|
State
|
Minimum Wage 2012
per hour
|
Future Minimum Wage and Notes
|
ALABAMA
|
NONE
|
Federal minimum applies.
|
| ALASKA |
$7.75 |
stays permanently 50 cents higher than the federal standard.
|
ARIZONA
|
$7.65
|
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: $10.24
|
COLORADO
|
$7.64
|
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
|
$7.67 |
Rises with inflation.
|
GEORGIA
|
$5.15 |
applicable to employers of 6 or more employees |
HAWAII
|
$7.25
|
|
IDAHO
|
$7.25
|
|
ILLINOIS
|
$8.25
|
New employees (First 90 days of employment) and employees under age 18 may be paid up to $0.50 less. Applicable to employers of 4 or more employees, excluding family members.
|
INDIANA
|
$7.25
|
Employees under 20 years of age may be paid $4.25 per hour during their first 90 consecutive days of employment. Applicable to employers of 2 or more employees.
|
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. Will stay at $7.25 in 2012.
|
MONTANA
|
$7.65
|
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
|
$8.25
|
For a worker with health insurance coverage from his or her employer,
the hourly rate is $7.25. For a worker without medical coverage, the rate is $8.25 an hour. |
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, Santa Fe rate goes up March 1, 2012 to $ 10.29
|
NEW YORK
|
$7.25
|
|
N. CAROLINA
|
$7.25
|
|
N. DAKOTA
|
$7.25
|
|
OHIO
|
$7.70
|
$7.70 applies to workers 16 and older working for employers who gross more than $283,000 annually. Workers of smaller companies, and for under 16 yr olds: $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
|
$8.80
|
increase in consumer price index since August 2009.
|
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
|
$8.46
|
increases linked to inflation
|
VIRGINIA
|
$7.25
|
Federal minimum wage used as reference; no amounts written in law. |
WASHINGTON
|
$9.04
|
increases linked to inflation
|
WEST VIRGINIA
|
$7.25
|
Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees at one location.
|
WISCONSIN
|
$7.25
|
|
WYOMING
|
$5.15
|
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