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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.
Louisiana: None. There is no official state minimum wage in Louisiana, so the federal minimum wage of $7.25 is the default standard. Tipped workers make the federal tipped minimum wage, $2.13.
Department of Labor poster notifying employees of rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.
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]
Nearly half the states in the U.S. are set for minimum wage increases on Jan. 1, 2025, which will mean a pay hike for some 9.2 million workers, according to recent data. An analysis by The ...
Louisiana. Minimum hourly wage: $7.25. Annual income on the minimum wage: $15,080. Monthly rent one person can afford on minimum wage: $325.34. Average studio rent: $617. Average one-bedroom rent ...
Millions of low-wage earners are getting a raise in 2025 as 21 states are slated to hike their minimum pay starting Jan. 1. State laws that index the minimum wage to inflation are behind 13 of the ...
Click on states on that map to see exact minimum wage info by state. ... Louisiana 7.25 Maine 14.15 Maryland 15.00 Massachusetts 15.00 Michigan 10.33 Minnesota