What is minimum wage in all 50 states?

What is minimum wage in all 50 states?

Hourly minimum wage by state

State	Hourly minimum wage
California	$13.00 to $14.00 (Employers with 25 employees or fewer: $13.00; employers with 26+ employees: $14.00)
Colorado	$12.32
Connecticut	$13.00
Delaware	$9.25

What states have a $12 minimum wage?

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) set the first federal minimum wage at $0.25 per hour for covered workers. The minimum wage has since then increased a total of 22 times, the most recent in 2009….Minimum Wage By State 2021.

State	Minimum Wage
Washington	$12
Massachusetts	$12
California	$12

Is minimum wage based on state or federal?

The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour. 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.

Which state has the highest Min wage?

States of the West Coast and New England tend to pay the highest minimum wages in the nation. The state with the top minimum wage is Washington, paying $9.04 per hour, substantially above the federal minimum wage set at $7.25.

Can states set their own minimum wage?

By law, states are allowed to establish their own minimum wages and regulations. However, anytime the state minimum wage differs from the federal minimum wage, the higher rate applies.

What is the lowest minimum wage in America?

$7.25 / hour. The minimum wage, the lowest hourly amount that an employee may be paid for their labor, is determined by both state and Federal labor laws in the United States.

What is the current minimum wage in the US?

In 2019, 82.3 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates, representing 58.1 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among those paid by the hour, 392,000 workers earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. About 1.2 million had wages below the federal minimum.