State
|
Minimum Wage 2008
per hour
|
Future Minimum Wage and Notes
|
| ALABAMA |
NONE
|
Federal minimum applies.
|
| ALASKA |
$7.15 |
|
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
|
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.
|
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
|
$7.55 |
|
FLORIDA
|
$6.79 |
Rises with inflation. $3.77 for tipped employees. |
GEORGIA
|
$6.55 |
July 24, 2009: $7.25
|
HAWAII
|
$7.25
|
|
IDAHO
|
$6.55
|
July 24, 2009: $7.25.
|
ILLINOIS
|
$7.75
|
Jul. 1 2009: $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
|
$6.55
|
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.
|
IOWA
|
$7.25
|
Employers are eligible to pay less than the minimum wage for the first 90 calendar days of employment.
|
KANSAS
|
$2.65
|
Employees not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standard Act are subject to Kansas minimum wage laws
|
KENTUCKY
|
$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
|
$6.55
|
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
|
$7.40
|
$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
|
$6.65
|
Increases annually upon cost of living formula. |
MONTANA
|
$6.55
|
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
|
$6.55
|
July 24, 2009: $7.25. All employers having four or more full or part-time employees are subject to paying the minimum wage. |
NEVADA
|
$6.85
|
The minimum wage for employees who receive qualified health benefits from their employers is lower: $5.85.
|
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
|
$6.55
|
Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25.
|
N. DAKOTA
|
$6.55
|
Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25. |
OHIO
|
$7.00
|
Increases annually upon cost of living formula. |
OKLAHOMA
|
$6.55
|
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.
|
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
|
$6.55
|
Jul. 24, 2009: $7.25. |
TENNESSEE
|
NONE
|
Federal minimum applies. |
TEXAS
|
$6.55
|
July 24, 2009: 7.25.
Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law. |
UTAH
|
$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
|
$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
|
$7.25
|
Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees at one location.
|
WISCONSIN
|
$6.50
|
|
WYOMING
|
$5.15
|
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