This is a list of the minimum wages in each state of the USA and the District of Columbia for jobs covered by federal minimum wage laws. Other jobs, often ones which earn tips or in small companies, are often subject to lower minimums.

• Federal $5.15 (29 USC Sec. 206)

• Alabama $5.15
• Alaska $7.15
• Arizona $5.15
• Arkansas $5.15
• California $6.75
• Colorado $5.15
• Connecticut $7.10
• Delaware $6.15
• District of Columbia $6.60 (Rising to $7.00 on January 1, 2006)
• Florida $6.15 (as of mid-2005)
• Georgia $5.15
• Hawaii $6.25
• Idaho $5.15
• Illinois $7.05
• Indiana $5.15
• Iowa $5.15
• Kansas $5.15
• Kentucky $5.15
• Louisiana $5.15
• Maine $6.25
• Maryland $5.15
• Massachusetts $6.75
• Michigan $5.15
• Minnesota $5.15
• Mississippi $5.15
• Missouri $5.15
• Montana $5.15
• Nebraska $5.15
• Nevada $5.15 (2004 election ballot could create $6.15 minimum wage)
• New Hampshire $5.15
• New Jersey $5.15 (Increases to $6.15 in October 2005, and $7.15 in October 2006)
• New Mexico $5.15
• New York $6.00 (Rising to $6.75 on January 1, 2006, and to $7.15 on January 1, 2007)
• North Carolina $5.15
• North Dakota $5.15
• Ohio $5.15
• Oklahoma $5.15 ($2.00 for work not covered by federal minimum wage) (OK Statutes 40-197.5)
• Oregon $7.05
• Pennsylvania $5.15
• Rhode Island $6.75
• South Carolina $5.15
• South Dakota $5.15
• Tennessee $5.15
• Texas $5.15
• Utah $5.15
• Vermont $6.25
• Virginia $5.15
• Washington $7.35 (Revised Code of Washington Sec. 49.46.020) [1] (http://www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/Minimum/default.asp)
• West Virginia $5.15
• Wisconsin $5.15
• Wyoming $5.15

External links

• U.S. Department of Labor's Minimum Wage by state table (http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm)

• U.S. Department of Labor's Minimum wage for tipped employees table (http://www.dol.gov/esa/programs/whd/state/tipped.htm)