List of U.S. states by minimum wage

US map of hourly minimum wages by state and District of Columbia (D.C.), in US dollars.

This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the 50 U.S. states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} For comparisons to other countries see: List of countries by minimum wage.

See minimum wage in the United States for much more information, including detailed state-by-state and city-by-city breakdown of the facts and numbers, and more information on US territories. Some of the sources list many more exceptions to the main rate in each state (both lower or higher than the statewide rate). ^[4] The main source for the information is the U.S. Department of Labor. ^[1]

Table notes

Note: See tipped wage for table of minimum tipped wage by state.

Tables do not include info on pay for tipped, part-time, overtime, or underage employees. ^{[8] [7] [9] [10]}

• State links below are "Economy of STATE" links.

Table, 2026 and 2025

** Varies by geographical location within the state.

*** State does not have local minimum wage regulations, and instead adheres to federal minimum wage laws.

† State minimum wage is lower than the federal minimum wage. Most – but not all – employees are paid according to federal regulations.

U.S. state minimum wage rates. 2026 and 2025. ^[5]

State	2026	2025
Alabama***	$7.25	$7.25
Alaska	$14.00 (effective July 1, 2026)	$13.00
Arizona	$15.15	$14.70
Arkansas	$11.00	$11.00
California**	$16.90 (Wage by city in California)	$16.50
Colorado**	$15.16	$14.81
Connecticut	$16.94	$16.35
Delaware	$15.00	$15.00
Florida	$15.00 (effective Sept. 30, 2026)	$14.00
Georgia†	$7.25	$7.25
Hawaii	$16.00	$14.00
Idaho	$7.25	$7.25
Illinois	$15.00	$15.00
Indiana	$7.25	$7.25
Iowa	$7.25	$7.25
Kansas	$7.25	$7.25
Kentucky	$7.25	$7.25
Louisiana***	$7.25	$7.25
Maine	$15.10	$14.65
Maryland**	$15.00	$15.00
Massachusetts	$15.00	$15.00
Michigan	$13.73	$10.56
Minnesota	$11.41	$11.13
Mississippi***	$7.25	$7.25
Missouri	$15.00	$13.75
Montana	$10.85	$10.55
Nebraska	$15.00	$13.50
Nevada	$12.00	$12.00
New Hampshire	$7.25	$7.25
New Jersey	$15.92 for businesses with 6 or more employees   $14.23 – businesses with fewer than 6 and seasonal employees	$15.49 for businesses with 6 or more employees $13.73 for businesses with fewer than 6 and seasonal employees
New Mexico	$12.00	$12.00
New York**	$17.00 (New York City, Long Island and Westchester) $16.00 (Rest of the state)	$16.50 per hour (New York City, Long Island and Westchester County) $15.50 per hour (rest of the state)
North Carolina	$7.25	$7.25
North Dakota	$7.25	$7.25
Ohio	$11.00	$10.70
Oklahoma	$7.25	$7.25
Oregon**	$16.30 (Portland metro); $15.05 (standard); $14.05 (non-urban)	$14.70 (standard)
Pennsylvania	$7.25	$7.25
Rhode Island	$16.00	$15.00
South Carolina***	$7.25	$7.25
South Dakota	$11.85	$11.50
Tennessee***	$7.25	$7.25
Texas	$7.25	$7.25
Utah	$7.25	$7.25
Vermont	$14.42	$14.01
Virginia	$12.77	$12.41
Washington	$17.13	$16.66
Washington, D.C.	$17.95	$17.50
West Virginia	$8.75	$8.75
Wisconsin	$7.25	$7.25
Wyoming†	$7.25	$7.25

Table, 2022–2024

U.S. state minimum wage rates. 2022-2024. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

