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Federal Minimum Wage
FEDERAL Future 
Effective Date		 Minimum 
Wage per hour

July 24, 2009
 $7.25
Minimum Wage per State
State Minimum Wage 2010 per hour
 Future Minimum Wage and Notes
ALABAMA NONE
 Federal minimum applies.
ALASKA $7.75 Jan. 1, 2010: $7.75; stays after this date permanently 50 cents higher than the federal standard.
ARIZONA
 $7.25
 Increases annually upon cost of living formula. This rate increase does not affect student workers in places as libraries and cafeterias because those positions are given by universities, which are State entities.
ARKANSAS
 $6.25
 with an allowance for gratuities not to exceed $3.62 per hour. Small local companies with less than $500,000 in revenue per year, who do no business across state lines, will be covered under the state minimum wage of $6.25 per hour instead of getting the increased higher federal minimum wage of $7.25 on July 24, 2009.
CALIFORNIA
 $8.00
 SAN FRANCISCO rate: $9.79
COLORADO
 $7.25
  Calculated annually upon cost of living formula.
CONNECTICUT
 $8.25   

DELAWARE
 $7.25 The Delaware minimum wage is automatically replaced with the Federal minimum wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 $8.25
FLORIDA
 $7.21 Rises with inflation. 
GEORGIA
 $7.25
HAWAII
 $7.25
IDAHO
 $7.25
ILLINOIS
 $8.00  
Jul. 1, 2010: &8.25. New employees (First 90 days of employment) and employees under age 18 may be paid up to $0.50 less.
INDIANA
 $7.25 
Employees under 20 years of age may be paid $4.25 per hour during their first 90 consecutive days of employment. 
IOWA
 $7.25   
 Employers are  eligible to pay less than the minimum wage for the first 90 calendar days of employment.
KANSAS
 $7.25  
Employees not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standard Act are subject to Kansas minimum wage laws.
For workers under 20: $4.25.
KENTUCKY
 $7.25 

LOUISIANA
 NONE
 Federal minimum applies.
MAINE
 $7.50
MARYLAND
 $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
 $7.40
 $2.65 for service (tipped) employee - Minors 16-17 years of age may be paid 85% of the minimum hourly wage rate. 
MINNESOTA
 $6.15    
 $5.25 for a small employer (enterprise with annual receipts of less than $625,000). An employer may pay $4.90 an hour to new employees who are younger than age 20 during their first 90 consecutive days of employment.
MISSISSIPPI
 NONE
 Federal minimum applies.
MISSOURI
 $7.25
 Increases annually upon cost of living formula.
MONTANA
 $7.25
 Montana's minimum wage to remain at $7.25 in 2010. Increases annually upon cost of living formula. No tip credit, training wage or meal credit is allowed. The minimum pay is $4/hour for business with less than $110,000 in annual sales.
NEBRASKA
 $7.25
 All employers having four or more full or part-time employees are subject to paying the minimum wage.
NEVADA
 $7.55  
The minimum wage for employees who receive qualified health benefits from their employers is lower:  $6.55.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
 $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
 $7.25
NEW MEXICO
 $7.50 Not linked to the federal rate. SANTA FE rate: $ 9.92. 
NEW YORK
 $7.25
N. CAROLINA
 $7.25
N. DAKOTA
 $7.25
OHIO
 $7.30  
The minimum-wage applies to employers who gross more than $267,000 annually. Minimum wage for employers grossing less than that, along with employees younger than 16: $7.25, Increases annually upon cost of living formula.
OKLAHOMA
 $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. All other employers $2.00.
Federal minimum wage is used as reference; no amounts written in law.
OREGON
 $8.40  

PENNSYLVANIA
 $7.25   

RHODE ISLAND
 $7.40    
S. CAROLINA
 NONE
 Federal minimum applies.
S. DAKOTA
 $7.25
TENNESSEE
 NONE
 Federal minimum applies.
TEXAS
 $7.25
 Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law.
UTAH
 $7.25
 Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law.
VERMONT
 $8.06 

VIRGINIA
 $7.25
 Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law.
WASHINGTON
 $8.55 
increases linked to inflation - for 2010 no increase of the minimum wage
WEST VIRGINIA
 $7.25
 Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees at one location.
WISCONSIN
 $7.25  

WYOMING 
 $5.15   
Territorial Minimum Wage
Territory Minimum Wage 2010 per hour Future Minimum Wage and Notes
AMERICAN SAMOA
 $4.18 - $5.99
 Varies by industry:
  • Bottling, brewing, dairy prod. Ind.: $4.69  up to $5.19 May 25, 2010
  • Construction: $5.10 up to $5.60 5.25.2010
  • Finance/Insurance: $5,49 up to $5.99 5.25.2010
  • Fish Canning/Processing Ind.: $4.75 up to $5.26 5.25.2010
  • Garment Manufacturing Ind: $4.18 up to $4.68 5.25.2010
  • Government Employees: $4.41 up to $4.91 5.25.2010
  • Hotel Ind.: $4.50 up to $5.00 5.25.2010
  • Petroleum Ind.: $5.35 up to $5.85 5.25.2010
  • Printing: $5.00 up to $ $5.50 5.25.2010
  • Private Hospitals/educational Institutions: $4.83 up to $5.33 5.25.2010
  • Publishing: $5.13 up to $5.63 5.25.2010
  • Retailing, Wholesaling, Warehousing Ind.: $4.60 up to $5.10 5.25.2010
  • Ship Maintenance: $5.10 up to $5.51 5.25.2010
  • Shipping and Transportation: Class A Stevedoring, Lighterage and Maritime Shipping Agency Activities: $5.59 up to $6.06 5.25.2010
  • Shipping and Transportation: Class B Unloading Fish: $5.42 up to $5.92 5.25.2010
  • Shipping and Transportation: Class C other activities than above: $5.38 up to $5.88 5.25.2010
  • Tour and Travel Ind.: $4.98 up to $5.48 5.25.2010
  • Miscellaneous Activities: $4.20 up to $4.70 5.25.2010
GUAM
 $7.25
NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS
 $4.55
 The new minimum wage rates in American Samoa, starting May 26th 2009, vary by industry: from $4.18 for garment manufacturing to $5.59 for certain types of shipping and transportation. Employees who work in the CNMI can expect to receive $4.55 per hour.  The July 2007 wage increase kicked off the nine-step increase of 50 cents every year until the CNMI's minimum wage reaches the federal wage floor of $7.25 an hour by 2015.
PUERTO RICO
 $4.25 - $7.25
 Varies by industry. Employers not covered by the FLSA will be subject to a minimum wage that is at least 70 percent of the Federal minimum wage or the applicable mandatory decree rate, whichever is higher. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may authorize a rate based on a lower percentage for any employer who can show that implementation of the 70 percent rate would substantially curtail employment in that business.
U.S. VIRGIN 
ISLANDS
 $7.25
 Except businesses with gross annual receipts of less than $150,000, then $4.30. (In practice, the Virgin Islands adopts the Federal per hour rate)

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