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Federal Minimum Wage
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FEDERAL |
Future
Effective Date |
Minimum
Wage per hour
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July 24, 2008
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$6.55
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July 24, 2009
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$7.25
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Minimum Wage per State
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State
|
Minimum Wage 2009
per hour
|
Future Minimum Wage and Notes
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| ALABAMA |
NONE
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Federal minimum applies.
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| ALASKA |
$7.15 |
Jan. 1, 2010: $7.75; stays after this date permanently 50 cents higher than the federal standard.
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ARIZONA
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$7.25
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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.
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ARKANSAS
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$6.25
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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 $6.55 on July 24, 2008.
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CALIFORNIA
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$8.00
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SAN FRANCISCO rate: $9.79
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COLORADO
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$7.28
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Increases annually upon cost of living formula. |
CONNECTICUT
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$8.00
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Jan. 1 2010: $ 8.25
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DELAWARE
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$7.15 |
March 1, 2009: $7.75; March 1, 2010: $8.25.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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$7.55 |
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FLORIDA
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$7.21 |
Rises with inflation.
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GEORGIA
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$6.55 |
July 24, 2009: $7.25
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HAWAII
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$7.25
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IDAHO
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$6.55
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July 24, 2009: $7.25.
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ILLINOIS
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$8.00
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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.
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INDIANA
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$6.55
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July 24, 2009: 7,25. Employees under 20 years of age may be paid $4.25 per hour during their first 90 consecutive days of employment.
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IOWA
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$7.25
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Employers are eligible to pay less than the minimum wage for the first 90 calendar days of employment.
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KANSAS
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$2.65
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Employees not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standard Act are subject to Kansas minimum wage laws.
Jan.1, 2010: $7.25. For workers under 20: $4.25.
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KENTUCKY
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$7.25
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LOUISIANA
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NONE
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Federal minimum applies.
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MAINE
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$7.25
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Oct. 1, 2009: $7.50
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MARYLAND
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$6.55
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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.
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MASSACHUSETTS
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$8.00
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$2.63 for service (tipped) employees, $1.60 for agricultural employees.
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MICHIGAN
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$7.40
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$2.65 for service (tipped) employee - Minors 16-17 years of age may be paid 85% of the minimum hourly wage rate.
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MINNESOTA
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$6.15
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$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
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NONE
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Federal minimum applies. |
MISSOURI
|
$7.05
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Increases annually upon cost of living formula. |
MONTANA
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$6.90
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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.
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NEBRASKA
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$6.55
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July 24, 2009: $7.25. All employers having four or more full or part-time employees are subject to paying the minimum wage. |
NEVADA
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$7.55
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The minimum wage for employees who receive qualified health benefits from their employers is lower: $6.55.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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$7.25 |
The minimum wage is automatically replaced with the Federal minimum wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum wage rate.
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NEW JERSEY
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$7.15
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Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25.
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NEW MEXICO
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$7.50 |
Not linked to the federal rate. SANTA FE rate: $ 9.92.
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NEW YORK
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$7.15
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Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25 - Minimum for exempt employees of $536.10 per week.
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N. CAROLINA
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$6.55
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Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25.
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N. DAKOTA
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$6.55
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Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25. |
OHIO
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$7.30
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The minimum-wage bump applies to employers who gross more than $267,000 annually, up 4.7 percent from $255,000 this year. Minimum wage for employers grossing less than that, along with employees younger than 16, will increase 10.7 percent to $7.25, up from $6.55, on July 24, 2009.Increases annually upon cost of living formula. |
OKLAHOMA
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$6.55
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July 24, 2009: $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.
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OREGON
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$8.40
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PENNSYLVANIA
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$7.15
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Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25.
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RHODE ISLAND
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$7.40
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S. CAROLINA
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NONE
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Federal minimum applies.
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S. DAKOTA
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$6.55
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Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25. |
TENNESSEE
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NONE
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Federal minimum applies. |
TEXAS
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$6.55
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July 24, 2009: 7.25.
Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law. |
UTAH
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$6.55
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July 24, 2009: 7.25.
Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law. |
VERMONT
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$8.06
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VIRGINIA
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$6.55
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July 24, 2009: 7.25.
Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law. |
WASHINGTON
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$8.55
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increases linked to inflation.
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WEST VIRGINIA
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$7.25
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Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees at one location.
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WISCONSIN
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$6.50
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July 24, 2009: $7.25
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WYOMING
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$5.15
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Territorial Minimum Wage
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Territory
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Minimum Wage 2009 per hour |
Future Minimum Wage and Notes
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AMERICAN SAMOA
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$3.68 - $5.09
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Varies by industry. See in the next link the Minimum Wages of Samoa Wage goes up 50 cent every six months, July 2009: $7.25.
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GUAM
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$5.85
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NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS
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$4.55
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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
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$4.25 - $7.25
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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
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$6.15
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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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