What is the Minimum Wage per State?
ISSUE:
To view the State Labor Laws and more details on minimum wage per state, please visit U.S. Department of Labor.
SOLUTION:
To write a letter to your state legislator asking them to vote for a consistent minimum wage and a hourly rate offering a livable wage matching today’s cost of living (inflation), please visit the State Legislature.
| State | Regular minimum wage | Tipped minimum wage |
| United States | $7.25 | $2.13 |
| Alabama | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Georgia | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Indiana | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Kansas | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Kentucky | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Louisiana | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Mississippi | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Nebraska | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| New Jersey | 8.25 | 2.13 |
| New Mexico | 7.5 | 2.13 |
| North Carolina | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Oklahoma | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| South Carolina | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| South Dakota | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Tennessee | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Texas | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Utah | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Virginia | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Wyoming | 7.25 | 2.13 |
| Delaware | 7.25 | 2.23 |
| Wisconsin | 7.25 | 2.33 |
| Arkansas | 7.25 | 2.63 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 2.63 |
| Michigan | 7.4 | 2.65 |
| District of Columbia | 9.5 | 2.77 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.25 | 2.83 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | 2.89 |
| New Hampshire | 7.25 | 3.26 |
| Idaho | 7.25 | 3.35 |
| Maryland | 7.25 | 3.63 |
| Maine | 7.5 | 3.75 |
| Missouri | 7.5 | 3.75 |
| Ohio | 7.95 | 3.98 |
| Vermont | 8.73 | 4.23 |
| Iowa | 7.25 | 4.35 |
| North Dakota | 7.25 | 4.86 |
| Arizona | 7.9 | 4.9 |
| New York** | 8 | 4.9 |
| Florida | 7.93 | 4.91 |
| Illinois | 8.25 | 4.95 |
| Colorado | 8 | 4.98 |
| Connecticut* | 8.7 | 5.69 |
| West Virginia | 7.25 | 5.8 |
| Hawaii | 7.25 | 7 |
| Minnesota | 7.25 | 7.25 |
| Alaska | 7.75 | 7.75 |
| Montana | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| California | 8 | 8 |
| Nevada | 8.25 | 8.25 |
| Oregon | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| Washington | 9.32 | 9.32 |
