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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.
The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009. That was 13 years ago. That's the longest the minimum wage has remained stagnant since the Fair Labor Standards Act first set it at 25 ...
It increased the territorial minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.50 per hour (or higher) by July 1, 2024, and created the Minimum Wage Review Commission within the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources which was to review and increase the minimum wage yearly via decrees. If by July 1, 2024, the Minimum Wage Review Commission decides ...
A proposed ballot question would eliminate the lower minimum wage for tipped workers, a topic with similar campaigns unfolding in three other states. Should bartenders, restaurant servers get paid ...
The tipped wage is base wage paid to an employee in the United States who receives a substantial portion of their compensation from tips.According to a common labor law provision referred to as a "tip credit", the employee must earn at least the state's minimum wage when tips and wages are combined or the employer is required to increase the wage to fulfill that threshold.
Of those states, Washington has the highest minimum wage at $15.74 an hour. Twenty-seven states will see a minimum wage increase this year. Marijuana, Minimum Wage: New Laws Going into Effect in 2023
Nearly all states within the United States have minimum wage laws; Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee are the only states yet to set a minimum wage law. [ 136 ] As of July 24, 2009, U.S. federal law requires a minimum wage of at least $7.25 per hour. [ 137 ]
Most recently, in 2021, the Senate rejected a bid by Democrats to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 as part of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan.