A number of states have announced minimum wage increases for 2021. More changes could be announced, so employers should continue to monitor the rates for further changes.
The following chart details the states that have announced minimum wage increases.
State Minimum Wage Rates
|
State |
2020 Minimum Wage |
Next Scheduled Increase Minimum Wage Per Hour |
Website |
| Alaska | $10.19 | $10.34 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| Arizona | $12.00 | $12.15 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| Arkansas | $10.00 | $11.00 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| California | $13.00 / $12.00 | $14.00 / $13.00 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| CA note: Employers with 25 or fewer employees may pay at the lower rate in effect (i.e. $13.00 for 2021). Several cities/counties have higher minimum wages. | |||
| Colorado | $12.00 | $12.32/$14.77 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| CO note: higher minimum wage applies to Denver | |||
| Connecticut | $12.00 | $13.00 (8/1/21) | Learn more |
| Florida | $8.56 | $10.00 (9/30/21) | Learn more |
| Illinois | $9.25 | $11.00 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| IL note: higher minimum wage applies to Chicago and Cook County (not shown) | |||
| Maine | $12.00 | $12.15 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| Maryland | $11.00 | $11.75 for employers with 15 or more employees (1/1/21) |
Learn more |
| MD note: different minimum wage applies to Montgomery County and Prince George's County (not shown) | |||
| Massachusetts | $12.75 | $13.50 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| Minnesota | $10.00 / $8.15 | $10.08 / $8.21 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| MN note: higher minimum wage applies to employers with annual gross revenue of $500,000 or more | |||
| Missouri | $9.45 | $10.30 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| Montana | $8.65 | $8.75 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| Nevada | $9.00 / $8.00 | $9.75 / $8.75 (7/1/21) | Learn more |
| NV note: higher minimum wage applies when no health benefits are offered | |||
| New Jersey | $11.00 / $10.30 | $12.00 / $11.10 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| NJ note: higher minimum wage applies when employer has 6 or more employees; lower wage applies with 5 or fewer employees and seasonal ER | |||
| New Mexico | $9.00 | $10.50 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| New York | $13.00 / $11.80 | $12.50 / $14.00 / $15.00 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| NY note: $14 minimum wage applies to Long Island and Westchester; $15 minimum wage applies to NYC | |||
| Ohio | $8.70 | $8.80 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| Oregon | $13.25 / $12.00 / $11.50 | $12.75 / $14.00 / $12.00 (7/1/21) | Learn more |
| OR note: lowest minimum wage applies to non-urban counties; highest minimum wage applies to Portland | |||
| South Dakota | $9.30 | $9.45 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| Vermont | $10.96 | $11.75 | Learn more |
| Virginia | $7.25 | $9.50 (5/1/21) | Learn more |
| Washington | $13.50 | $13.69 (1/1/21) | Learn more |
| WA note: Seattle and the City of SeaTac currently have higher minimum wage rates | |||
For current state minimum wage rates, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s site.
*Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act of 2018 prohibits scheduled minimum wage increases when the state’s annual unemployment rate for the preceding calendar year is above 8.5%. On December 11, 2020, The Michigan Bureau of Employment Relations, Wage and Hour Division announced that the state’s scheduled minimum wage increase is not expected to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2021. If the new rate does not go into effect, Michigan’s minimum wage rate will next increase to $9.87 in the first calendar year following a calendar year for which the annual unemployment rate is less than 8.5%. Please see the full notice here.
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