State Minimum Wage Map
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State minimum wage map. This chart shows state minimum wage rates in effect as of jan. 1 2019 as well as future enacted increases. Nineteen states begin the new year with increased minimum. Minimum wage laws in the states.
Use the legend on the left to highlight different mw categories and click on any state to learn about applicable minimum wage laws. A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their workers. Equivalently it is the price floor below which workers may not sell their labor. State requires employers to pay tipped employees a minimum cash wage above the minimum cash wage required under the federal fair labor standards act 213hour.
In states with no minimum wage law alabama louisiana mississippi south carolina and tennessee or minimum wages below the federal minimum wage georgia. Although there are some exceptions almost all employees in california must be paid the minimum wage as required by state law. Effective january 1 2017 the minimum. California governor jerry brown and state legislators agreed this week to gradually raise the states minimum wage to 15 an hour by 2022.