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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.
In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act established the federal minimum wage. Businesses were required to pay employees at least $0.25 per hour (the equivalent of $4.74 in 2023 dollars). Congress ...
Louisiana: None. There is no official state minimum wage in Louisiana, so the federal minimum wage of $7.25 is the default standard. Tipped workers make the federal tipped minimum wage, $2.13.
In the United States, each state is allowed to set its minimum wage independently of the federal government. Where the state and federal minimum wage differ, the higher wage prevails. As of August 2022, 30 states had a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum. [8] Washington, D.C. has the highest minimum wage at $17.50 per hour. [1]
The first table contains a list of U.S. states and territories by annual median income. The second table contains a list of U.S. states and territories by annual mean wage. Information from an unknown source; Average wage in the United States was $69,392 in 2020. [1] Median income per person in the U.S. was $42,800 in 2019. [2]
The minimum wage is a legally mandated minimum amount of money employers must pay. While most states have their minimum wage, states that have not set one, like Louisiana and Mississippi, must meet...
The minimum wage is a legally set minimum amount that employers must pay their employees to be within the law. While most states have their own state minimum wage, in states that have not set one ...
For example, 33 states in the United States have higher minimum wages than the federal rate (plus military rates on federal bases) – on top of this an additional 42 city-level subdivisions having different minimum wage rates and 53 countries. [2] In effect, the United States has over 100 different minimum wages across the nation.