Last updated: Apr 8, 2026, 10:21 AM
This article contains the 2026 minimum wage rates for each state and many local jurisdictions in the US.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), covered, non-exempt employees are entitled to a minimum wage of $7.25. The FLSA exempts some employees from both its overtime pay and minimum wage provisions and also exempts some employees from its overtime pay provisions only. Exemptions under the FLSA can be found here.
The U.S. Department of Labor provides many fact sheets to help employers understand the requirements under the FLSA. Some that provide additional information on minimum wage and tipped employees are below:
State and local laws may also mandate a minimum wage and have their own exemptions. When an employee is covered by multiple laws, the employee is entitled to the protections of each law.
Local and state jurisdictional minimum wage rates may change more frequently than the federal minimum wage. Employers should be mindful of increases in minimum wage, including minimum cash wage, to ensure that they are paying their employees correctly. Toast Payroll has populated the system for the calculation of tip makeup and overtime with the state or local rate that may be applicable to many customers. However, you are responsible for verifying that the rate in the system is applicable to your business. Information on how to verify the system minimum wage rate can be found in Toast Payroll: Minimum Wage.
Additional information on minimum wage can be found on local and state government websites or through your complimentary HR toolkit, Mineral.
As a general rule, under the FLSA, an employer may pay a tipped employee a minimum cash wage (direct wage) of $2.13 per hour if:
If an employee's tips combined with direct wages of at least $2.13 an hour do not equal the federal minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference (tip makeup).
The chart below contains current minimum wage rates as of 1/1/26. It does not include minimum cash wage, prevailing wages, minimum wages for public employers, or government contractors. It generally does not include industry-specific rates. It does not include exemptions from minimum wage.
| Certain states have multiple city, county, and/or local minimum wages. Be sure to find the one that best applies to your situation. |
| Jurisdiction | Minimum Wage | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| FEDERAL | $7.25 | https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/minwagebwp.pdf |
| Alabama | Alabama follows federal regulations and has no separate state wage and hour laws | |
| Alaska | $13.00 (effective 7/1/25) | Minimum Wage Standard and Overtime HoursBallot Measure 1_Eng.pdf |
| Arizona - state | $15.15 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Arizona - Flagstaff | $18.35 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Arizona - Tucson | $15.45 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Arkansas | $11.00 | https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/labor/labor-standards/minimum-wage-and-overtime/ |
| California - state | $16.90 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - state - fast food workers | $20.00 | California Increases Minimum Wage, Protections for Fast-Food Workers | California Governor |
| California - Alameda | $17.46 (effective 7/1/25) | https://www.alamedaca.gov/Departments/Base-Reuse-and-Economic-Development/Minimum-Wage |
| California - Belmont | $18.95 (effective 1/1/26) | https://www.belmont.gov/our-city/frequently-asked-questions/mmwage |
| California - Berkeley | $19.18 (effective 7/1/25) | https://berkeleyca.gov/doing-business/operating-berkeley/workforce-standards-and-enforcement |
| California - Burlingame | $17.86 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Cupertino | $18.70 (effective 1/1/26) | https://www.cupertino.gov/Your-City/Divisions/Economic-Development/Cupertino-Minimum-Wage |
| California - Daly City | $17.50 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - East Palo Alto | $17.90 (effective 1/1/26) | Local Minimum Wage | City of East Palo Alto (east-palo-alto.ca.us) |
| California - El Cerrito | $18.82 (effective 1/1/26) | City of El Cerrito, CA - Minimum Wage |
| California - Emeryville | $19.90 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| California - Foster City | $17.85 (effective 1/1/26) | City of Foster City Minimum Wage Ordinance | Foster City California |
| California - Fremont | $17.75 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| California - Half Moon Bay | $17.91 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Hayward | (effective 1/1/26) Small employers with 25 or fewer employees - $16.90; large employers with 26 or more employees - $17.79 | |
| California - Long Beach | (effective 7/1/25) Hotel workers - $25.00; concessionaire workers at the Long Beach Airport and the Long Beach Convention Center - $18.58 | https://www.longbeach.gov/finance/business-info/compliance/minimum-wage/ |
| California - Los Altos | $18.70 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Los Angeles City | $17.87 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| California - Los Angeles County | $17.81 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| California - Malibu | $17.27 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| California - Menlo Park | $17.55 (effective 1/1/26) | https://menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/City-Managers-Office/Economic-development/Local-minimum-wage-ordinance |
