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Federal minimum wage

$7.25 per hour1

per hourIn force since July 24, 2009. Federal rules

States and DC that set more31of 51
Highest state rate$18.40District of Columbia
4,733signed rate rows
207countries and territories
51US states and DC
88US cities and counties
279labor-law rules. Every row quotes its source; the latest check was October 1, 2026.

Trend · 2008 to 2027

17 years at $7.25

The federal floor last rose on July 24, 2009. The states set their own rates above it, most of them every January.

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FromApplies toRate
July 24, 2008Federal minimum$6.55
October 1, 2008Maine$7.25
January 1, 2009Washington$8.55
July 24, 2009Federal minimum$7.25
October 1, 2009Maine$7.50
January 1, 2010Washington$8.55
January 1, 2011Washington$8.67
January 1, 2012Washington$9.04
January 1, 2013Washington$9.19
January 1, 2014Washington$9.32
January 1, 2015Washington$9.47
January 1, 2016Washington$9.47
January 1, 2017Washington$11.00
January 1, 2017Maine$9.00
January 1, 2018Washington$11.50
January 1, 2018Maine$10.00
January 1, 2019Washington$12.00
January 1, 2019Maine$11.00
January 1, 2020Washington$13.50
January 1, 2020Maine$12.00
January 1, 2021Washington$13.69
January 1, 2021Maine$12.15
January 1, 2022Washington$14.49
January 1, 2022Maine$12.75
January 1, 2023Washington$15.74
January 1, 2023Maine$13.80
January 1, 2024Washington$16.28
January 1, 2024Maine$14.15
January 1, 2025Washington$16.66
January 1, 2025Maine$14.65
January 1, 2026Washington$17.13
January 1, 2026Maine$15.10
January 1, 2027 ScheduledMaine$15.70

Ranking · 51 jurisdictions

Highest state minimum wages

Base rate for most employers on October 7, 2026. Each line runs from 2014, on one scale; the dotted line is the federal floor.

Highest state minimum wages, October 7, 2026
RankStateSince 2014Per hour
1District of Columbia$18.40
2Washington$17.13
3Connecticut$16.94
4California$16.90
5Hawaii$16.00
5New York$16.00
5Rhode Island$16.00
8New Jersey$15.92
9Colorado$15.16
10Arizona$15.15
All 51 states and DC

Schedule · 10 state increases on record

Increases coming soon

State base rates already set in law or certified by the responsible agency. Projected inflation adjustments are marked.

  1. in 86 daysCaliforniawas $16.90now $17.40+$0.50 · +3.0%
  2. in 86 daysConnecticutwas $16.94now $17.48+$0.54 · +3.2%
  3. in 86 daysMainewas $15.10now $15.70+$0.60 · +4.0%
  4. in 86 daysMichiganwas $13.73now $15.00+$1.27 · +9.2%
  5. in 86 daysMinnesotawas $11.41now $11.87+$0.46 · +4.0%
  6. in 86 daysNew Jerseywas $15.92now $16.48+$0.56 · +3.5%
Every scheduled increase

World · 207 countries and territories

Minimum wages around the world

In local currency and the period each law states. We do not convert.

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Methodology

No number without a source

Each of the 4,733 rate rows behind these pages quotes one of 1,218 primary sources and names who verified it and when.

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    A quote for every figure

    Each rate carries the passage of the statute, ordinance or agency notice that states it, word for word.

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    Selected, not generated

    Amounts and dates are chosen from figures that already appear in the source text, so none can be invented.

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    Every row names its verifier and the day it was checked; the latest check was October 1, 2026.

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    As the law states it

    Local currency and the law's own period. Nothing is converted or rounded, and projected figures say so.

How every rate is sourced and verified