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An estimated 1.3 million workers in the state would benefit from a minimum wage of $12 per hour, including 750,000 women, according to the North Carolina Justice Center. Show comments Advertisement
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 in the US hasn’t changed from the hourly rate of $7.25 in over 14 years. But 22 states and 40 cities increased their own minimum wages to ring in the New Year.
Click on states on that map to see exact minimum wage info by state. ... North Carolina 7.25 North Dakota 7.25 Ohio 10.45 Oklahoma 7.25 Oregon 14.70 Pennsylvania
The minimum hourly wage can range by nearly $10 per hour depending on where you live. See how your state compares.
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 and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Wage growth has since slowed, but the inflation rate has fallen faster, allowing income gains to keep up with rising prices from early 2023 through today. Find Out: The 50 Happiest States in ...
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 ...