State	2022	2023	2024 [1] [4]
Alabama	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
Alaska	$10.34	$10.85	$11.73
Arizona	$12.80	$13.85	$14.35
Arkansas	$11.00	$11.00	$11.00/7.25 [a] [1]
California	$15.00	$15.50	$16.00
Colorado	$12.56	$13.65	$14.42
Connecticut	$14.00	$15.00 [11]	$15.69
Delaware	$10.50	$11.75	$13.25
Florida	$11.00	$12.00	$12.00. $13.00 on Sept 30, 2024
Georgia	$7.25 [note 2]	$7.25 [note 2]	$7.25 [note 2]
Hawaii	$10.10	$12.00	$14.00
Idaho	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Illinois	$12.00	$13.00	$14.00
Indiana	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Iowa	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Kansas	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Kentucky	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Louisiana	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
Maine	$12.75	$13.80	$14.15
Maryland	$12.50	$13.25	$15.00
Massachusetts	$14.25	$15.00	$15.00
Michigan	$9.87	$10.10	$10.33
Minnesota	$10.33/8.42 [b]	$10.59/8.63 [b] [12]	$10.85/$8.85 [b] [13] [1]
Mississippi	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
Missouri	$11.15	$12.00	$12.30/$7.25 [c] [14] [1]
Montana	$9.20	$9.95	$10.30
Nebraska	$9.00	$10.50	$12.00
Nevada	$10.50/9.50 [d]	$11.25/10.25 [d]	$11.25/10.25. $12.00 for all on July 1, 2024 [d] [1]
New Hampshire	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
New Jersey	$13.00/11.90 [e]	$14.13/11.90 [e]	$15.13/ 13.73 [e] [1]
New Mexico	$11.50	$12.00	$12.00
New York	$13.20	$14.20	$15.00
North Carolina	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
North Dakota	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Ohio	$9.30/7.25 [15] [f]	$10.10/7.25 [15] [f]	$10.45/7.25 [f] [1]
Oklahoma	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25/2.00. [g] [1]
Oregon	$13.50 [h] [16]	$14.20 [h] [16]	$14.20. $14.70 on July 1, 2024 [h] [16]
Pennsylvania	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Rhode Island	$12.25	$13.00	$14.00
South Carolina	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
South Dakota	$9.95	$10.80	$11.20
Tennessee	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
Texas	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Utah	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Vermont	$12.55	$13.18	$13.67
Virginia	$11.00	$12.00	$12.00
Washington	$14.49	$15.74	$16.28
Washington, D.C.	$16.10 [17]	$17.00 [18]	$17.00. $17.50 on July 1, 2024 [19]
West Virginia	$8.75/7.25 [i]	$8.75/7.25 [i]	$8.75/7.25 [i] [1]
Wisconsin	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Wyoming	$7.25 [note 2]	$7.25 [note 2]	$7.25 [note 2]

Table, 2019–2021

U.S. state minimum wage rates. 2019-2021. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

State	2019 [3]	2020	2021
Alabama	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
Alaska	$9.89	$10.19	$10.34
Arizona	$11.00	$12.00	$12.15
Arkansas	$9.25	$10.00	$11.00
California	$12.00	$13.00	$14.00
Colorado	$11.10	$12.00	$12.32
Connecticut	$11.00	$12.00	$13.00
Delaware	$8.75	$9.25	$9.25
Florida	$8.46 [20]	$8.56	$10.00
Georgia	$7.25 [note 2]	$7.25 [note 2]	$7.25 [note 2]
Hawaii	$10.10	$10.10	$10.10
Idaho	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Illinois	$9.25	$10.00	$11.00
Indiana	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Iowa	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Kansas	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Kentucky	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Louisiana	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
Maine	$11.00	$12.00	$12.15
Maryland	$10.10	$11.00	$11.75
Massachusetts	$12.00	$12.75	$13.50
Michigan	$9.45	$9.65	$9.65
Minnesota	$9.86/8.04 [b]	$10.00/8.15 [b]	$10.08/8.21 [b]
Mississippi	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
Missouri	$8.60	$9.45	$10.30
Montana	$8.50	$8.65	$8.75
Nebraska	$9.00	$9.00	$9.00
Nevada	$8.25/7.25 [d]	$9.00/8.00 [d]	$9.75/8.75 [d]
New Hampshire	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
New Jersey	$10.00	$11.00	$12.00
New Mexico	$7.50	$9.00	$10.50
New York	$11.10	$11.80	$12.50
North Carolina	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
North Dakota	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Ohio	$8.55/7.25 [21] [f]	$8.70/7.25 [25] [f]	$8.80/7.25 [24] [f]
Oklahoma	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Oregon	$11.25 [h] [16]	$12.00 [h] [16]	$12.75 [h] [16]
Pennsylvania	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Rhode Island	$10.50	$11.50	$11.50
South Carolina	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
South Dakota	$9.10	$9.30	$9.45
Tennessee	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]	$7.25 [note 1]
Texas	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Utah	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Vermont	$10.78	$10.96	$11.75
Virginia	$7.25	$7.25	$9.50
Washington	$12.00	$13.50	$13.69
Washington, D.C.	$14.00	$15.00	$15.20
West Virginia	$8.75/7.25 [i]	$8.75/7.25 [i]	$8.75/7.25 [i]
Wisconsin	$7.25	$7.25	$7.25
Wyoming	$7.25 [note 2]	$7.25 [note 2]	$7.25 [note 2]

