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The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
New York City's minimum wage for companies with 11 or more employees became $15.00 per hour on December 31, 2018. [197] On the same day, NYC's hourly minimum wage for companies with 10 or fewer employees became $13.50. [197] The minimum wage in Illinois will reach $15 per hour by 2025 with increases beginning in 2020. [198]
In California, the state minimum wage as of January 1, 2024 was $16 per hour. [6] [note 1] As of July 2024, California had the highest minimum wage of any state and was the highest in the country except for some part of New York (which also have a $16/hour minimum wage) and the District of Columbia (which has a minimum wage of $17.50/hour). [9]
The federal minimum wage in the US hasn’t changed from the hourly rate of $7.25 in over 14 years. But 22 states and 40 cities increased their own minimum wages to ring in the New Year.
Seattle. Minimum wage: $18.69 Workers in Seattle get a minimum wage boost above the state’s mandated $15.74 per hour, under certain conditions. If you work for an employer of 500 or fewer ...
Minimum wage employees in 22 states received a raise to start 2024 — the Lone Star State was not one of them. Here's how we compare Some states are raising minimum wage in 2024.
Minimum wage by state by year. In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. [206] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional. [207]
Right now, minimum wage workers in New York City get paid $15, while the rest of the state is at $14.20. In Massachusetts, one bill proposes to raise the wage every year until it hits $20 in 2027 ...