What is mimium wage in your state?

Question

In California it is $7.50 and I was told that the average national minium wage was $4.50 is that true? Or is it more like CA or less? I am just curious!

Answer 1

Here's a list of minimum wage in canada:(In Canadian Funds)

Alberta $7.00
BC $8.00 B.C.
Manitoba $7.60
New Brunswick $7.00
Newfoundland $7.00
NWT $8.25
Nova Scotia $7.15
Nunavut $8.50
Ontario $8.00
PEI $7.15
Quebec $7.75
Saskatchewan $7.95
Yukon $8.25


Here's list of minimum wage in USA(In US Funds)

Alabama None Federal minimum applies

Alaska $7.15

Arizona $6.75 Increased to $6.75 effective January 1, 2007 pursuant to Arizona Proposition 202. This rate will be automatically adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index.

Arkansas $6.25

California $7.50 Increasing to $8.00 on January 1, 2008.

Colorado $6.85 This rate will be automatically adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index.

Connecticut $7.65

Delaware $6.65 Will Increase to $7.15 on Jan. 1, 2008.

District of Columbia $7.00

Florida $6.67 Rises with inflation. This is in effect as of January 2007.

Georgia $5.15

Hawaii $7.25

Idaho $5.15

Illinois $6.50 Will rise to $7.50 in July, 2007. $6.00 for employees under the age of 18 [5]

lndiana $5.15

Iowa $5.15 ($6.20 on April 1, 2007) ($7.25 on January 1, 2008)

Kansas $2.65 For employees over the age of 18 (applies only when the federal Fair Labor Standards Act does not). $5.15 federal minimum wage takes precedence, overriding the state minimum.

Kentucky $5.15 Will be $7.50 by 2009

Louisiana None Federal minimum applies

Maine $6.75 Will rise to $7.00 in October, 2007

Maryland $6.15

Massachusetts $7.50 ($2.63 for service (tipped) employees, $1.60 for agricultural employees; legislature passed increase to $8.00 effective January 1, 2008)[6]

Michigan $6.95 ($2.65 for service (tipped) employees, Increasing to $7.15 July 1, 2007 and to $7.40 July 1, 2008, Minors 16-17 years of age may be paid 85% of the minimum hourly wage rate. Training wage for new employees ages 16 to 19 of $4.25 per hour for first 90 days of employment

Minnesota $6.15

Mississippi None Federal minimum applies

Missouri $6.50 This rate will be automatically adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index.

Montana $6.15 This rate will automatically be adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index. Tip income may not be applied as an offset to an employee's pay rate. The minimum pay is $4/hour for business with less than $110,000 in annual sales.

Nebraska $5.15

Nevada $6.15

New Hampshire $5.15

New Jersey $7.15

New Mexico $6.75 $9.50 in Santa Fe

New York $7.15

North Carolina $6.15

North Dakota $5.15

Ohio $6.85

Oklahoma $5.15


Oregon $7.80 Rises with inflation.

Pennsylvania $6.25 (Per act signed into law July 10, 2006, this increased to $6.25 on January 1, 2007 and will increase to $7.15 on July 1, 2007. For companies with ten or fewer employees: $5.65 by January 1, 2007, $6.65 by July 1, 2007, and $7.15 by July 1, 2008. The current tipped wage, $2.83,

Rhode Island $7.40
South Carolina $5.15
South Dakota $5.15
Tennessee None Federal minimum applies
Texas $5.15
Utah $5.15
Vermont $7.53 Rises with inflation.
Virginia $5.15
Washington $7.93
West Virginia $5.85 Increasing to $6.55 effective 7/1/07 and $7.25 effective 7/1/08
Wisconsin $6.50
Wyoming $5.15
American Samoa $2.68-$4.09
Puerto Rico $5.15

Answer 2

In the state of Tennessee minium wage is $5.50.

Answer 3

Here in Arizona it is 5.15 hr they are trying raise it a 1.50 I do not know if they have done that yet.

Answer 4

oklahoma 5.15 a hour sucks huh

Answer 5

In the UK I think it is around £6.

Answer 6

$6.50 In Illinois

Answer 7

$7.80 - we (in Oregon) are second or third in the nation for highest minimum wage.

Answer 8

5.15 in ga

Answer 9

6.95 going up to 7.15 in july,,but if your under 17 it stays 5.75

Answer 10

Texas is $5.25. It sucks, but I get paid 7.00.