State Minimum Wage 2023

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Updated 11/30/2022

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State-by-State Minimum Wage Updates for 2023
State-by-State Minimum Wage Updates for 2022
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State-by-State Minimum Wage Updates for 2023

Beginning in 2023 several states’ minimum wage rates will increase. Below are summaries of minimum wage increases nationwide.

State	City / County	Wage info	Effective	Updated
Arizona	$13.85 per hour. This is a $1.05 increase from the 2022 rate of $12.80 per hour. Note that there are special rules for tipped employees, who may be paid up to $3.00 per hour less than the minimum wage if the employee receives at least the minimum wage for all hours worked.		01/01/2023
	Flagstaff	$15.50 per hour, a $0.50 increase from the 2021 rate of $15.00 per hour.	01/01/2023
California	$15.50 per hour		01/01/2023
	Belmont	$16.75 per hour	01/01/2023
	Burlingame	$16.47 per hour	01/01/2023
	Cupertino	$17.20 per hour	01/01/2023
	Daly City	$16.07 per hour	01/01/2023
	El Cerrito	$17.35 per hour	01/01/2023
	Hayward	Employers with 26 or more employees: $16.34 per hour Employers with 25 or fewer employees: $15.50 per hour	01/01/2023
	Menlo Park	$16.20 per hour	01/01/2023
	Moon Bay	$16.45 per hour	01/01/2023
	Mountain View	$18.15 per hour	01/01/2023
	Novato	Employers with 100 or more employees: $16.32 per hour	01/01/2023
	Oakland	$15.97 per hour Hotel Workers with Health Benefits: $17.37 per hour Hotel Workers without Health Benefits: $23.15 per hour	01/01/2023
	Palo Alto	$17.25 per hour	01/01/2023
	Redwood City	$17.00 per hour	01/01/2023
	San Carlos	$16.00 per hour	01/01/2023
	San Diego	$16.30 per hour	01/01/2023
	San Jose	$17.00 per hour	01/01/2023
	San Mateo	$16.75 per hour	01/01/2023
	Santa Clara	$17.20 per hour	01/01/2023
	South San Francisco	$16.70 per hour	01/01/2023
	Sunnyvale	$17.95 per hour	01/01/2023
	West Hollywood	Employers with 50 or more employees: $17.50 per hour Employers with 49 or fewer employees: $17.00 per hour	01/01/2023
Colorado	$13.65 per hour. This is a $1.09 increase from the 2022 rate of $12.56 per hour.		01/01/2023
	Denver	$17.29 per hour, up $1.42 from the 2022 rate of $15.87 per hour	01/01/2023
Delaware	$11.75 per hour. This is a $1.25 increase from the 2022 rate of $10.50 per hour. It is part of a set of gradual increases leading to a $15.00 minimum wage on January 1, 2025.		01/01/2023
Illinois	$13.00 per hour. This is a $1.00 increase from the 2022 rate. Tipped employees must be paid $7.20 per hour. The state’s minimum wage is scheduled to hit $15.00 on January 1, 2025.		01/01/2023
Maine	$13.80 per hour. This is a $1.05 increase from the 2021 rate of $12.75 per hour. Tipped employees must be paid at least $6.90 per hour, a $0.52 increase from 2023.		01/01/2023
	Portland	$14.00 per hour for non-tipped employees $7.00 per hour for tipped employees	01/01/2023
	Rockland	Employers that have 26 or more employees will increase to $14.00 per hour. The minimum base wage for tipped employees will be $7.00 per hour. Smaller employers may pay the state minimum wage.	01/01/2023
Maryland	$13.25 for large employers with 15 or more employees and $12.80 for smaller employers. The minimum wage will increase by varying increments to reach $15.00 in 2025 for large employers and in 2026 for small employers.		01/01/2023
	Howard County	The minimum wage in Howard County is set to gradually rise to $16.00 per hour by January 1, 2026 Government employees Effective July 1, 2024: $16.00 per hour Large Employers (15 or more) Effective January 1, 2023: $15.00 per hour Effective January 1, 2025: $16.00 per hour Small Employers (14 or fewer) Effective January 1, 2023: $13.25 per hour Effective January 1, 2025: $14.75 per hour Effective January 1, 2026: $15.50 per hour Effective July 1, 2026: $16.00 per hour	01/01/2023
Massachusetts	$15.00 per hour. This is a $0.75 increase from the 2022 minimum wage of $14.25 per hour. Tipped employees must earn $6.75 per hour.		01/01/2023
Minnesota	$10.59 per hour for large employers with annual gross sales of at least $500,000 and $8.63 per hour for smaller employers. This is an $0.26 increase from the 2022 rate of $10.33 for large employers and a $0.21 increase from the 2022 rate of $8.42 for small employers.		01/01/2023
	Minneapolis: Large employers	$15.19 per hour (up from $15.00) for employers with 100 or more employees	01/01/2023
	Minneapolis: Small employers	$14.50 per hour (up from $13.50) for employers with fewer than 100 employees	07/01/2023
	Saint Paul: Large, small and micro businesses	$15.00 per hour (up from $13.50) for employers with between 101 and 10,000 employees $13.00 per hour (up from $12.00) for employers with between 6 and 100 employees $11.50 per hour (up from $10.75) for employers with 5 or fewer employees	01/01/2023
