# Montana — US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type

For Montana, type is state; worker type is standard; hourly rate ($) is 10.85; indexing method is Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2008. (2006 ballot measure), verified against its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Jurisdiction:** Montana _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Type:** state _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Parent state:** Montana _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Worker type:** standard _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Hourly rate ($):** 10.85 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Indexing method:** Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2008. (2006 ballot measure) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> state wage and will continue to be indexed yearly. | Montana | $10.85 | | There are exclusions to the states minimum wage law, including students in work-based learning programs and persons with disabilities who are unable to engage in competitive employment. Employers with annual sales of less than $110,000 may pay $4.00 an hour. Indexed annual increases began Jan. 1, 2008. (2006 ballot measure) | Nebraska | $15.00 | $15 eff. 1-1-26 | Indexed annual increase begin Jan. 1, 2027 (2024 ballot measure) | Nevada | $12.00 | | Removed indexed annual increases in 2022. (2022 ballot measure) | New Hampshire | $7.25 | | | New Jersey | $15.92 | | For small employers (six employees or fewer), the schedule of increases is as follows: $13.50 eff. 1-1-24; $14.30 eff. 1-1-25; $15.00 eff. 1-1-26. By 2028, the small employer minimum wage will be the same as the standard minimum wage.

## Source

- https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages

Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2026-11-10.
Part of [US minimum wage rates by state, city, and worker type](https://referencesource.org/minimum-wage-rates-by-jurisdiction/).