Notes by state

This section breaks it down further by state. These are the main exceptions to the main rates in some states. There are many more exceptions in the sources. ^{[1] [4] [26]}

1. - Arkansas. $11.00 (4 or more employees). $7.25 (Less than 4 employees).
2. - Minnesota. The higher minimum wage applies to employers with annual gross revenues of at least $500,000. The lower minimum wage applies to smaller employers with annual gross revenues below $500,000.
3. - Missouri. Employers engaged in retail or service businesses whose annual gross income is less than $500,000 are not required to pay the state minimum wage rate. Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
4. - Nevada. The lower minimum wage is for employees who are offered health insurance. Employees who are not offered health insurance must receive the higher minimum wage.
5. - New Jersey. The higher minimum wage applies to non-seasonal employers of 6 or more employees. The lower minimum wage applies to seasonal or smaller employers of 5 or fewer employees.
6. - Ohio. The higher minimum wage applies to employers with annual gross revenues of a specified minimum amount ($394,000 in 2025, ^[22] $385,000 in 2024, ^[23] $372,000 in 2023, ^[15] $342,000 in 2022, ^[15] $323,000 in 2021, ^[24] $319,000 in 2020, ^[25] and $314,000 in 2019 ^[21] ). The federal minimum wage of $7.25 applies to smaller employers with annual gross revenues below the specified minimum amount.
7. - Oklahoma. Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) is $7.25 for employers with ten or more full time employees at any one location or employers with annual gross sales over $100,000 irrespective of number of full time employees. All other employers: Basic Minimum Rate (per hour): $2.00. Unless the employers are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act, in which case they must pay the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
8. - Oregon. The Oregon minimum wage is adjusted annually on July 1 based on a set formula. There is a higher minimum wage in the Portland metro area and a lower minimum wage in non-urban counties. ^[16]
9. - West Virginia. $8.75 applies to employers of 6 or more employees at one specific location. Employers of 5 or fewer employees at one specific location must pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

Consolidated minimum wage table

Below is a compact table of the minimum wages by U.S. state, U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia. This table is an exact duplicate of the Department of Labor source page ("Consolidated Minimum Wage Table"). ^[6] So it may be out of date at times. See date on table at source. 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. See the main U.S. Department of Labor source for details. ^[1]

Notes:

• See state and territory abbreviations list.
• Go to source for more details by state (such as the superscript numbers). ^[6]
• Territories listed in this table (see bottom of columns too):

AS = American Samoa. CNMI = Northern Mariana Islands. GU = Guam. PR = Puerto Rico. VI = U.S. Virgin Islands.

Consolidated State Minimum Wage Update Table (Effective Date: January 1, 2026)

Greater than federal MW	Equals federal MW of $7.25	No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25. Employers covered by the FLSA must pay the federal MW of $7.25.
AK $13.00	CNMI	AL
AR $11.00	IA	GA
AZ $15.15	ID	LA
CA $16.90	IN	MS
CO $15.16	KS	SC
CT $16.94	KY	TN
DC $17.95	NC	WY
DE $15.00	ND	AS2
FL $14.00	NH
HI $16.00	OK
IL $15.00	PA
MA $15.00	TX
MD $15.00	UT
ME $15.10	WI
MI $13.73
MN $11.41
MO $15.00
MT $10.853
NE $15.00
NJ $15.92 or $15.234
NM $12.00
NV $12.00
NY $17.00 or $16.005
OH $11.00 or $7.256
OR $16.30 or $15.05 or $14.057
PR $10.50
RI $16.00
SD $11.85
VA $12.77
VT $14.42
WA $17.13
WV $8.75
VI $10.50
GU $9.25
30 States + DC, GU, PR& VI	13 States + CNMI	7 States + AS

