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The table below lists the current prevailing 2024 minimum wage rates for every state in the United States. Click any state for details about the minimum wage, exemptions, and other state labor laws. You can find a list of highest and lowest minimum wage rates here.
Have a Minimum Wage Higher than the Federal Minimum Wage of $7.25 an Hour. The table below reflects state and U.S. territory minimum wage levels on Jan. 1, 2924. When a state or territory minimum wage is set at a higher rate than the federal minimum wage, the highest rate prevails.
Basic Minimum Rate (per hour): $5.15. The State law excludes from coverage any employment that is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act when the federal rate is greater than the State rate. Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the current Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
In those states where the state minimum wage is greater than the federal minimum wage, the state minimum wage prevails. There are 30 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands with minimum wage rates set higher than the federal minimum wage.
Table, 2022–2024. See minimum wage in the United States for much more info, including detailed state-by-state and city-by-city breakdown of the facts and numbers, and more info on US territories.
The federal minimum wage has not been raised since 2009. In the absence of action at the national level, many states and localities have raised their own minimum wages. Explore the map to see how these rapidly changing laws differ across the country. Values as of July 1, 2024.
U.S. minimum wage 2024, by state. The federally mandated minimum wage in the United States is 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour, although the minimum wage varies from state to state. As of...
The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. States with their own hourly wage requirements may exceed this rate, but employers specifically covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must adhere to the federal minimum wage.
25 states across the country will be raising the minimum wage in 2020. Find out which states are getting an increase. California’s $14 per hour for large employers leads states’ new minimum wages.
Minimum wage by state in the United States. The average state minimum wage in 2024 is $10.69, up from $10.47 in 2023 and $9.85 in 2022. The top five highest 2024 statewide minimum wages were set to be as follows: $15.13 in New Jersey.