State Minimum Wage Increases Effective 2018

State Minimum Wage Increases Effective 2018

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Effective January 1, 2018, unless otherwise noted, the following states have made increases to their minimum wage rates:

Alaska:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $9.84 per hour.

Arizona:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $10.50 per hour.

  • Flagg Staff minimum wage will rise to $11.00 per hour.

California:

  • Employers with 25 of fewer, minimum wage will rise to $10.50 per hour.

  • Employers with 26 of more, minimum wage will rise to $11.00 per hour.

  • Cupertino minimum wage will rise to $13.50 per hour.

  • El Cerrito minimum wage will rise to $13.60 per hour.

  • Los Altos minimum wage will rise to $13.50 per hour.

  • Milpitas minimum wage will rise to $12.00 per hour.

  • Mountain View minimum wage will rise to $15.00 per hour.

  • Palo Alto minimum wage will rise to $13.50 per hour.

  • Richmond minimum wage will rise to $13.00 per hour.

  • San Jose minimum wage will rise to $13.50 per hour.

  • San Mateo (nonprofits) minimum wage will rise to $12.00 per hour.

  • Santa Clara minimum wage will rise to $13.00 per hour.

  • Sunnyvale minimum wage will rise to $15.00 per hour.

Colorado:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $10.20 per hour.

Florida:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $8.25 per hour.

Hawaii:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $10.10 per hour.

Maine:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $10.00 per hour.

Michigan:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $9.25 per hour.

Minnesota:

  • The minimum wage will rise to $9.65 per hour.

  • Minneapolis (101 or more employees) minimum wage will rise to $10.00 per hour.

Montana:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $8.30 per hour.

New Jersey:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $8.60 per hour.

New Mexico:

  • Albuquerque minimum wage will rise to $8.95 per hour, $7.95 if employer provides healthcare and/or childcare benefits and employer pays and amount for those benefits equal to or in excess of $2,500 annually.

  • Bernalillo County (within the unincorporated area of Bernalillo County, outside of the city limits) minimum wage will rise to $8.85 per hour. If employer provides healthcare and/or childcare benefits and employer pays an amount for those benefits equal to or in excess of $2,500 annually, the minimum wage for that employee is an hourly rate of $00 less than the current minimum wage.

Ohio:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $8.30 for non-tipped employees and $4.15 for tipped employees per hour for businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $305,000 per year. Smaller companies with annual gross receipts of $305,000 or less per year, and for 14- and 15-year-olds, the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

Rhode Island:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $10.10 per hour.

South Dakota:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $8.85 per hour.

Vermont:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $10.50 per hour.

Washington:

  • Minimum wage will rise to $11.50 per hour.

  • Seattle (more than 500 employees in the US with medical benefits) minimum wage will rise to $15.00 per hour.

  • Seattle (500 or less employees in the US) minimum wage will rise to $11.50 per hour.

  • Seattle (500 or less employees in the US with minimum compensation) minimum wage will rise to $14.00 per hour.

  • Tacoma minimum wage will rise to $12.00 per hour.