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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 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]
Proposition 32, a statewide ballot initiative to increase California's current $16 minimum wage by $2 for all employees by 2026, appeared to be in a closer race but headed toward failure.
The ordinance requires the wage to jump to $25 per hour on February 1, 2025, with steady increases to $30 per hour by July 1, 2028 — in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics hosted in Los Angeles.
For instance, the minimum wage in New York City is $16 an hour, $1 higher than in the state. As of 2022, about 1.23 million workers in the U.S. made at or below the federal minimum wage, according ...
Click on states on that map to see exact minimum wage info by state. ... State Sep 30, 2024 Alabama 7.25 Alaska 11.73 Arizona 14.35 Arkansas 11.00 California
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.
The minimum wage in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., will be $15.00 per hour in 2020. [57] [58] By July 1, 2021, the minimum wage in Chicago was $15.00, with Illinois eventually matching the rate statewide by 2025. [59] As of July 1, 2024, the minimum wage in Chicago is $16.20 per hour for non-tipped employees and $11.02 for tipped employees.