State

Minimum Wage Rate per Hour

Scheduled Increases and/or Variances

Alabama

none

Alaska

$7.15

Arizona

6.75

$6.75 effective 1/1/2007 as result of ballot initiative creating a AZ minimum wage.

Arkansas

$6.25

$6.25 1-Oct-2006

California

$8.00

San Francisco Ordinance $9.36. More info...

Colorado

$7.02

$7.02 effective 1/1/08

Connecticut

$7.65

$7.65 eff. Jan. 1, 2007

Delaware

$7.15

$7.15 1/1/2008, $7.25 07/24/2009

District of Columbia

$7.00

07/24/2008 to $7.55

Florida

$6.79

$6.79 1/1/08; Annual increases indexed to inflation.

Georgia

$5.85

Hawaii

$7.25

$7.25 1-Jan-2007

Idaho

$5.85

Illinois

$7.50

$7.75 July 1, 2008

Indiana

$5.85

$6.55 7/24/08; $7.25 7/24/09

Iowa

$7.25

$7.25 1/1/08

Kansas

$2.65

Federal minimum applies to domestic service

Kentucky

$5.85

$6.55 per hour in July 2008 and $7.25 in July 2009.

Louisiana

none

Maine

$7.00

$7.25 10/1/2008, $7.50 10/1/2009

Maryland

$6.15
(2/16/2006)

Live-in domestic employees must be paid the overtime differential (1.5 times hourly rate) for hours worked over 40 in a week.
$6.55 7/24/08; $7.25 7/24/09

Massachusetts

$8.00

$8.00 Jan 2008

Michigan

$7.15

$7.40 7/1/2008

Minnesota

$5.85

Mississippi

none

Missouri

$6.65

$6.65 effective 1/1/08

Montana

$6.25

$6.25 effective 1/1/08

Nebraska

$5.85

Nevada

$6.33

Overtime based on hours over 8 in a day!

New Hampshire

$6.50

$7.25 effective 9/1/08.

New Jersey

$7.15

$6.15 before 1-Oct-2006

New Mexico

$6.50

$6.50 1/1/2008; $7.50 1/1/2009

New York

$7.15

$7.25 7/24/2009
Live-in domestic employees must be paid the overtime differential (1.5 times hourly rate) for hours worked over 44 in a week.

North Carolina

$6.15

$6.55 7/24/2008

North Dakota

$5.85

Ohio

$7.00

$7.00 effective 1/1/08

Oklahoma

$5.85

Oregon

$7.95

adjusted to an inflation index every Jan. 1.
$7.95 1/1/08

Pennsylvania

$6.65

10 or fewer workers: $7.15 7/1/08

Rhode Island

$7.40

$7.40 1/1/07

South Carolina

none

South Dakota

$5.85

Tennessee

none

Texas

$5.85

Utah

$5.85

Vermont

$7.68

Increases to $7.68 1/1/08; indexed annually

Virginia

$5.85

Washington

$8.07

$8.07 1/1/08; adjusted annually Jan. 1

West Virginia

$6.55

$7.25 1-Jul-2008

Wisconsin

$5.70

Wyoming

$5.85