New Minimum Wage increases in 2025

More than 20 states will see minimum wage increases in 2025. The remaining states will keep their current rates. Additionally, the federal minimum wage will stay at $7.25, which hasn’t changed since 2009.

There are still 20 states where the minimum wage meets or falls below the federal limit, meaning those states follow the federal guideline of $7.25.

21 States with Minimum Wage increases in 2025:

• Alaska’s minimum wage will increase from $11.73 to $11.91 Alaska’s Labor Standards
• Arizona’s minimum wage of $14.35 will increase to $14.70 Arizona’s Minimum Wage Poster
• California’s minimum wage increase from $16 to $16.50 California’s Official Wage Notice
• Colorado’s minimum wage of $14.42 will increase to $14.81 Colorado’s Minimum Wage
• Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase to $16.35 from $15.69 Connecticut Wage Notice
• Delaware’s minimum wage will significantly move from $13.25 to $15 Delaware’s Min Wage
• Illinois’s minimum wage of $14 will increase to $15 Illinois’s Department of Labor
• Maine’s minimum wage will increase from $14.15 to $14.65 Main’s Gov Site
• Michigan’s state minimum wage will increase from $10.33 to $10.56 Michigan’s Gov Site
• Minnesota’s state minimum wage will increasefrom $10.85 to $11.13 Minnesota Wage
• Missouri’s minimum wage will from jump from $12.30 to $13.75 Missouri’s Wage Notice
• Montana’s minimum wage will increase to $10.55 from $10.33 Montana DOL
• Nebraska’s minimum wagewill make a big move from $12 to $13.50 Nebraska’s Wage Notice
• New Jersey’s minimum wagewill increase to $15.49 from $15.13 New Jersey’s Wage Notice
• New York’s minimum wage will increase to $16.50 up from $15.50. New Yorks Gov Site
• Ohio’s minimum wage will increase to $10.70 an hour from $10.45. Ohio’s Wage Notice
• Rhode Island’s minimum wage will increase from $14 to $15. Rhode Island’s DOL
• South Dakota’s minimum wage will increase to $11.50 from $11.20. South Dakota’s Notice
• Virginia’s minimum wage will increase from $12 to $12.4. Virginia’s Statement
• Vermont’s minimum wage will increase to $14.01 from $13.67. Vermont’s Min. Wage Notice
• Washington’s minimum wage slightly moves to $16.66 from $16.28, Washington’s Min Wage

Here is the complete list of Minimum Wage :

States that have a lower minimum wage than the federal rate, and must follow the federal $7.25 rate

States that have the same minimum wage as the federal rate of $7.25

States that have a higher minimum wage than the federal rate, and the state rate must be followed

¹ California has many local minimum wages.  If your business and work falls in these areas, be sure you’re following these local California minimum wage rates: Belmont: $18.30 per hour. Burlingame: $17.43 per hour. Cupertino: $18.20 per hour. Daly City: $17.07 per hour. East Palo Alto: $17.45 per hour. El Cerrito: $18.34 per hour. Foster City: $17.39 per hour. Half Moon Bay: $17.47 per hour. Hayward: $17.36 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees; $16.50 per hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees (per state law). Los Altos: $18.20 per hour. Menlo Park: $17.10 per hour. Mountain View: $19.20 per hour. Novato: $17.27 per hour for employers with 100 or more employees; $17 per hour for employers with 26-99 employees; $16.42 per hour for employers with 1-25 employees (however, small employers must pay California’s higher state minimum wage rate of $16.50 per hour). Oakland: $16.89 per hour. Palo Alto: $18.20 per hour. Petaluma: $17.97 per hour. Redwood City: $18.20 per hour. Richmond: $17.77 per hour. San Carlos: $17.32 per hour. San Diego (city): $17.25 per hour. San Jose: $17.95 per hour. San Mateo (city): $17.95 per hour. San Mateo County: $17.46 per hour. Santa Clara: $18.20 per hour. Santa Rosa: $17.87 per hour. Sonoma (city): $18.02 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees; $16.96 per hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees. South San Francisco: $17.70 per hour. Sunnyvale: $19.00 per hour. West Hollywood: $19.65 per hour.

² A Montana business not covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act whose gross annual sales are $110,000 or less may pay $4.00 per hour.

³ The minimum wage for employers who employ fewer than 6 people and employees engaged in seasonal employment in New Jersey is $14.53 per hour.

⁴ The minimum wage in New York City, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Westchester County is $16.50 per hour. The minimum wage in the remainder of the state is $15.50 per hour.

⁵ Ohio employers with annual gross receipts under $394,000 must pay no less than $7.25 per hour.

⁶ The standard minimum wage in Oregon is $14.70 per hour. The minimum wage in the Portland metro area is $15.95 per hour and the minimum wage in nonurban counties is $13.70 per hour.