Minimum wage by state
Find the minimum wage and the tipped cash wage in every state and DC, then see what it pays per week, month, and year for your hours, before taxes.
Choose a state to see its minimum wage and what it pays for your hours.
Pay at this minimum wage, before taxes
Tipped employees get this cash wage from the employer. Tips must bring their total up to the minimum wage, or the employer pays the difference.
All states and DC
Rates in dollars per hour, as listed by the Department of Labor on July 1, 2026. Where the state and federal rates differ, the table shows the higher one. Yearly pay is the minimum wage times your hours and weeks, before taxes.
Cities and counties are not listed
Many cities and counties set a minimum wage above their state’s, and some industries have their own. This table lists state minimums only, so check your local rate with your city, county, or state labor department.Which minimum wage applies
- The rule
- If the federal and state minimums differ, the employee is entitled to the higher one.
- Federal
- $7.25 an hour for workers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employers can pay tipped employees a cash wage of $2.13 if tips bring them up to $7.25.
- Formula
yearly pay = hourly wage × hours per week × paid weeks per year
Verified on October 8, 2026. Sources: state minimum wage laws,tipped employees, andthe federal minimum wage, all from the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. Scheduled changes come from the state’s own page.
How to use it
- Choose your state, or the federal minimum wage, from the list.
- Enter your hours per week and paid weeks per year (40 and 52 by default).
- Read the hourly minimum wage and what it pays per week, every two weeks, month, and year.
- Search or sort the table of all states and DC by name, minimum wage, tipped cash wage, or yearly pay.
- Copy the result, copy a link with your numbers, or download the table as a CSV file.
Frequently asked questions
What is the federal minimum wage?
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour and has been since July 24, 2009. It applies to workers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, it comes to $15,080 a year before taxes.
What if my state and the federal minimum wage are different?
You are entitled to the higher one. In a state with a lower minimum than $7.25, or with none, the federal rate applies to covered workers. In a state with a higher minimum, the state rate applies.
Which states use the federal minimum wage?
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee have no state minimum wage law, so the federal $7.25 applies. Georgia and Wyoming have a state minimum of $5.15, which is lower, so covered workers get $7.25 there too. Several other states set their minimum at exactly $7.25.
What is the tipped minimum wage?
It is the cash wage an employer must pay a tipped employee before counting tips. The federal tipped cash wage is $2.13 an hour, and tips must bring the total to at least the minimum wage. In some states, such as California and Washington, the Department of Labor table lists the tipped cash wage as the full minimum wage.
Does this table include city and county minimum wages?
No. Many cities and counties set a higher minimum wage than their state, and some industries have their own. Check your local rate with your city, county, or state labor department.
How often do minimum wages change?
Many states raise theirs on January 1, and a few on July 1 or at another date. This page shows the rates in the Department of Labor table of July 1, 2026, plus later changes confirmed on a state’s own page, with the date of each source.
How to read the table
- Minimum wage: the hourly rate that applies to most workers in the state. If the state rate is lower than the federal $7.25 or there is none, the table shows the federal rate.
- Tipped cash wage: the direct wage an employer must pay a tipped employee. Tips must bring the total up to the minimum wage.
- Yearly pay: minimum wage × hours per week × paid weeks per year, before taxes.
Federal and state minimum wage
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. States can set a higher one, and when they do the employee is entitled to the higher rate. Some states have more than one rate, for example by region (New York and Oregon) or by size of employer (Ohio and Montana); the table lists each of them under the state.
A worked example
At $16.90 an hour, California’s rate, a full-time worker on 40 hours a week for 52 weeks earns 16.90 × 40 × 52 = $35,152 a year before taxes. That is $2,929.33 a month and $1,352 every two weeks. At the federal $7.25, the same schedule pays $15,080.
Where the figures come from
The state rates and tipped cash wages come from the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, in its tables updated July 1, 2026. A rate that changed after that date, or is set to change on a known date, is taken from the state’s own page and shown with its own source and date. Each state page on this site lists the source it uses.
Related tools and pages
To turn an hourly rate into a salary with days off, use the hourly to salary calculator, and to see what hours past 40 a week pay, the overtime calculator. For the rate that applies nationwide, see the federal minimum wage, and for workers who earn tips, the tipped minimum wage by state. To see what a minimum-wage paycheck leaves after tax, use the paycheck calculator.
Updated on October 8, 2026