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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.
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming are the only seven states that either have no minimum wage law on a state level or have one below the federal minimum.
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]
The federal minimum wage continues to sit at $7.25 an hour, a rate that hasn’t budged since 2009. As of now, 20 US states have a minimum wage at or below the federal level, with a handful ...
Minimum wage by state by year. In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. [4] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional. [5]
California: $16. As of Jan. 1, 2024, the state minimum wage in California is $16 per hour. However, employers in some industries or locations are subject to higher minimum wage requirements.
On Jan. 1, 2025, the California state minimum wage, excluding fast food employers and certain healthcare facilities, will increase from $16 per hour to $16.50 for employers of all sizes.
State Minimum Wage Laws. ... California 16.00 Colorado 14.42 Connecticut 15.69 Delaware 13.25 ... Mississippi 7.25 Missouri 12.30 Montana