| California - Milpitas | $18.20 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| California - Mountain View | $19.70 (effective 1/1/26) | Mountain View Minimum Wage Ordinance | Mountain View, CA - EconDev |
| California - Novato | (effective 1/1/26) Very large businesses with 100 or more employees - $17.73; large businesses with 26-99 employees - $17.46; small businesses with 1-25 employees - $16.90 | |
| California - Oakland | (effective 1/1/26) Minimum wage - $17.34; Minimum wage for hotel workers with health benefits - $18.85; minimum wage for hotel workers without health benefits - $25.14 | https://www.oaklandca.gov/documents/oaklands-minimum-wage-posters |
| California - Palo Alto | $18.70 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Pasadena | $18.04 (effective 7/1/25) | https://www.cityofpasadena.net/planning/code-compliance/minimum-wage-ordinance/ |
| California - Petaluma | $18.31 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Redwood City | $18.65 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Richmond | $19.18 (effective 1/1/26) | https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/2615/Minimum-Wage-serOrdinance |
| California - San Carlos | $17.75 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - San Diego City | $17.75 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - San Francisco | $19.18 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| California - San Jose | $18.45 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - San Leandro | Minimum wage determined by the state of California, which on 1/1/26 is $16.90 | |
| California - San Mateo City | $18.60 (effective 1/1/26) | City of San Mateo Minimum Wage Ordinance | San Mateo, CA - Official Website |
| California - San Mateo County Unincorporated | $17.95 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Santa Clara | $18.70 (effective 1/1/26) | Minimum Wage Ordinance | City of Santa Clara (santaclaraca.gov) |
| California - Santa Monica | (effective 7/1/25) Minimum wage - $17.81; For hotels and businesses operating on hotel property - $22.50 | |
| California - Santa Rosa | $18.21 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Sonoma | (effective 1/1/26) Large employer with 26 or more employees - $18.47; small business with 1-25 employees - $17.38 | New Sonoma Minimum Wage Rates effective January 1, 2025 - City of Sonoma |
| California - South San Francisco | $18.15 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - Sunnyvale | $19.50 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| California - West Hollywood | (effective 1/1/26) Minimum wage - $20.25; hotel workers - $20.22 | https://www.weho.org/business/operate-your-business/minimum-wage |
| Colorado - state | $15.16 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Colorado - Boulder City | $16.82 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Colorado - Unincorporated Boulder County | $16.82 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Colorado - Denver | $19.29 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Colorado - Edgewater | $18.17 (effective 1/1/26) | https://www.edgewaterco.gov/doing-business/owning-a-business-in-edgewater |
| Connecticut | $16.94 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Delaware | $15.00 | |
| District of Columbia | $17.95 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| Florida | $13.00 | |
| Georgia | $5.15 | |
| Hawaii | $16.00 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Idaho | $7.25 | https://www.labor.idaho.gov/businesses/idaho-labor-laws/labor-laws-faq/ |
| Illinois - state | $15.00 | |
| Illinois - Chicago | Employers with 4 or more workers - $16.60 (effective 7/1/25) | |
| Illinois - Cook County | $15.00 | cook_county_minimum_wage_ordinance_faq_en_120123 (1).pdf (cookcountyil.gov) |
| Indiana | $7.25 | |
| Iowa | $7.25 | |
| Kansas | $7.25 | |
| Kentucky | $7.25 | |
| Louisiana | Louisiana has no state minimum wage. Employers covered by the FLSA must pay a minimum wage of $7.25 | Consolidated Minimum Wage Table | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov) |
| Maine - state | $15.10 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Maine - Portland | $16.75 (effective 1/1/26) | Minimum Wage | Portland, ME - Official Website (portland maine.gov) |
| Maine - Rockland | $16.00 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Maryland - state | $15.00 | |
| Maryland - Howard County | (effective 1/1/26) Employers who have 15 or more employees - $16.00; small employers which include food service facilities - $15.50 | |
| Maryland - Montgomery County | (effective 7/1/25) Employers with 10 or less employees - $15.50; employers with 11-50 employees - $16.00; employers with 51 or more employees - $17.65 | Office of Human Rights - Minimum Wage (montgomerycountymd.gov) |
| Maryland - Prince George County | $15.30 (effective 1/1/26) | SUBTITLE 13A. - LABOR CODE. | Code of Ordinances | Prince George's County, MD | Municode Library |
| Massachusetts | $15.00 | |
| Michigan | $13.73 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Minnesota - state | $11.41 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Minnesota - Minneapolis | $16.37 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Minnesota - St. Paul | (effective 1/1/26) Macro and large businesses with 101+ employees - $16.37; small businesses with 6-100 employees - $15.00; micro businesses with 5 or fewer employees - $13.25 | |
