My 17 year old son just got his first job, and in helping him not get screwed over with paperwork and such I got curious as far as minimum wage goes (he's getting min +10c) so I looked it up and was shocked at some of these!
I listed ever state below (from website Minimum Wage Rates by State 2022 (minimum-wage.org) )
The things that shocked me the most:
– there are 20 States still at the federal minimum wage….I understand that cost of living varies greatly from state to state, but still!
– Only 12 states raise their minimum wage yearly
– Washington State, the state I live in, has the 2nd highest minimum wage in the country (only beaten by DC) Hawaii, which I know has a much higher cost of living that Washington is a third lower than us!?
Educate yourself about your state's minimum wage! Also, Individual cities can have a higher minimum wage than the state (here in Washington the state minimum is $14.49, Seattle has a minimum of $17.29 and Seatac has a $17.59 minimum)
If you're a server, and you live in one of those fucked up states where your hourly is $2.13 (17 fucking states, plus several more where it's only a little bit higher!!!?!?!!) , know that by law, your Employers must make up the difference between the federal minimum wage and the service minimum wage ($2.13) if the server does not make at least the federal minimum wage (at the end of the day they have to pay you the difference!)
State Minimum Wage Rate Department Name Rate Adjusted Yearly
Alabama$7.25 / hour Alabama Department of Labor
Alaska$10.34 / hour Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Arizona$12.80 / hour Industrial Commission of Arizona
Arkansas$11.00 / hour Arkansas Department of Labor
California$14.00 / hour California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the Office of the Labor Commissioner
Colorado$12.56 / hour Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Connecticut$13.00 / hour Connecticut Department of Labor
Delaware$10.50 / hour Delaware Department of Labor
Florida$10.00 / hour Florida Division of Workforce Services
Georgia$7.25 / hour Georgia Department of Labor
Hawaii$10.10 / hour Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
Idaho$7.25 / hour Idaho Department of Labor
Illinois$12.00 / hour Illinois Department of Labor
Indiana$7.25 / hour Indiana Department of Labor
Iowa$7.25 / hour Iowa Labor Services Division
Kansas$7.25 / hour Kansas Department of Labor
Kentucky$7.25 / hour Kentucky Labor Cabinet
Louisiana$7.25 / hour Louisiana Workforce Commission
Maine$12.75 / hour Maine Department of Labor
Maryland$12.50 / hour Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Massachusetts $14.25 / hour Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development
Michigan$9.87 / hour Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA)
Minnesota$10.33 / hour Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Mississippi$7.25 / hour Mississippi Department of Employment Security
Missouri$11.15 / hour Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission
Montana$9.20 / hour Montana Department of Labor and Industry
Nebraska$9.00 / hour Nebraska Department of Labor
Nevada$9.75 / hour Nevada Department of Business and Industry
New Hampshire $7.25 / hour New Hampshire Department of Labor
New Jersey $13.00 / hour New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
New Mexico $11.50 / hour New Mexico Department of Work Force Solutions
New York$13.20 / hour New York Department of Labor
North Carolina $7.25 / hour North Carolina Department of Labor
North Dakota $7.25 / hour North Dakota Department of Labor
Ohio$9.30 / hour Ohio Department of Commerce
Oklahoma$7.25 / hour Oklahoma Department of Labor
Oregon$12.75 / hour Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
Pennsylvania $7.25 / hour Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Rhode Island $12.25 / hour Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
South Carolina $7.25 / hour South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulations
South Dakota$9.95 / hour South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation
Tennessee$7.25 / hour Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
Texas$7.25 / hour Texas Workforce Commission
Utah$7.25 / hour Utah Labor Commission
Vermont$12.55 / hour Vermont Department of Labor
Virginia$11.00 / hour Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
Washington $14.49 / hour Washington Department of Labor and Industries
West Virginia $8.75 / hour West Virginia Division of Labor
Wisconsin$7.25 / hour Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Wyoming$7.25 / hour Wyoming Department of Workforce Service
Puerto Rico $8.50 / hour Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources
District of Columbia $15.20 / hour District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
Federal$7.25 / hour Federal Department of Labor