State Minimum Wages

Minimum Wages by State

Finding out what the minimum wage is for your state is more difficult than it should be. We've done the research for you and you're now just one click away from finding out what the minimum wage is in your state.

As of October 1, 2009, the Federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. However, each state can pass its own minimum wage laws that supercede the Federal requirements.

Here are the current minimum wages for each of the fifty states plus the District of Columbia:

• Alabama Minimum Wage
• Alaska Minimum Wage
• Arizona Minimum Wage
• Arkansas Minimum Wage
• California Minimum Wage
• Colorado Minimum Wage
• Connecticut Minimum Wage
• Delaware Minimum Wage
• Florida Minimum Wage
• Georgia Minimum Wage
• Hawaii Minimum Wage
• Idaho Minimum Wage
• Illinois Minimum Wage
• Indiana Minimum Wage
• Iowa Minimum Wage
• Kansas Minimum Wage
• Kentucky Minimum Wage
• Louisiana Minimum Wage
• Maine Minimum Wage
• Maryland Minimum Wage
• Massachusetts Minimum Wage
• Michigan Minimum Wage
• Minnesota Minimum Wage
• Mississippi Minimum Wage
• Missouri Minimum Wage
• Montana Minimum Wage
• Nebraska Minimum Wage
• Nevada Minimum Wage
• New Hampshire Minimum Wage
• New Jersey Minimum Wage
• New Mexico Minimum Wage
• New York Minimum Wage
• North Carolina Minimum Wage
• North Dakota Minimum Wage
• Ohio Minimum Wage
• Oklahoma Minimum Wage
• Oregon Minimum Wage
• Pennsylvania Minimum Wage
• Rhode Island Minimum Wage
• South Carolina Minimum Wage
• South Dakota Minimum Wage
• Tennessee Minimum Wage
• Texas Minimum Wage
• Utah Minimum Wage
• Vermont Minimum Wage
• Virginia Minimum Wage
• Washington Minimum Wage
• West Virginia Minimum Wage
• Wisconsin Minimum Wage
• Wyoming Minimum Wage
• District of Columbia Minimum Wage

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