Minimum wage in the USA. Where do they pay the most?
Washington has the highest minimum wage in the U.S. at $17.95. (approx. PLN 64.40) per hour, while 20 states still either require a minimum wage of $7.25. (approx. PLN 26), or keeps it at the federal level by default.
Business Insider ranked the minimum wage in every U.S. state from highest to lowest. We have also marked the regions where increases occurred.
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$17/hour or more
- District of Columbia (Washington, DC): $17.95 (approx. PLN 64.40)
- Washington (state): $17.13 (approx. PLN 61.50) — up from $16.66
- New York*: $17 (approx. PLN 61.03) — up from $16.50
*This minimum wage applies only to New York, Nassau County, Suffolk County and Westchester County.
$16-17/hour
- Connecticut: $16.94 (approx. PLN 60.82) — up from $16.35
- California: $16.90 (approx. PLN 60.64) – increase from $16.50
- Hawaii: $16 (approx. PLN 57.44) – increase from $14
- Oregon*: $16.30 /$15.05/$14.05 (approx. PLN 58.47 / PLN 54.03 / PLN 50.50)
*The standard minimum wage in Oregon is $15.05 per hour. The minimum wage in the Portland metropolitan area is $16.30 per hour and in non-urban counties it is $14.05 per hour.
- New York*: $16 (approx. PLN 57.44) – increase from $15.50
*Minimum wage outside New York, Nassau County, Suffolk County and Westchester County.
- Rhode Island: $16 (approx. PLN 57.44) – increase from $15
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$15 – $16 per hour
- New Jersey*: $15.92 (approx. PLN 57.15) – increase from $15.49
*The minimum wage for employers who employ fewer than six people and for seasonal workers in New Jersey is $15.23 per hour (approx. PLN 54.67).
- Colorado: $15.16 (approx. PLN 54.45) – increase from $14.81
- Arizona: $15.15 (approx. PLN 54.41) – increase from $14.70
- Maine: $15.10 (approx. PLN 54.19) – increase from $14.65
- Delaware: $15. (approx. PLN 53.86)
- Illinois: $15 (approx. PLN 53.86)
- Massachusetts: $15.00 (approx. PLN 53.86)
- Maryland: $15 (approx. PLN 53.86)
- Missouri: $15. (approx. PLN 53.86) – increase from $13.75
- Nebraska: $15. (approx. PLN 53.86) – increase from $13.50
$10 – $15 per hour
- Vermont: $14.42. (approx. PLN 51.78) – increase from USD 14.01
- Florida: $14 (approx. PLN 50.26)
- Michigan: $13.73 (approx. PLN 49.29) – increase from $12.48
- Alaska: $13 (approx. PLN 46.67)
- Virginia: $12.77 (approx. PLN 45.85) – increase from $12.41
- New Mexico: $12 (approx. PLN 43.08)
- Nevada: $12 (approx. PLN 43.08)
- South Dakota: $11.85. (approx. PLN 42.54) – increase from $11.50
- Minnesota: $11.41 (approx. PLN 40.96) – increase from $11.13
- Ohio*: $11 (approx. PLN 39.49) – increase from $10.70
*Ohio employers with gross annual revenues below 405 thousand hole. must pay no less than $7.25 per hour (approx. PLN 26.04).
- Arkansas: $11. (approx. PLN 39.49)
- Montana: $10.85. (approx. PLN 38.98) – increase from $10.55
*A Montana business not covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act that has annual gross sales of 110 thousand hole. or lesscan pay $4 per hour (approx. PLN 14.36).
7.25 – $10 per hour
- West Virginia: $8.75. (approx. PLN 31.41)
- Iowa: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Idaho: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Indiana: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Kansas: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Kentucky: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- North Carolina: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- North Dakota: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- New Hampshire: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Oklahoma: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Pennsylvania: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Texas: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Utah: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
- Wisconsin: $7.25. (approx. PLN 26.04)
No minimum wage or less than $7.25. per hour
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Wyoming
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