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State and Local Minimum Wage Increases for 2022

Minimum-Wage-Increases-for-Multiple-States-Photo-Credit-Daniel-Norris
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Oct

United-States-Photo-Credit-Nasa-1lfI7wkGWZ4-unsplashAt the start of 2022, many U.S. employees will have slightly heavier pockets: many states are raising their minimum wage. (Note that some states and localities are planning minimum wage increases at different times during 2022.)

Several states are moving toward a living wage standard, while others are simply implementing annual cost-of-living adjustments.

 

If you’re an employer in one of the states listed below where the minimum wage has increased, you’ll likely need to display a new minimum wage poster. Check your state’s page on our website to order your new labor law posters that reflect these new 2022 state minimum wages.

 

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Here’s a summary of minimum wage increases nationwide. Unless otherwise indicated, the changes go into effect on January 1, 2022.

Arizona

$12.80 per hour: This is a $0.65 increase from the 2021 rate of $12.15 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.

 

California

$15.00 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees; smaller employers pay $14.00 per hour. This increase is part of a gradual scale raising the minimum wage to $15.00 by 2023 for all employers.

California also has the following new local minimum wages:

 

Colorado

$12.56 per hour: This is a $0.24 increase from the 2021 rate of $12.32 per hour.

  • Denver: $15.87 per hour, up $1.10 from the 2021 rate of $14.77 per hour

 

Connecticut

$15.20 per hour (effective July 1, 2022): This is an increase of $1.00 from the 2021 rate of $14.00. The state plans to increase its minimum wage to $16.00 on June 1, 2023.

 

Delaware

$10.50 per hour: This is a $0.75 increase from the 2021 rate of $9.75 per hour. It is part of a set of gradual increases leading to a $15.00 minimum wage on January 1, 2025.

 

District of Columbia

$16.10 per hour (effective July 1, 2022): This is an increase of $0.90 from the 2021 rate of $15.20.

 

Florida

$11.00 per hour: This increase will be effective on September 30, 2022, and is a $1.00 increase over the 2021 rate. The state will also raise the minimum wage for tipped employees to $7.98 on September 30, 2022. The goal is to raise the minimum wage yearly, reaching $15.00 ($11.98 for tipped employees) by 2026.

 

Illinois

$12.00 per hour, effective January 1, 2022: This is a $1.00 increase from the 2021 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.

  • Chicago: $15.00 per hour (employers with 21 or more employees); $14.00 per hour for smaller employees; tipped employees must be paid at least $9.00 per hour for larger employers and $8.40 for smaller employers. A new rate increase will be announced and be effective on July 1, 2022. The increase for larger employers has yet to be announced because it is tied to the CPI, but the rate for smaller employers will jump to $14.50.
  • Cook County: $13.00 per hour; $7.20 per hour for tipped employees

 

Maine

$12.75 per hour: This is a $0.60 increase from the 2021 rate of $12.15 per hour. Tipped employees must be paid at least $6.38 per hour, a $0.30 increase from 2021.

  • Portland: $13.00 per hour; $6.50 per hour for tipped employees

 

Maryland

$12.50 for large employers with 15 or more employees and $12.20 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.

  • Montgomery County: $15.65 per hour for businesses with 51 or more employees, $14.50 per hour for businesses with 11-50 employees, and $14.00 per hour for businesses with 1-10 employees. (effective July 1, 2022)
  • Howard County: The minimum wage will increase to $14.00 per hour for employers and $12.50 for small employers. (effective April 1, 2022) The minimum wage for government employees will
    increase to $15.00 per hour. (effective July 1, 2022)

 

Massachusetts

$14.25 per hour: This is a $0.75 increase from the 2021 minimum wage of $13.50 per hour. Tipped employees must earn $6.15 per hour. The state will increase its minimum wage to $15.00 by 2023.  

Michigan

$9.87 per hour effective January 1, 2022: This is an increase of $0.22 from the 2021 rate of $9.65. Note that this was the increase scheduled for 2021, which was ultimately postponed because the state unemployment rate was over 8.5%. If the unemployment rate is high again for 2021, then the minimum wage will remain the same.

 

Minnesota

$10.33 per hour for large employers with annual gross sales of at least $500,000 and $8.42 per hour for smaller employers: This is an $0.25 increase from the 2021 rate of $10.08 for large employers and a $0.21 increase from the 2021 rate of $8.21 for small employers.

