My 17 year old son just got his first job, and in helping him not get screwed over with paperwork and such I got curious as far as minimum wage goes (he's getting min 10c) so I looked it up and was shocked at some of these!

I listed ever state below (from website Minimum Wage Rates by State 2022 (minimum-wage.org) )

The things that shocked me the most:
- there are 20 States still at the federal minimum wage....I understand that cost of living varies greatly from state to state, but still!
- Only 12 states raise their minimum wage yearly
- Washington State, the state I live in, has the 2nd highest minimum wage in the country (only beaten by DC) Hawaii, which I know has a much higher cost of living that Washington is a third lower than us!?

Educate yourself about your state's minimum wage! Also, Individual cities can have a higher minimum wage than the state (here in Washington the state minimum is $14.49, Seattle has a minimum of $17.29 and Seatac has a $17.59 minimum)
If you're a server, and you live in one of those fucked up states where your hourly is $2.13 (17 fucking states, plus several more where it's only a little bit higher!!!?!?!!) , know that by law, your Employers must make up the difference between the federal minimum wage and the service minimum wage ($2.13) if the server does not make at least the federal minimum wage (at the end of the day they have to pay you the difference!)

State Minimum Wage Rate Department Name Rate Adjusted Yearly
Alabama$7.25 / hour Alabama Department of Labor

Alaska$10.34 / hour Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Arizona$12.80 / hour Industrial Commission of Arizona✓

Arkansas$11.00 / hour Arkansas Department of Labor

California$14.00 / hour California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the Office of the Labor Commissioner

Colorado$12.56 / hour Colorado Department of Labor and Employment✓

Connecticut$13.00 / hour Connecticut Department of Labor

Delaware$10.50 / hour Delaware Department of Labor✓

Florida$10.00 / hour Florida Division of Workforce Services✓

Georgia$7.25 / hour Georgia Department of Labor

Hawaii$10.10 / hour Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations

Idaho$7.25 / hour Idaho Department of Labor

Illinois$12.00 / hour Illinois Department of Labor

Indiana$7.25 / hour Indiana Department of Labor

Iowa$7.25 / hour Iowa Labor Services Division

Kansas$7.25 / hour Kansas Department of Labor

Kentucky$7.25 / hour Kentucky Labor Cabinet

Louisiana$7.25 / hour Louisiana Workforce Commission

Maine$12.75 / hour Maine Department of Labor

Maryland$12.50 / hour Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation

Massachusetts $14.25 / hour Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development

Michigan$9.87 / hour Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA)

Minnesota$10.33 / hour Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Mississippi$7.25 / hour Mississippi Department of Employment Security

Missouri$11.15 / hour Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission✓

Montana$9.20 / hour Montana Department of Labor and Industry✓

Nebraska$9.00 / hour Nebraska Department of Labor

Nevada$9.75 / hour Nevada Department of Business and Industry✓

New Hampshire $7.25 / hour New Hampshire Department of Labor

New Jersey $13.00 / hour New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development ✓

New Mexico $11.50 / hour New Mexico Department of Work Force Solutions

New York$13.20 / hour New York Department of Labor

North Carolina $7.25 / hour North Carolina Department of Labor

North Dakota $7.25 / hour North Dakota Department of Labor

Ohio$9.30 / hour Ohio Department of Commerce✓

Oklahoma$7.25 / hour Oklahoma Department of Labor

Oregon$12.75 / hour Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries✓

Pennsylvania $7.25 / hour Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry

Rhode Island $12.25 / hour Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training

South Carolina $7.25 / hour South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulations

South Dakota$9.95 / hour South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation✓

Tennessee$7.25 / hour Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development

Texas$7.25 / hour Texas Workforce Commission

Utah$7.25 / hour Utah Labor Commission

Vermont$12.55 / hour Vermont Department of Labor

Virginia$11.00 / hour Virginia Department of Labor and Industry

Washington $14.49 / hour Washington Department of Labor and Industries✓

West Virginia $8.75 / hour West Virginia Division of Labor

Wisconsin$7.25 / hour Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

Wyoming$7.25 / hour Wyoming Department of Workforce Service

Puerto Rico $8.50 / hour Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources

District of Columbia $15.20 / hour District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

Federal$7.25 / hour Federal Department of Labor