State Minimum Wage Rates Set to Increase

State Minimum Wage Rates Set to Increase
The minimum wage will rise in a number of states next year. Unless otherwise noted, the following minimum wage rates (per hour) are scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2015:

• Alaska: $8.75
• Arizona: $8.05
• Arkansas: $7.50
• Connecticut: $9.15 (gratuity allowance for certain waitpersons rises to 36.8% of the minimum wage; 18.5% for bartenders)
• Delaware: $8.25, beginning June 1, 2015
• District of Columbia: $10.50, beginning July 1, 2015
• Florida: $8.05 ($5.03 for certain tipped employees)
• Hawaii: $7.75
• Maryland: $8.00 ($8.25 beginning July 1, 2015)
• Massachusetts: $9.00 ($3.00 for tipped employees)
• Minnesota: $9.00, beginning August 1, 2015 ($7.25 for employers with annual gross volume of sales less than $500,000)
• Missouri: $7.65 ($3.825 for tipped employees)
• Montana: $8.05
• Nebraska: $8.00
• New Jersey: $8.38
• New York: $8.75, effective December 31, 2014 ($9.00 beginningDecember 31, 2015)
• Ohio: $8.10 ($4.05 for tipped employees), except that the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour may be paid to employees whose employers gross $297,000 or less per year
• Oregon: $9.25
• Rhode Island: $9.00
• South Dakota: $8.50 ($4.25 for tipped employees)
• Vermont: $9.15
• Washington: $9.47
• West Virginia: $8.00, after January 1, 2015

​Be sure to comply with any city or other local wage requirements (which may be higher than the state or federal minimum wage) that may apply to your business. For more information on state minimum wage laws, including poster requirements, please visit our State Laws section, click on your state, and select "Minimum Wage" in the left-hand navigation menu.