Has Your State’s Minimum Wage Gone Up in 2018?
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2018 has brought an increase in the minimum wage in some states and municipalities. (Georgia is not one of those states, however.) Below are the states that have increased their minimum wage, and , in some cases, the tipped minimum wage, in 2018:
Old | Old | New for 2018 | New for 2018 | ||
State | Categories | Minimum Wage | Tipped Minimum Wage | Minimum Wage | Tipped Minimum Wage |
Alaska | $9.80 | $9.84 | |||
Arizona | $10.00 | $7.00 | $10.50 | $7.50 | |
California | |||||
(26 or more employees) | $10.50 | $11.00 | |||
(25 or fewer employees) | $10.00 | $10.50 | |||
Colorado | $9.30 | $6.28 | $10.20 | $7.18 | |
Florida | $8.10 | $5.08 | $8.25 | $5.23 | |
Hawaii | $9.25 | $8.50 | $10.10 | $9.35 | |
Maine | $9.00 | $5.00 | $10.00 | $5.00 | |
Michigan | $8.90 | $3.38 | $9.25 | $3.52 | |
Minnesota | |||||
(Large employer (annual gross revenue of $500,000 or more)) | $9.50 | $9.65 | |||
(Small employer (annual gross revenue of less than $500,000)) | $7.75 | $7.87 | |||
Missouri | $7.70 | $3.85 | $7.85 | $3.925 | |
Montana | $8.15 | $8.30 | |||
New Jersey | $8.44 | $6.31 | $8.60 | $6.47 | |
New York | |||||
(NYC – more than 10 employees) | $11.00 | $7.50* | $13.00 | $8.70 | |
(NYC – 10 or fewer employees) | $10.50 | $7.50 | $12.00 | $8.00 | |
(Nassau, Suffolk, & Westchester Counties) | $10.00 | $7.50 | $11.00 | $7.50 | |
(The rest of the State) | $9.70 | $7.50 | $10.40 | $7.50 | |
Ohio | $8.15 | $4.08 | $8.30 | $4.15 | |
Rhode Island | $9.60 | $3.89 | $10.10 | $3.89 | |
South Dakota | $8.65 | $4.325 | $8.85 | $4.425 | |
Vermont | $10.00 | $5.00 | $10.50 | $5.25 | |
Washington | $11.00 | $11.50 | |||

Kathleen J. Jennings
Former Principal
Kathleen J. Jennings is a former principal in the Atlanta office of Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider, & Stine, P.C. She defends employers in employment matters, such as sexual harassment, discrimination, Wage and Hour, OSHA, restrictive covenants, and other employment litigation and provides training and counseling to employers in employment matters.
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