| Mississippi | Mississippi has no state minimum wage. Employers covered by the FLSA must pay a minimum wage of $7.25 | Consolidated Minimum Wage Table | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov) |
| Missouri | $15.00 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Montana | $10.85 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Nebraska | $15.00 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Nevada | $12.00 | |
| New Hampshire | Rate cannot be lower than the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25 as of 1/1/26 | https://www.nh.gov/labor/inspection/wage-hour/minimum-wage.htm |
| New Jersey | (effective 1/1/26) $15.92; for employers with 5 or fewer employees or seasonal employees - $15.23 | |
| New Mexico - state | $12.00 | |
| New Mexico - Albuquerque | (effective 1/1/26) $11.85. However, since this is lower than the state's minimum wage, employers covered by the state law must pay $12.00. | Albuquerque, NM Minimum Wage |
| New Mexico - Bernalillo County | TBA. If this is lower than the state's minimum wage, employers covered by the state law must pay $12.00. | Required Workplace Postings - Planning & Development Services (bernco.gov) |
| New Mexico - Las Cruces | $13.01 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| New Mexico - Santa Fe City | $15.40 (effective 3/1/26) $17.50 (effective 1/1/27) | |
| New Mexico - Santa Fe County | $15.40 | Living Wage Ordinance | Santa Fe County (santafecountynm.gov) |
| New York | (effective 1/1/26) $17.00 in NYC, Long Island, and Westchester. $16.00 elsewhere in the state | |
| North Carolina | $7.25 | |
| North Dakota | $7.25 | North Dakota Department of Labor |
| Ohio | $11.00 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Oklahoma | $7.25 | https://oklahoma.gov/labor/workplace-rights/wage-hour/faqs---wage-and-hour.html |
| Oregon | (effective 7/1/25) Oregon's minimum wage depends on work location. $16.30 - Portland metro (within the urban growth boundary, including parts of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties); $15.05 - Standard (Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Yamhill, and parts of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington outside the urban growth boundary); and $14.05 non-urban (Baker, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler counties) | |
| Pennsylvania | $7.25 | https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Labor-Management-Relations/llc/Pages/Wage-FAQs.aspx |
| Rhode Island | $16.00 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| South Carolina | South Carolina has no minimum wage. Employers covered by the FLSA must pay a minimum wage of $7.25 | Consolidated Minimum Wage Table | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov) |
| South Dakota | $11.85 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Tennessee | Tennessee has no minimum wage. Employers covered by the FLSA must pay a minimum wage of $7.25 | Consolidated Minimum Wage Table | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov) |
| Texas | Minimum wage is equal to the federal minimum wage by statute - $7.25 | |
| Utah | The state minimum wage is the same as the federal rate, which is $7.25 as of 1/1/26 | https://laborcommission.utah.gov/divisions/utah-antidiscrimination-and-labor-uald/wage-claim/ |
| Vermont | $14.42 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Virginia | $12.77 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Washington - state | $17.13 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Washington - Bellingham | $19.13 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Washington - Burien | (effective 1/1/26) Level 1 employers (all employers, including franchisees, that employ 500 or more FTEs in King County or franchisors that employee more than 500 FTEs) - $21.63 Level 2 employers (all employers, including franchisees, that employ 21-499 FTEs in King County) - $20.63 Level 3 employers (all employers that employ 20 or less FTEs in King County) - exempt from ordinance | |
| Washington - Everett | (effective 1/1/26) Large businesses with more than 500 employees - $20.77; other businesses with 15 to 500 employees or annual gross revenue over $2 million - $18.77 | City of Everett, WA - Minimum Wage |
| Washington - Renton | (effective 1/1/26) | City of Renton Labor Standards |
| Washington - SeaTac | $20.74 for hospitality and transportation employees (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Washington - Seattle | $21.30 (effective 1/1/26) | |
| Washington - Tukwila | $21.65 (effective 1/1/26) | Minimum Wage and Fair Access to Additional Hours of Work - City of Tukwila (tukwilawa.gov) |
| Washington - Unincorporated Kings County | (effective 1/1/26) Employers with 500 or more employees - $20.82; employers with 16-499 employees - $19.82; employers with 0-15 employees and gross revenue of $2 million or more - $19.82; employers with 0-15 employees and gross revenue of less than $2 million - $18.32 | Minimum wage in unincorporated King County - King County, Washington |
| West Virginia | $8.75 | |
| Wisconsin | $7.25 | |
| Wyoming | $5.15. However, since this is lower than the federal minimum wage, employers covered by the FLSA must pay a minimum wage of $7.25 | https://dws.wyo.gov/dws-division/labor-standards/frequently-asked-questions/ |
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