State Current Minimum Wage State Minimum Wage Chart (See below for Local/City Minimum Wage Chart) Maximum Tip Credit Allowed for Tipped Employees Federal $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 Minimum Cash Wage for Tipped Employees Future Changes to Minimum Wage States with Annual Indexed Changes Alabama No state minimum wage laws Alaska $8.75 $9.75 1/1/16 Beginning Arizona $8.05 $3.00 $5.05 January each Arkansas $7.50 $4.87 $2.63 $8.00 1/1/16; $8.50 California $9.00 $10.00 1/1/16 Colorado $8.23 $3.02 $5.21 January each Connecticut $9.15 36.8% of minimum wage for hotel and wait staff; 18.5% bartenders; $0.35 for other tipped employees Delaware $8.25 $6.02 $2.23 $5.78 hotel and wait staff; $7.46 bartenders; $8.80 other tipped employees $9.60 1/1/16; $10.10 D.C. $10.50 $7.73 $2.77 $11.50 7/1/16 Beginning 7/1/17 Florida $8.05 $3.02 $5.03 January each Georgia $5.15 $3.00 $2.13 Hawaii $7.75 $0.50 (only if tips plus wages equal at least $7 more than minimum wage) Idaho $7.25 $3.90 $3.35 Illinois $8.25 $3.30 $4.95 Indiana $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 Iowa $7.25 $2.90 $4.35 Kansas $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 Kentucky $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 Louisiana None Maine $7.50 50% $3.75 To use the $0.50 tip credit, hourly rate must be at least $14.75 per hour. $8.50 1/1/16; $9.25 ; $10.10 1/1/18 Maryland $8.25 $4.62 $3.63 $8.75 7/1/16; $9.25 7/1/17; $10.10 7/1/18 Massachusetts $9.00; $6.00 $3.00
$8.00 for agricultural employees $10.00 1/1/16; $11.00 Michigan $8.15 $5.05 $3.10 $8.50 1/1/16; $8.90 ; $9.25 1/1/18 Minnesota $9.00/$7.25 Mississippi none Beginning 1/1/19 $9.50/$7.75 8/1/16 Beginning 1/1/18 Missouri $7.65 $3.82 $3.83 January each Montana $8.05 January each Nebraska $8.00 $5.87 $2.13 $9.00 1/1/16 Nevada $8.25 without qualified health plan/$7.25 with qualified health plan Repealed in July each New $3.98 $3.27 Hampshire 2011 New Jersey $8.38 $6.25 $2.13 January each New Mexico $7.50 $5.37 $2.13 New York $8.75 $3.10 service employees; $3.85 resort hotel service employees; $3.75 food service workers North Carolina $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 North Dakota $7.25 $2.39 $4.86 Ohio $8.10 (gross receipts over $297,000) Oklahoma $7.25/$2.00 $5.12 $2.13 $5.65 service employees; $4.90 resort hotel service employees; $5.00 food service workers Oregon $9.25 Pennsylvania $7.25 $4.42 $2.83 Rhode Island $9.00 $2.89 $6.11 South Carolina none $9.00 12/31/15; minimum cash wage for tipped workers $7.50 12/31/15 For fast food employees in fast food places: $9.75 on 12/31/15; $10.75 on 12/31/16; $11.75 on 12/31/17; $12.75 on 12/31/18; $13.75 on 12/31/19; $14.50 on 12/31/20; $15.00 on 7/1/21 $4.05 $4.05 January each January each South Dakota $8.50 $4.25 $4.25 Beginning 1/1/16 Tennessee none Texas $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 Utah $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 Vermont $9.15 $4.57 $4.58 $9.60 1/1/16; $10.00 ; $10.50 1/1/18 Virginia $7.25 $5.12 $2.13 Beginning 1/1/19
Washington $9.47 West Virginia $8.00 $5.60 $2.40 $8.75 12/31/15 Wisconsin $7.25 $4.92 $2.33 Wyoming $5.15 $3.02 $2.13 January each Local/City Minimum Wage Chart State Municipalities Current Minimum Wage California Future Changes to Minimum Wage Berkeley $11.00 $12.53 on 10/1/16 Emeryville $14.44 large businesses (56 or more employees working in Emeryville); $12.25 small businesses (55 or fewer employees working in Emeryville) Jackson Rancheria $10.60 $10.50 on 7/1/16; $12 on 7/1/17; $13.25 on 7/1/18; $14.25 on 7/1/19; $15 on 7/1/20 Los Angeles For businesses with 25 or fewer employees: $10.50 on 7/1/17; $12 on 7/1/18; $13.25 on 7/1/19; $14.25 on 7/1/20; $15 on 7/1/21 LA International Airport hotels $10.64 Mountain View $10.30 Oakland $12.25 Richmond $9.60 San Diego $9.75 San Francisco $12.25 $11.52 on 1/1/16; $12.30 on ; $13.00 on 1/1/18 $10.50 on 1/1/16; $11.50 on $13.00 on 7/1/16; $14.00 on 7/1/17; $15.00 on 7/1/18 San Jose $10.30 Sunnyvale $10.30
