60 records
What is the minimum wage where I work?
60 records, one fact each. Every value is transcribed from the source that states it and carries the sentence it was taken from: 4 sources across 4 sites, last checked 2026-10-05, due for re-check by 2027-01-03. Every record is listed below, each linking the page its value came from.
3 records where two or more sources state different values. Both sides are reproduced on the record page, each with its own source and quote.
About this data
Current minimum wage, tipped (subminimum) wage, and small-employer rates for every US state plus major cities and counties that set their own higher rate. Each record is one jurisdiction at one worker type, stating the current hourly rate, effective date, next scheduled change, and the indexing method if any. Answers 'what is the minimum wage in [city/state]', 'what is the tipped wage in [state]', and 'when does the minimum wage go up in [jurisdiction]'.
The data
| Jurisdiction | Type | Parent state | Worker type | Hourly rate ($) | Next increase date | Next increase ($) | Indexing method | Effective date | Tip credit allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | state | Alabama | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Alaska | state | Alaska | standard | 14.00 | 2027-07-01 | 15 | Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2017 and will resume July 1, 2028. (2014 ballot measure, 2024 ballot measure) | ||
| American Samoa | state | American Samoa | standard | Varies | |||||
| Arizona | state | Arizona | standard | 15.15 | Indexed annual increases began Jan. 2021. (2016 ballot measure) | ||||
| Arkansas | state | Arkansas | standard | 11.00 | Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2023. (2016 legislation) | ||||
| Californiasources differ | state | California | standard | 16.90 | Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2023. (2016 legislation) | ||||
| Colorado | state | Colorado | standard | 15.16 | Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2021. (2016 ballot measure) | ||||
| Connecticut | state | Connecticut | standard | 16.94 | Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2024. (2019 legislation) | ||||
| Delaware | state | Delaware | standard | 15.00 | |||||
| District of Columbia | state | District of Columbia | standard | 18.40 | Indexed annual increases began July 1, 2021. (2016 ballot measure) | ||||
| Florida | state | Florida | standard | 14.00 | 2026-09-30 | 15 | Indexed annual increases will resume Sept. 30, 2028. (Constitutional amendment 2004) | ||
| Georgia | state | Georgia | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Guam | state | Guam | standard | 9.25 | |||||
| Hawaii | state | Hawaii | standard | 16.00 | 2028-01-01 | 18 | |||
| Idaho | state | Idaho | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Illinois | state | Illinois | standard | 15.00 | |||||
| Indiana | state | Indiana | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Iowa | state | Iowa | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Kansas | state | Kansas | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Kentucky | state | Kentucky | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Louisiana | state | Louisiana | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Maine | state | Maine | standard | 15.10 | Indexed annual increases began Jan 1, 2021. (2016 ballot measure) | ||||
| Maryland | state | Maryland | standard | 15.00 | |||||
| Massachusetts | state | Massachusetts | standard | 15.00 | |||||
| Michigan | state | Michigan | standard | 13.73 | 2027-02-21 | 14.16 | |||
| Minnesota | state | Minnesota | standard | 11.41 | Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2018. (2014 legislation) | ||||
| Mississippi | state | Mississippi | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Missouri | state | Missouri | standard | 15.00 | Indexed annual increases and decreases began Jan. 1, 2024. (2018 ballot measure) | ||||
| Montana | state | Montana | standard | 10.85 | Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2008. (2006 ballot measure) | ||||
| Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties | region | New York | standard | 17.00 | 2026-01-01 | ||||
| Nebraska | state | Nebraska | standard | 15.00 | Indexed annual increase begin Jan. 1, 2027 (2024 ballot measure) | ||||
| Nevada | state | Nevada | standard | 12.00 | Removed indexed annual increases in 2022. (2022 ballot measure) | ||||
| New Hampshire | state | New Hampshire | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| New Jersey | state | New Jersey | standard | 15.92 | Indexed annual increases will begin Jan. 1, 2025. (2019 legislation) | ||||
| New Mexico | state | New Mexico | standard | 12.00 | |||||
| New York City | city | New York | standard | 17.00 | 2026-01-01 | ||||
