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As of January 3, 2022, effective state minimum wage rates range from US$7.25 to US$16.66 per hour, with an average of about $12.00 across all minimum wage workers as of 2019. [ 238 ] [ 239 ] [ 240 ] Local government minimum wages exist as well, the highest of which reach to $17.13 per hour.
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The minimum hourly wage can range by nearly $10 per hour depending on where you live. See how your state compares.
{{ List of minimum wages by country/Hourly wage/USD| 60.57 | Mexico | daily | workweek = 48 }} displays 0.31, which is the gross earnings a Mexican worker earns per hour, reported in 2012 US dollars, if the worker earns a gross wage of 60.57 Mexican pesos per day.
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.
The highest state minimum wage in 2024 will be Washington state, at $16.28, up from $15.74. A close second is California, which is raising its minimum to $16 from $15.50 on January 1.
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.
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.