  • Minneapolis: As of July 1, 2022, $15.00 per hour (up from $14.25) for employers with 100 or more employees and $13.50 per hour (up from $12.50) for employers with fewer than 100 employees
  • Saint Paul: As of July 1, 2022, $15.00 per hour (up from $12.50) for employers with more than 10,001 employees, $13.50 per hour (up from $12.50) for employers with between 101 and 10,000 employees, $12.00 per hour (up from $11.00) for employers with between 6 and 100 employees, and $10.75 per hour (up from $10.00) for employers with 5 or fewer employees

 

Missouri

$11.15 per hour, effective 1/1/2022: The state is raising the minimum wage by $0.85 per year until it hits a target minimum wage of $12.00 per hour in 2023. 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.

 

Montana

$9.20 per hour: This is a $0.45 increase from the 2021 rate of $8.75.

 

Nevada

$9.50 per hour for employees who receive health benefits and $10.50 per hour for employees who do not receive health benefits (starting July 1, 2022): Both wages reflect a $0.75 increase from the 2021 rates of $8.75 and $9.75, respectively.

 

New Jersey

$13.00 per hour: This is a $1.00 increase from the 2021 rate of $12.00. Seasonal employees and employees who work for a company with fewer than 6 employees have a minimum wage of $11.90 per hour. The minimum wage for agricultural employees is $10.90. Tipped employees must be paid at least $5.13 per hour. 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.

 

New Mexico

$11.50 per hour: This is a $1.00 increase from the 2021 rate of $10.50; the state plans to raise its minimum wage to $12.00 by 2023. Tipped employees must be paid at least $2.80 per hour.

  • Albuquerque: $11.50 for employees without medical/childcare benefits, $10.50 for employees with medical/childcare benefits, and $6.90 for tipped workers, effective 1/1/2022.
  • Bernalillo County: $11.50 per hour
  • Las Cruces: $11.50 per hour for nontipped employees and $4.60 per hour for tipped employees
  • Santa Fe – City: $12.31 per hour for nontipped employees. Workers who “customarily receive” more than $100 per month in tips must still receive the minimum hourly wage in the City, so if they aren’t earning enough in tips the employer must pay them enough to make up the difference.  
  • Santa Fe – County: $12.32 per hour for nontipped employees and $3.69 per hour for tipped employees (a new CPI adjustment will be announced and become effective on March 1, 2022)

 

New York

$13.20 per hour (effective December 31, 2021): This is an increase of $0.70 from 2021. New York also has special and regional minimum wages that will increase on December 31, 2021:

  • Airport employees: $18.00 (up from $17.00)
  • Fast-food workers regardless of location: $15.00 (up from $14.50)
  • Long Island and Westchester: $15.00 (up from $14.00)

 

Ohio

$9.30 per hour: This is a $0.50 increase from the 2021 rate of $8.80 per hour. However, for employers with annual gross receipts of less than $342,000 (previously $323,000) 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 $4.65 per hour.

 

Oregon

$13.50 per hour (as of July 1, 2022): This will be an increase of $0.75 over the 2021 rate of $12.75. Oregon also follows a regional minimum wage:

  • Metro Portland area: $14.75 per hour (up from $14.00) on July 1, 2022
  • Rural areas: $12.50 per hour (up from $12.00) on July 1, 2022

 

Rhode Island

$12.25 per hour: This is a $0.75 increase over the 2021 rate of $11.50. The state plans to increase the minimum wage to $15.00 by January 1, 2025. Tipped employees may be paid $3.89 less per hour than the minimum wage, so long as the tips plus minimum at least equal the minimum wage for every hour worked.

 

South Dakota

Effective 1/1/2022 South Dakota’s minimum wage increases to $9.95 per hour. This is an increase of $0.50 from the 2021 rate of $9.45 per hour. Tipped workers will receive an increase of $4.975.

 

Vermont

$12.55 per hour: This is an $0.80 increase from the 2021 rate of $11.75 per hour. Tipped employees must be paid at least half of the minimum wage rate.

 

Virginia

$11.00 per hour: This is a $1.50 increase from the 2021 rate of $9.50 per hour.

 

Washington

$14.49 per hour: This is an $0.80 increase from the 2021 rate of $13.69. Workers under 16 may be paid 85% of the adult minimum wage.

  • Seattle: $17.27 per hour (up from $16.69) for employers with more than 500 employees and for employers with fewer than 500 employees that don’t pay for benefits and $15.75 per hour for employers with 500 or fewer employees that pay tips and benefits (up from $15.00 per hour).

 

Ready for 2022? Not Until You Get Your New Labor Law Posters

If you’re an employer in one of the states listed above where the minimum wage has increased, you’ll likely need to display a new minimum wage poster. Check your state’s page on our website to order your new labor law posters that reflect these new 2022 state minimum wages.