| North Carolina | state | North Carolina | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| North Dakota | state | North Dakota | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Northern Mariana Islands | state | Northern Mariana Islands | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Ohio | state | Ohio | standard | 11.00 | Indexed annual increases began Jan 1, 2007. (Constitutional amendment 2006) | ||||
| Oklahoma | state | Oklahoma | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Oregonsources differ | state | Oregon | standard | 15.55 | Indexed annual increases began July 1, 2023. (2016 legislation) | ||||
| Oregon non-urban counties | region | Oregon | standard | 14.55 | Increases to the minimum wage are based on inflation (if applicable) and take effect on July 1st of each year | 2026-07-01 | no | ||
| Pennsylvania | state | Pennsylvania | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Portland metro | region | Oregon | standard | 16.80 | Increases to the minimum wage are based on inflation (if applicable) and take effect on July 1st of each year | 2026-07-01 | no | ||
| Puerto Rico | state | Puerto Rico | standard | 10.50 | |||||
| Remainder of New York State | region | New York | standard | 16.00 | 2026-01-01 | ||||
| Rhode Island | state | Rhode Island | standard | 15.00 | |||||
| South Carolina | state | South Carolina | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| South Dakota | state | South Dakota | standard | 11.85 | Indexed annual increases began Jan 1, 2016 | ||||
| Tennessee | state | Tennessee | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Texas | state | Texas | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Utah | state | Utah | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Vermont | state | Vermont | standard | 14.42 | Indexed annual increases resumed Jan. 1, 2019. (2014 legislation) | ||||
| Virgin Islands | state | Virgin Islands | standard | 10.50 | |||||
| Virginia | state | Virginia | standard | 12.77 | Indexed annual increases will begin Oct. 1, 2026. (2020 legislation) | ||||
| Washingtonsources differ | state | Washington | standard | 17.13 | Annual indexed increases began Jan. 1, 2020. (2016 ballot measure) | ||||
| West Virginia | state | West Virginia | standard | 8.75 | |||||
| Wisconsin | state | Wisconsin | standard | 7.25 | |||||
| Wyoming | state | Wyoming | standard | 7.25 |
Where this came from
Every record above links the page it was taken from and quotes the sentence that states it. These are the 4 sources this dataset was assembled from.
- ncsl.orghttps://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages
- dir.ca.govhttps://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_minimumwage.htm
- oregon.govhttps://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/pages/minimum-wage.aspx
- lni.wa.govhttps://lni.wa.gov/workers-rights/wages/minimum-wage/
Machine-readable
- data.jsonThe whole dataset — every record with its source URL and source quote.
- Open Knowledge Format bundleOne JSON object per line — every record's frontmatter and quoted span exactly as it is held here, in one fetch.
- data.csvThe same records as one flat table, for a spreadsheet or a dataframe. The last four columns are the source URL, the quoted sentence it was read from, the date we last checked it, and which columns are our reading rather than the page's words.
- How this is made and checkedWhat "verified against source" does and does not mean.
From your own code
Same records, same quotes, without scraping the page: refsource is on PyPI and npm. Each value comes back carrying the URL it was read from and the sentence on that page that states it — .source and .quote sit on the value itself rather than in a side channel, so the checking step is available instead of skipped.
pip install refsource
refsource lookup minimum-wage-rates-by-jurisdiction jurisdiction=Alabama
npx -y refsource lookup minimum-wage-rates-by-jurisdiction jurisdiction=AlabamaSet your AI assistant up to use this
Two files and no account. Put this in .mcp.json at the root of your project — Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code and Codex all read that file — and your assistant can look this dataset up instead of recalling it. The server is remote, keyless and read-only.
{
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"type": "http",
"url": "https://referencesource.org/mcp"
}
}
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Then one line in the project's CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md, so the assistant knows when to reach for it:
When a question needs "US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type", call the referencesource MCP server at https://referencesource.org/mcp (tool `search_records`, dataset_slug `minimum-wage-rates-by-jurisdiction`) instead of answering from memory — every record it returns carries its source URL and a verbatim quote from that page.What each tool does, and the servers built over single registers: Connect your AI assistant.