State
|
Minimum Wage 2008
per hour
|
Future Minimum Wage and Notes
|
| ALABAMA |
NONE
|
Federal minimum applies.
|
| ALASKA |
$7.15 |
At least $1 above federal minimum.
|
ARIZONA
|
$6.90
|
Increases annually upon cost of living formula. This rate increase do not affect student workers in places as libraries and cafeterias because those positions are given by universities, which are State entities.
|
ARKANSAS
|
$6.25
|
|
CALIFORNIA
|
$8.00
|
SAN FRANCISCO rate: $9.36 |
COLORADO
|
$7.02
|
Increases annually upon cost of living formula. |
CONNECTICUT
|
$7.65
|
Jan. 1, 2009: $8.00; Jan. 1 2010: $ 8.25
|
DELAWARE
|
$7.15 |
March 1, 2009: $7.75; March 1, 2010: $8.25.
|
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
|
$7.00 |
July 24, 2008: $7.55
|
FLORIDA
|
$6.79 |
Rises with inflation. $3.77 for tipped employees. |
GEORGIA
|
$5.15 |
Not linked to the federal rate, however 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. Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees.
|
HAWAII
|
$7.25
|
|
IDAHO
|
$5.85
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55. July 24, 2009: $7.25.
|
ILLINOIS
|
$7.50
|
Jul. 1 2008: $7.75 - Jul. 1 2009: $8.00 - Jul. 1, 2010: &8.25. Employers may pay anyone under the age of 18 $.50 less.
|
INDIANA
|
$5.85
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55 - July 24, 2009: 7,25.
|
IOWA
|
$7.25
|
|
KANSAS
|
$2.65
|
Employees not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standard Act are subject to Kansas minimum wage laws
|
KENTUCKY
|
$5.85
|
Jul. 1, 2008: $6.55 - Jul. 1, 2009: $7.25.
|
LOUISIANA
|
NONE
|
Federal minimum applies.
|
MAINE
|
$7.00
|
Oct. 1, 2008: $7.25 - Oct. 1, 2009: $7.50
|
MARYLAND
|
$6.15
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55 - July 24, 2009: $7.25.
The minimum wage is automatically replaced with the Federal minimum wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum wage rate.
|
MASSACHUSETTS
|
$8.00
|
$2.63 for service (tipped) employees, $1.60 for agricultural employees.
|
MICHIGAN
|
$7.15
|
Jul. 1, 2008: $ 7.40 - $2.65 for service (tipped) employee - Minors 16-17 years of age may be paid 85% of the minimum hourly wage rate. Training wage for new employees ages 16 to 19 of $4.25 per hour for first 90 days of employment.
|
MINNESOTA
|
$6.15
|
$5.25 for a small employer (enterprise with annual receipts of less than $625,000).
|
MISSISSIPPI
|
NONE
|
Federal minimum applies. |
MISSOURI
|
$6.65
|
Increases annually upon cost of living formula. |
MONTANA
|
$6.25
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55.
Increases annually upon cost of living formula. Tip income may not be applied as an offset to an employee's pay rate. The minimum pay is $4/hour for business with less than $110,000 in annual sales.
|
NEBRASKA
|
$5.85
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55 - July 24, 2009: $7.25.
|
NEVEDA
|
$6.33
|
The minimum wage for employees who receive qualified health benefits from their employers is lower: $5.30 per hour.
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE
|
$6.50
|
Sep. 1, 2008: $7.25 - The minimum wage is automatically replaced with the Federal minimum wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum wage rate.
|
NEW JERSEY
|
$7.15
|
Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25.
|
NEW MEXICO
|
$6.50 |
Jan. 1, 2009: $7.50. Not linked to the federal rate. SANTA FE rate: $ 9.50.
|
NEW YORK
|
$7.15
|
Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25 - Minimum for exempt employees of $536.10 per week.
|
N. CAROLINA
|
$6.15
|
Jul. 24, 2008: $6.55 - Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25.
|
N. DAKOTA
|
$5.85
|
Jul. 24, 2008: $6.55 - Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25. |
OHIO
|
$7.00
|
Increases annually upon cost of living formula. |
OKLAHOMA
|
$5.85
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55 and a a year later $7.25 for employers of ten or more full time employees at any one location and for employers with annual gross sale over $100,000 irrespective of number of full time employees.
Federal minimum wage is used as reference; no amounts written in law.
|
OREGON
|
$7.95
|
Rises with inflation.
|
PENNSYLVANIA
|
$7.15
|
Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25.
|
RHODE ISLAND
|
$7.40
|
|
S. CAROLINA
|
NONE
|
Federal minimum applies.
|
S. DAKOTA
|
$5.85
|
Jul. 24, 2008: $6.55 - Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25. |
TENNESSEE
|
NONE
|
Federal minimum applies. |
TEXAS
|
$5.85
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55 - July 24, 2009: 7.25.
Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law. |
UTAH
|
$5.85
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55 - July 24, 2009: 7.25.
Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law. |
VERMONT
|
$7.68
|
Rises with inflation.
|
VIRGINIA
|
$5.85
|
July 24, 2008: $6.55 - July 24, 2009: 7.25.
Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law. |
WASHINGTON
|
$8,07
|
increases linked to inflation.
|
WEST VIRGINIA
|
$5,85
|
Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees at one location, $6.55 - Jul.1, 2008: $7.25.
|
WISCONSIN
|
$6.50
|
|
WYOMING
|
$5.15
|
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