Delaware Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Michigan New Castle County $10.10 Chicago $10.00 Bloomington $12.31 Louisville $7.75 Montgomery County $9.55 Prince George s County $9.55 Ypsilanti $10.10 $10.50 on 7/1/16; $11.00 on 7/1/17; $12.00 on 7/1/18; $13.00 on 7/1/19 $8.25 on 7/1/16; $9.00 on 7/1/17 $10.75 on 10/1/16; $11.50 in 2017 $10.75 on 10/1/16; $11.50 in 2017 Missouri St. Louis $8.25 $9.00 on 1/1/16; $10.00 on ; $11.00 on 1/1/18 New Mexico New York Washington Albuquerque Bernalillo County $7.75 with benefits; $8.75 without benefits $7.65 with benefits; $8.65 without benefits Las Cruces $8.40 Santa Fe $10.84 Santa Fe County $10.66 New York City (fast food employees in fast food establishments) Schedule 1 employers (more than 500 employees in the U.S.) $9.20 on 1/1/16; $10.10 ; indexed to inflation on 1/1/18 $10.50 on 12/31/15; $12.00 on 12/31/16; $13.50 on 12/31/17; $15 on 12/31/18 Schedule 1 employers (more than 500 employees in the U.S.) Seattle $11.00 $13.00 by 1/1/16; $15.00 by. January 1, 2018, increased annually to reflect inflation. Schedule 1 employers (more than 500 employees in the U.S.) with medical benefits
Schedule 1 employers (more than 500 employees in the U.S.) with medical benefits Schedule 1 employers that pay toward an individual employee s medical benefits plan shall pay an hourly minimum wage of at least: $12.50 by 1/1/16; $13.50 by ; $15.00 by 1/1/18. Schedule 1 employers that pay toward an individual employee s medical benefits plan shall pay an hourly minimum wage of at least: $11.00 Schedule 2 employers (500 or fewer employees in the U.S.) $10.50 by 1/1/16; $11.00 by ; $11.50 by 1/1/18; $12.00 by 1/1/19; $13.50 by 1/1/20; $15.00 by 1/1/21; $15.75 by 1/1/22; $16.50 by 1/1/23; $17.25 by 1/1/24. Effective January 1, 2025, the hourly minimum wage paid by a Schedule 1 employer shall equal the hourly minimum wage applicable to Schedule 1 employers. Schedule 2 employers (500 or fewer employees in the U.S.) Schedule 2 employers (500 or fewer employees in the U.S.) with minimum compensation
$10.00 Schedule 2 employers shall pay an hourly minimum compensation that is the lower of (a) the applicable hourly minimum wage for Schedule 1 employers or (b) the hourly minimum compensation shown in the following schedule: $12.00 by 1/1/16; $13.00 by ; $14.00 by 1/1/18; $15.00 by 1/1/19; $15.75 by 1/1/20. Schedule 2 employers can meet the applicable hourly minimum compensation requirement through wages (including applicable commissions, piece-rate, and bonuses), tips, and money paid by an employer towards an individual employee s medical benefits plan provided that the Schedule 2 employer also meets the applicable hourly minimum wage requirements. Schedule 2 employers (500 or fewer employees in the U.S.) with minimum compensation
Schedule 2 employers shall pay an hourly minimum compensation that is the lower of (a) the applicable hourly minimum wage for Schedule 1 employers or (b) the hourly minimum compensation: $11.00. Schedule 2 employers can meet the applicable hourly minimum compensation requirement through wages (including applicable commissions, piece-rate, and bonuses), tips, and money paid by an employer towards an individual employee s medical benefits plan provided that the Schedule 2 employer also meets the applicable hourly minimum wage requirements. SeaTac $15.00