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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.
Like its neighbors to the east and west, Mississippi lacks a state minimum wage, so most employers are subject to the $7.25 federal minimum wage. ... By law, Missouri’s minimum wage cannot be ...
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.
Alabama and Mississippi don't have state minimum wage laws. The minimum wage in New York is $16 in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester, and $15 for the rest of the state.
Nearly all states within the United States have minimum wage laws; Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee are the only states yet to set a minimum wage law. [136] As of July 24, 2009, U.S. federal law requires a minimum wage of at least $7.25 per hour. [137]
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]
The General Assembly’s Fair Wage Act of 2023 increased Maryland’s state minimum wage from $13.25 to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, 2024. Some counties in Maryland have higher minimum wages depending ...
In addition to the federal minimum wage, nearly all states within the United States have their own minimum wage laws with the exception of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. [19] Twenty-nine states have a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum wage. [20]