In 2019, a number of states’ minimum wage rates will increase. The below chart summarizes the rates that will increase for certain states (and several localities) at any time during 2019, including all state changes that will become effective next year.
Minimum Wage Increases for 2019
The federal minimum wage will remain at $7.25 per hour for non-tipped employees and $2.13 per hour for tipped employees.
The following chart lists the minimum wage increases for 2019 (and future years if available), along with the related changes in the maximum tip credit and minimum cash wage for tipped employees.
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Alaska |
$9.84 (current) |
Tip credit not allowed |
Tip credit not allowed |
Arizona |
$10.50 (current) Not applicable to "small businesses" that have less than $500,000 in annual gross revenues and are exempt from paying minimum wage under federal law (29 U.S.C. § 206(a)). Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 23-362(B) and (C). |
$3.00 (current) (unchanged) |
$7.50 (current) The minimum cash wage may be $3.00 per hour less than the minimum wage. |
Arkansas |
$8.50 (current) |
$5.87 (current) |
$2.63 (current) (unchanged) |
California |
Employers with 26 or more employees: Employers with 25 or fewer employees: Los Angeles: Employers with 25 or fewer employees: San Diego: Santa Monica: Employers with 25 or fewer employees: |
Tip credit not allowed |
Tip credit not allowed |
Colorado |
$10.20 (current) |
$3.02 (current) (unchanged) |
$7.18 (current) |
Delaware |
$8.25 (current) |
$6.02 (current) |
$2.23 (current) (unchanged) |
District of Columbia |
$13.25 (current) |
$9.36 (current) |
$3.89 (current) |
Florida |
$8.25 (current) |
$3.02 (current) (unchanged) |
$5.23 (current) |
Illinois |
Chicago: Cook County: |
Chicago: Cook County: |
Chicago: Cook County: |
Maine |
$10.00 (current) |
$5.00 (current) |
$5.00 (current) |
Maryland |
Montgomery County: Employers with 51 or more employees: Employers with 50 or fewer employees: |
Montgomery County: Employers with 50 or fewer employees: |
Montgomery County: Employers with 50 or fewer employees:
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Massachusetts |
$11.00 (current) |
$7.25 (current) |
$3.75 (current) |
Michigan |
$9.25 (current)
$9.45 (est. effective late 3/2019)*
$9.65 (effective 1/1/2020) *Pursuant to amended legislation signed into law on December 14, 2018; expected to go into effect in late March 2019, depending on the date the current legislative session ends. |
$5.73 (current) The tip credit will continue to be the difference between the tipped minimum cash wage rate and the applicable minimum wage rate. |
$3.52 (current) The tipped minimum cash wage is equal to 38 percent of the applicable minimum wage rate. |
Minnesota
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Large Employers (annual gross sales of $500,000 or more): Small Employers (annual gross sales of less than $500,000): Minneapolis: Small Employers (100 or fewer total employees): |
Tip credit not allowed |
Tip credit not allowed |
Missouri |
$7.85 (current) Not applicable to retail and service businesses whose annual gross sales are less than $500,000. |
$3.92 (current) |
$3.93 (current) |
Montana |
$8.30 (current) |
Tip credit not allowed |
Tip credit not allowed |
New Jersey |
$8.60 (current) |
$6.47 (current) |
$2.13 (current) (unchanged) |
New Mexico |
Albuquerque: Employers providing healthcare and/or childcare benefits of at least $2,500:
$7.95 (current) |
Albuquerque: Employers providing healthcare and/or childcare benefits of at least $2,500: |
Albuquerque: |
New York |
$10.40 (current) Fast Food Workers: New York City: Employers with 10 or fewer employees: Fast Food Workers (NYC): Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties: |
Hospitality Industry Tipped Service Employees: Tipped Food Service Workers: New York City: Tipped Food Service Workers: Employers with 10 or fewer employees: Tipped Food Service Workers: Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties: Tipped Food Service Workers: All service employees must meet tip thresholds for employer to claim tip credit. |
Hospitality Industry Tipped Food Service Workers: New York City: Employers with 10 or fewer employees: Tipped Food Service Workers: Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties: Tipped Food Service Workers: |
Ohio |
$8.30 (current) Small Employers (annual gross receipts of $314,000 or less per year after 1/1/2019): |
$4.15 (current) |
$4.15 (current) |
Oregon |
Standard Minimum Wage Rate: Portland Metro Employers (i.e., employers located within the urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district): Employers in Nonurban Counties: |
Tip credit not allowed |
Tip credit not allowed |
Rhode Island |
$10.10 (current) |
$6.21 (current) |
$3.89 (current) (unchanged) |
South Dakota |
$8.85 (current) $9.10 (effective 1/1/2019) |
$4.42 (current) $4.55 (effective 1/1/2019) |
$4.43 (current) $4.55 (effective 1/1/2019)
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Vermont |
$10.50 (current) |
$5.25 (current) Applies only to “service or tipped employees,” defined as employees of a hotel, motel, tourist place, or restaurant who regularly earn more than $120 per month in tips for direct and personal customer service. |
$5.25 (current) Applies only to “service or tipped employees,” defined as employees of a hotel, motel, tourist place, or restaurant who regularly earn more than $120 per month in tips for direct and personal customer service. |
Washington |
$11.50 (current) Seattle: Small Employers (500 or fewer employees worldwide) who do not contribute towards an individual employee’s medical benefits: Small Employers (500 or fewer employees worldwide) who do pay toward an individual employee’s medical benefits: Tacoma: |
Tip credit not allowed |
Tip credit not allowed |
We will continue to monitor and update you on any developments regarding state and local minimum wage rates.