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Federal Minimum Wage $7.25 (all wages effective September 1, 2014)

State Minimum Wage

• Alabama N/A
  
• Alaska $7.75
  
• Arizona $7.90
  
• Arkansas $6.25
  
• California $9.00
  
• Colorado $8.00
  
• Connecticut $8.70
  
• Delaware $7.75
  
• District of Columbia $9.50
  
• Florida $7.93
  
• Georgia $5.15
  
• Hawaii $7.25
  
• Idaho $7.25
  
• Illinois $8.25
  
• Indiana $7.25
  
• Iowa $7.25
  
• Kansas $7.25
  
• Kentucky $7.25
  
• Louisiana N/A
  
• Maine $7.50
  
• Maryland $7.25
  
• Massachusetts $8.00
  
• Michigan $8.15
  
• Minnesota $6.50 (<500K sales)/$8.00 (500K+ sales)
  
• Mississippi N/A
  
• Missouri $7.50
  

State Minimum Wage

• Montana $7.90 ($4.00 if under $110K sales)
  
• Nebraska $7.25
  
• Nevada $8.25 (no health insurance)/$7.25 (with health insurance)
  
• New Hampshire $7.25
  
• New Jersey $8.25
  
• New Mexico $7.50
  
• New York $8.00
  
• North Carolina $7.25
  
• North Dakota $7.25
  
• Ohio $7.95 ($7.25 <$292K sales)
  
• Oklahoma $7.25
  
• Oregon $9.10
  
• Pennsylvania $7.25
  
• Rhode Island $8.00
  
• South Carolina N/A
  
• South Dakota $7.25
  
• Tennessee N/A
  
• Texas $7.25
  
• Utah $7.25
  
• Vermont $8.73
  
• Virginia $7.25
  
• Washington $9.32
  
• West Virginia $7.25
  
• Wisconsin $7.25
  
• Wyoming $5.15
  

Note: Where federal and state law have different minimum wage rates, the higher standard applies.