Minimum Wage Increase in 2019 for Arizona Workers

Things are heating up in Arizona, where employees will soon be getting a minimum wage increase, effective January 1, 2019.

Under Arizona’s Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, the minimum wage will increase again on January 1, 2020, followed by annual cost-of-living adjustments every January 1 thereafter.

Details of Arizona’s Minimum Wage

2019 Minimum Wage Rate

Beginning January 1, 2019, employers in Arizona must pay all full-time, part-time, and temporary employees a minimum wage rate of $11.00 per hour, which is a $.50 increase over last year.

Tipped Minimum Wage

Employers may pay employees who regularly receive tips or gratuities a maximum of $3.00 per hour less than the minimum wage, providing the employers can prove that the employees’ tips plus wages equal at least the minimum wage rate of $11.00 for all hours worked.

Retaliation & Discrimination

The Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act protects employees from retaliation and discrimination related to asserting a wage claim, assisting any other person in asserting such a claim or informing others of their rights under the law.

How to Keep Those Posters Coming

Because January is fast approaching, we encourage you to order our 1-Year Compliance Plan so that you will automatically receive the updated Arizona poster as soon as it is available. And because we provide free poster updates for mandatory changes, no matter how many occur during the plan year, you can always count on Poster Compliance Center to keep you in compliance.