Minimum Wage

The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007. The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many states also have minimum wage laws. In cases where an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages.

ALABAMA
No state minimum wage law.


ALASKA
$7.15

Under a voluntary flexible work hour plan approved by the Alaska Department of Labor, a 10 hour day, 40 hour workweek may be instituted with premium pay after 10 hours a day instead of after 8 hours.


ARIZONA $6.90
ARKANSAS $6.25
DELAWARE $7.15
In the District of Columbia, the rate is automatically set at $1 above the Federal minimum wage rate if the District of Columbia rate is lower.

FLORIDA $6.79
GEORGIA $5.15

HAWAII $7.25
IDAHO $5.85

ILLINOIS $7.50
INDIANA $5.85
IOWA $7.25
KANSAS The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
KENTUCKY $5.85

LOUISIANA There is no state minimum wage law.
MAINE $7.00
MARYLAND $6.15

MASSACHUSETTS $8.00
MICHIGAN $7.15
MINNESOTA $6.15
MISSISSIPPI
No state minimum wage law.
MISSOURI $6.65
NEBRASKA 07/24/2009 $5.85
NEVADA $6.33
NEW HAMPSHIRE $6.50
NEW JERSEY $7.15
NEW MEXICO $6.50
NEW YORK $7.15
NORTH CAROLINA $6.15
NORTH DAKOTA $5.85
OHIO $7.00
OKLAHOMA $5.85
OREGON $7.95
PENNSYLVANIA $7.15
RHODE ISLAND $7.40
SOUTH CAROLINA
No state minimum wage law.
SOUTH DAKOTA $5.85
TENNESSEE
No state minimum wage
TEXAS $5.85
UTAH $5.85
VERMONT $7.68
VIRGINIA $5.85

WASHINGTON $8.07
WEST VIRGINIA $6.55
WISCONSIN $6.50
WYOMING $5.15

This document was last revised in December 2007.
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