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The effective nationwide minimum wage (the wage that the average minimum-wage worker earns) was $11.80 in May 2019; this was the highest it had been since at least 1994, the earliest year for which effective-minimum-wage data are available.
The table below lists the current prevailing 2024 minimum wage rates for every state in the United States. Click any state for details about the minimum wage, exemptions, and other state labor laws. You can find a list of highest and lowest minimum wage rates here.
5 lip 2024 · Find out the minimum wage rates in the U.S. states and the District of Columbia as of January 1, 2024. The highest minimum wage is 17 U.S. dollars per hour in the District of Columbia, followed by Washington with 16.28 U.S. dollars per hour.
The higher minimum wage applies to employers with annual gross revenues of a specified minimum amount ($385,000 in 2024,[24] $372,000 in 2023,[17] $342,000 in 2022,[17] $323,000 in 2021,[25] $319,000 in 2020,[26] and $314,000 in 2019[23]).
4 sty 2024 · Find out the current minimum wage rates for each state and U.S. territory as of Jan. 1, 2024. The highest minimum wage is $17 in D.C., followed by $16 in California and New York.
1 paź 2024 · Compare the minimum wages and tipped wages across the states and localities in the U.S. as of July 1, 2024. See the latest increases, indexing, and notes for each jurisdiction.
9 kwi 2024 · The District of Columbia has the highest minimum wage in the country, at $17 an hour. Next in line is Washington state, where the minimum wage was raised to $16.28 an hour at the start of the year, up from $15.74.