	Saint Paul: Macro businesses and City of Saint Paul employees	$15.00 per hour (up from $12.50) for employers with more than 10,001 employees, or City of Saint Paul employees	07/01/2023
Missouri	$12.00 per hour. Note that retail and service businesses with a gross annual income of less than $500,000 do not have to pay the minimum wage. Tipped employees must be paid at least half of the state minimum wage, plus any amount necessary to bring the employee’s total compensation to a minimum of $12.00 per hour		01/01/2023
Montana	$9.95 per hour. This is a $0.75 increase from the 2022 rate of $9.20.		01/01/2023
New Jersey	$14.13 per hour. This is a $1.13 increase from the 2022 rate of $13.00. Seasonal employees and employees who work for a company with fewer than 6 employees: $12.93 per hour. Agricultural employees: $12.01. Tipped employees: $5.26 per hour cash wage. If the minimum cash wage plus an employee’s tips do not equal at least the state minimum wage, then the employer must pay the employee the difference. Long-term care facility direct care staff: $17.13 The state will raise its minimum wage to $15.00 for most employees by 2024; the remainder of employees will hit this target in 2026 (agricultural workers are guided by a different timetable, hitting $15/hour by 2027)		01/01/2023
New Mexico	$12.00 per hour. This is a $0.50 increase from the 2022 rate of $11.50. Tipped employees must be paid at least $3.00 per hour.		01/01/2023
New York	$14.20 per hour (effective December 31, 2022). This is an increase of $1.00 from 2022. New York also has special and regional minimum wages that will increase on December 31, 2022:		12/31/2022
	NYC	$15.00 per hour	12/31/2022
	Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties	$15.00 per hour	12/31/2022
	Fast food workers (regardless of location)	$15.00 per hour	12/31/2022
Ohio	$10.10 per hour. This is a $0.80 increase from the 2022 rate of $9.30 per hour. However, for employers with annual gross receipts of less than $371,000 (previously $342,000) and for minor employees who are 14 and 15, the state follows the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Tipped employees must be paid at least $5.05 per hour.		01/01/2023
South Dakota	$10.80 per hour		01/01/2023
Virginia	$12.00 per hour. This is a $1.00 increase from the 2022 rate of $11.00 per hour.		01/01/2023
Washington	$15.74 per hour. This is an $1.25 increase from the 2021 rate of $14.49. Workers under 16 may be paid 85% of the adult minimum wage.		01/01/2023
	Seattle	$18.69 per hour (up from $17.27) for employers with more than 500 employees and for employers with fewer than 500 employees that don’t pay at least $2.19 per hour towards the employee's medical benefits and/or where the employee does not earn at least $2.19 per hour in tips. $16.50 per hour for employers with 500 or fewer employees that pay pay at least $2.19 per hour towards the employee's medical benefits and/or where the employee does not earn at least $2.19 per hour in tips..	01/01/2023
	SeaTac	Minimum wage rate for hospitality and transportation industry in the City of SeaTac $19.06, up from $17.53 per hour, effective January 1, 2023.	01/01/2023
	Tukwila	Hospitality and transportation employees: $19.06 per hour	01/01/2023

Updating State Minimum Wage Rates

Updating State Minimum Wage Rates is a simple process through Avionté CLASSIC and Avionté Bold Back Office Admin Tools. The following route will lead to the Locality/Country page to make these system updates: Admin Tools > Employer > Locality/Country.

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Add or Edit a Locality

1. Click the Locality/Country tab in the Supplier section of Admin Tools.
2. Click the Locality tab in the upper-left part of the screen. The window will display data for any currently-selected locality in the list.
3. If you are adding a new locality, click Add New. The fields in the lower portion of the window will be cleared for entering new data (as shown below).
4. Make changes to the following fields as needed:                                                                                   
   
   • Country: Choose the country from the list. This list displays only those countries that have been set up through the Country Code tab. Note that when you switch countries, the field that follows changes from State to Province, and vice versa.
   • State or Province: Select the state or province to assign to this locality.
   • Note: Add any notes to provide additional information.
   • Minimum Wage: Enter the known minimum wage for this locality.                                                 
5. Click Save to add or update the locality. If adding, the newly-entered locality displays in the upper grid.