Graphic showing yearly increases by year by state

Minimum wage increases by state and year

See also

• Business portal
• United States portal

• Timeline of federal minimum hourly wage for the United States (including inflation-adjusted)
• List of United States state legislatures (party control of legislatures and governors).
• Average worker's wage
• Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
• History of labor law in the United States
• Income inequality in the United States
• List of countries by minimum wage
• Living wage
• Maximum wage
• Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970
• Minimum wage law
• Price/wage spiral
• United States labor law
• Wage slavery
• Wage theft (Act by employer of failing to pay wage per contract or legal required)
• Working poor
• List of countries by average wage
• List of countries by median wage
• List of countries by wealth per adult
• List of minimum wages in Canada
• List of minimum wages in China (PRC)
• The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
• List of European countries by minimum wage
• List of European Union member states by minimum wage
• List of European countries by average wage
• List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of U.S. states and territories by median wage and mean wage

Notes

1. Federal, no state minimum
2. Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

References

1. State Minimum Wage Laws. Wage and Hour Division (WHD). United States Department of Labor. Click on states on the map there to see minimum wage info by state. Scroll down for that info alphabetized by state, District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.
2. Changes in Basic Minimum Wages in Non-Farm Employment Under State Law: Selected Years 1968 to 2023. Wage and Hour Division (WHD). United States Department of Labor. The data on the last table on the page covers 2020 to 2023 and matches up with other sources. The 2019 column in the next to last table has many mistakes. Use other sources for 2019.
3. Minimum wage rates by state. LaborLawCenter. Table of state by state rates by year going back many years. It also has the latest city and county rates.
4. Minimum Wage Rates by State. Minimum-Wage.org - Its own state pages list many more exceptions to the main rate in each state. It also has links to government sites by state.
5. Minimum Wage by State - Paycor. See 2025-26 archive, . See 2020-22 archive. Reload if necessary to eliminate popup: See notes there that explain why there is an asterisk (or multiple asterisks) next to some of the wages listed in the table.
6. Consolidated Minimum Wage Table. From: Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor. See abbreviations list.
7. Minimum Wage Tracker. The Economic Policy Institute. Click state on map to see sidebar info for minimum wage and subminimum wage for tipped workers. Also most recent increase, upcoming increases, indexing, and notes.
8. State Minimum Wage Chart - State-by-State Requirements. Employer Pass. Also has exceptions, and tipped wages.
9. Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees by State. Paycor.
10. Tipped Minimum Wage Laws by State 2023. Minimum-Wage.org - Table. See state links for detailed info.
11. "Governor Lamont Reminds Residents That Connecticut's Minimum Wage Is Scheduled To Increase on June 1". CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
12. What to know about minimum wage in Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Wage and Hour Bulletin. September 2022.
13. Minimum wage in Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.
14. Minimum Wage | Missouri Labor. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
15. Ohio’s Minimum Wage to Increase in 2022. Sep 30, 2022. Updated Nov 4, 2022. Ohio Department of Commerce.
16. "BOLI : Minimum wage increase schedule : For Workers : State of Oregon". Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries .
17. Mayor Bowser Announces Minimum Wage Increase Effective July 1, 2022. Executive Office of the Mayor.
18. DC Residents Reminded of New Laws Going Into Effect January 1, 2023. Executive Office of the Mayor.
19. "Office of Wage-Hour Compliance | does". District of Columbia Department of Employment Services. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
20. "Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Minimum Wage History" (PDF). September 2022.
21. 2019 Minimum Wage. Ohio Department of Commerce.
22. "Minimum Wage Rate in the US by State (2025)". Paycom .
23. 2024 Ohio minimum wage poster. Ohio Department of Commerce.
24. 2021 Minimum Wage. Ohio Department of Commerce.
25. 2020 Minimum Wage. Ohio Department of Commerce.
26. State Labor Offices. Wage and Hour Division (WHD). United States Department of Labor.

Further reading

• State Minimum Wages: An Overview (Report). Congressional Research Service. March 2, 2023. R43792.

External links

• Federal Minimum Wage. United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
• Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees. United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
• Inflation Adjusted Minimum Wage by Year. Compares minimum wage adjusted for inflation by year.
• History of Federal Minimum Wage United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
• Maps and charts of minimum wage vs. housing costs – National Low Income Housing Coalition (advocacy group).