wage increased to $10.75 for non-rural counties and to $10.50 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.

Pennsylvania	$7.25	$2.83	No

Rhode Island	$10.50	$3.89	No	Minimum wage is $10.50 as of January 1, 2019.

South Carolina	None	No

South Dakota	$9.10	$4.425	Yes	Minimum wage increased to $9.10 on January 1, 2019, and is indexed to inflation.

Tennessee	None	No

Texas	$7.25	$2.13	No	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.

Utah	$7.25	$2.13	No

Vermont	$10.78	$5.39	Yes	Vermont's minimum wage is now indexed to inflation and increased to $10.78 on January 1, 2019

Virginia	$7.25	$2.13	No

Washington	$12.00	$12.00	$9.78	Yes	Minimum wage increases to $13.50 in 2020, then 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).

West Virginia	$8.75	$2.62	No	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.

Wisconsin	$7.25	$2.33	No

Wyoming	$5.15	$2.13	No

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Washington has the highest state minimum wage per hour.

final_sentence: Washington has the highest state minimum wage per hour.