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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.
Virginia: $12. Virginia’s minimum wage had been languishing at $7.25 for a decade, but in May 2021, the number rose to $9.50 and in 2023 to $12. Tipped workers make the federal tipped minimum ...
The 1938 minimum wage law only applied to "employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce," but in amendments in 1961 and 1966, the federal minimum wage was extended (with slightly different rates) to employees in large retail and service enterprises, local transportation and construction, state ...
Click on states on that map to see exact minimum wage info by state. ... Virginia 12.00 Washington 16.28 West Virginia 8.75 Wisconsin 7.25 Wyoming
(The Center Square) — Despite Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoing Democrats’ attempts to raise Virginia’s minimum wage during the last legislative session, minimum wage will still ...
The General Assembly’s Fair Wage Act of 2023 increased Maryland’s state minimum wage from $13.25 to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, 2024. Some counties in Maryland have higher minimum wages depending ...
As for the wage legislation, which would have increased the current $12-per-hour minimum wage to $13.50 on Jan. 1, 2025, and then to $15 on Jan. 1, 2026, Youngkin said the bills would “imperil market freedom and economic competitiveness.”
The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour applies to states with no set minimum wage, and to most workers in states with lower minimum wages. Specifically, those working for employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Special minimum wages apply to some workers in American Samoa. More info here. See List of US states by minimum wage.