RESEARCH · MINIMUM WAGE

Minimum Wage by State (2026)

Reviewed by Kevin Marshall, CPA

This index tracks the current statewide minimum wage floor for all 50 states plus Washington, DC as of July 5, 2026. Each state page links the official state labor office, notes edge cases such as federal fallback or regional tiers, and shows how that wage translates into an annualized paycheck estimate.

How to read these pages

The wage floor itself is static reference data, not a tax calculation. We source the state-by-state rate from the current U.S. Department of Labor summary and pair each page with the relevant state labor office so the annual update path is clear. When a state uses federal fallback rules, multiple statewide tiers, or employer-size splits, the state page says so explicitly.

The annualized paycheck examples use the ExactTakeHome engine to show what full-time work at that hourly rate can look like after withholding. Those estimates assume a 40-hour workweek and standard paycheck inputs, so they are useful for comparison but still not a substitute for a live payroll record.

Some states also have city or county ordinances with higher local wage floors. The verified local batch lives under /research/minimum-wage/city/ and is limited to jurisdictions we cross-checked against both the Berkeley inventory and a working official local source in this pass.

Source set: U.S. Department of Labor state wage table, federal minimum wage overview, and the official state labor office linked on each page.

All 51 state pages

Alaska$14.00 per hour Alabama$7.25 per hour (federal minimum wage applies)Arkansas$11.00 per hour Arizona$15.15 per hour California$16.90 per hour Colorado$15.16 per hour Connecticut$16.94 per hour Washington, DC$18.40 per hour Delaware$15.00 per hour Florida$14.00 per hour Georgia$7.25 per hour for most covered workers Hawaii$16.00 per hour Iowa$7.25 per hour Idaho$7.25 per hour Illinois$15.00 per hour Indiana$7.25 per hour Kansas$7.25 per hour Kentucky$7.25 per hour Louisiana$7.25 per hour (federal minimum wage applies)Massachusetts$15.00 per hour Maryland$16.00 per hour for employers with 15 or more employees; $15.00 for smaller employers Maine$15.10 per hour Michigan$13.73 per hour Minnesota$11.41 per hour Missouri$15.00 per hour Mississippi$7.25 per hour (federal minimum wage applies)Montana$10.85 per hour for businesses above the sales threshold North Carolina$7.25 per hour North Dakota$7.25 per hour Nebraska$15.00 per hour New Hampshire$7.25 per hour New Jersey$15.92 per hour for most employers; $15.23 for small and seasonal employers New Mexico$12.00 per hour Nevada$12.00 per hour New York$17.00 in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; $16.00 in the rest of the state Ohio$11.00 per hour for employers above the receipts threshold; $7.25 otherwise Oklahoma$7.25 per hour for most covered workers Oregon$15.55 standard; $16.80 Portland metro; $14.55 nonurban counties Pennsylvania$7.25 per hour Rhode Island$16.00 per hour South Carolina$7.25 per hour (federal minimum wage applies)South Dakota$11.85 per hour Tennessee$7.25 per hour (federal minimum wage applies)Texas$7.25 per hour Utah$7.25 per hour Virginia$12.77 per hour Vermont$14.42 per hour Washington$17.13 per hour Wisconsin$7.25 per hour West Virginia$8.75 per hour Wyoming$7.25 per hour for most covered workers

Verified city and county pages