This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the 50 US states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. For comparisons to other countries see: List of countries by minimum wage.
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. Some of the sources list many more exceptions to the main rate in each state (both lower or higher than the statewide rate). The main source for the info is the U.S. Department of Labor.
Table notes
Tables do not include info on pay for tipped, part-time, overtime, or underage employees.
- Bolding indicates an increase from last year.
- TBD in tables and references means "to be determined" on that date.
- State links below are "Economy of STATE" links.
Table, 2025
Table, 2022–2024
Table, 2019–2021
Notes by state
This section breaks it down further by state. These are the main exceptions to the main rates in some states. There are many more exceptions in the sources.
Consolidated minimum wage table
Below is a compact table of the minimum wages by U.S. state, U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia. This table is an exact duplicate of the Department of Labor source page ("Consolidated Minimum Wage Table"). So it may be out of date at times. See date on table at source. The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions. See the main U.S. Department of Labor source for details.
Notes:
- See state and territory abbreviations list.
- Go to source for more details by state (such as the superscript numbers).
- Territories listed in this table (see bottom of columns too):
- AS = American Samoa. CNMI = Northern Mariana Islands. GU = Guam. PR = Puerto Rico. VI = U.S. Virgin Islands.
Graphic showing yearly increases by year by state
See also
- Timeline of federal minimum hourly wage for the United States (including inflation-adjusted)
- Average worker's wage
- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- History of labor law in the United States
- Income inequality in the United States
- List of countries by minimum wage
- Living wage
- Maximum wage
- Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970
- Minimum wage law
- Price/wage spiral
- United States labor law
- Wage slavery
- Wage theft (Act by employer of failing to pay wage per contract or legal required)
- Working poor
- List of countries by average wage
- List of countries by median wage
- List of countries by wealth per adult
- List of minimum wages in Canada
- List of minimum wages in China (PRC)
- The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
- List of European countries by minimum wage
- List of European Union member states by minimum wage
- List of European countries by average wage
- List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
- List of countries by GDP (nominal)
- List of U.S. states and territories by median wage and mean wage
Notes
References
Further reading
- State Minimum Wages: An Overview (Report). Congressional Research Service. March 2, 2023. R43792.
External links
- Federal Minimum Wage. United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
- Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees. United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
- Inflation Adjusted Minimum Wage by Year. Compares minimum wage adjusted for inflation by year.
- History of Federal Minimum Wage United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
- Maps and charts of minimum wage vs. housing costs – National Low Income Housing Coalition (advocacy group).
