Oregon
What is the type for Oregon?
For Oregon, type is state; worker type is standard; hourly rate ($) is 15.55, verified against its source on 2026-10-05.
Oregon | $15.55 | $15.05 | The state has a standard minimum wage but requires employers in the urban growth boundary to pay $1.25 above the standard minimum wage and allows employer in nonurban counties to pay $1 less than the standard minimum wage. Indexed annual increases began July 1, 2023. (2016 legislation) |
— ncsl.org, retrieved 2026-08-12
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon verified
- Type
- state verified
- Parent state
- Oregon verified
- Worker type
- standard verified
- Hourly rate ($)
- 15.55 verified
- Indexing method
- Indexed annual increases began July 1, 2023. (2016 legislation) sources disagree
- Effective date
- 2026-07-01 per oregon.gov
- Tip credit allowed
- no per oregon.gov
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Indexing method
ncsl.org says indexing method is Indexed annual increases began July 1, 2023. (2016 legislation), as of 2026-08-12.
Oregon | $15.55 | $15.05 | The state has a standard minimum wage but requires employers in the urban growth boundary to pay $1.25 above the standard minimum wage and allows employer in nonurban counties to pay $1 less than the standard minimum wage. Indexed annual increases began July 1, 2023. (2016 legislation) |
https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages
oregon.gov says indexing method is Increases to the minimum wage are based on inflation (if applicable) and take effect on July 1st of each year, as of 2026-10-05.
Oregon's minimum wage depends on work location. For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, those rates are:
Where the other sources' values come from
These values were taken from a passage elsewhere on the other source's page, not from the row quoted with it above.
Hourly rate ($)
$15.55 per hour - Standard Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Yamhill, and parts of Clackamas, Multnomah, & Washington outside the urban growth boundary.
— oregon.gov, retrieved 2026-10-05
Indexing method
Increases to the minimum wage are based on inflation (if applicable) and take effect on July 1st of each year.
— oregon.gov, retrieved 2026-10-05
Sources
- ncsl.orghttps://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages
- oregon.govhttps://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/pages/minimum-wage.aspx