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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.
State legislatures have responded across the nation, and currently, 21 states are slated to put 2017 minimum wage increases into effect.
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 ...
The state requires employers to pay tipped employees who earn more than $30 in tips, a minimum cash wage above the federal minimum cash wage of $7.25 per hour. Davel5957 / Getty Images Arkansas: $11
Twenty-two states, plus the District of Columbia, will see their minimum wages increase over the course of 2017.
Click on states on that map to see exact minimum wage info by state. ... California 16.00 Colorado 14.42 Connecticut 15.69 Delaware 13.25 Florida 13.00 Georgia
South Carolina’s lack of a state minimum wage means the $7.25 federal minimum wage applies in most cases. ... A handful of counties tried to raise their minimum wages locally, but in 2017 ...
Most citations are regarding wage issues in low-wage industries. [35] The report, "State of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement," reveals that over $3 million unpaid minimum wages assessed in 2012, more than $13 million unpaid overtime wages assessed in 2012, over $51 million in civil penalties assessed in 2012. [36]