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ERI's Minimum Wage application provides current minimum wage rates and scheduled updates for the United States and Canada.  The Minimum Wage application includes four sub-tabs:

 

•United States — includes minimum wage rates for each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, with data for major cities and counties, as available.

•Canada — includes minimum wage rates for each of the provinces in Canada.

•State Minimum Threshold — includes the minimum salary thresholds required to qualify for exemption from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that took effect on January 1, 2020, in the United States. For more information on the recent rule changes, see ERI's white paper, "FLSA: Federal Overtime Laws to Change in 2020."

•Pay Transparency — includes local and state pay transparency rules for the United States.

 

Note: Minimum wage rates that are specific to an organization are not included.

 

To View the State/Province Minimum Wage Rate

1.Navigate to the United States OR Canada sub-tab.

2.Hover your cursor over a state or province on the map to display a pop up with the current hourly minimum wage rate for the area.  

 

To View State/Province Minimum Wage Details

1.Navigate to the United States OR Canada sub-tab.

2.Click on the state or province to display full details of the selected area's minimum wage rules (listed in data tree to the right of the map).  

 

To View State Minimum Wage Thresholds

1.Navigate to the State Minimum Threshold sub-tab.

2.Hover your cursor over a state on the map to display a pop up with the state minimum threshold.  

 

To View State Minimum Wage Threshold Details

1.Navigate to the State Minimum Threshold sub-tab.

2.Click on the state to display full details of the selected state's minimum wage threshold, including any variation by county, city, etc. (listed in the data tree to the right of the map).

3.Click Source Link to open the source website.

 

To View Minimum Wage Sources

1.Navigate to the United States or Canada sub-tab.

2.Click on the state or province to display full details of the selected area's minimum wage rules (listed in data tree to the right of the map).  

3.Click Source Link to open the source website, such as the minimum wage division of the area's government website (e.g., https://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm)

 

To View Pay Transparency Rules

1.Navigate to the Pay Transparency sub-tab.

2.Click on the state to display full details of the selected state's pay transparency rules, where available, in the data tree to the right of the map.

3.Click Source Link to open the source website.

 

To Search by ZIP Code (U.S. only)

1.Navigate to the United States sub-tab.

2.Enter the postal code for the desired area in the ZIP Search field below the United States map.

3.Click the Search button.

4.View minimum wage data for the closest matching area in the table below the search field.

 

The Last Updated date displayed above the map indicates the last day that the database was updated.  ERI's minimum wage database is updated at least monthly.  Please note that the database will often include wage rates and scheduled updates with effective dates that are later than the Last Updated date.

 

To Export Recent Database Updates

1.Navigate to the United States or Canada sub-tab.

2.Click the Export Recent Database Updates button in the upper-right corner of the Minimum Wage page.

3.Choose the date range of updates to explore (within the last week OR specify date range).

4.Either Open or Save the file download.

5.Click OK.

 

The Export Recent Database Updates button will export the latest updates made to the Minimum Wage database based on the date range selected.  This is particularly useful for users that have exported the entire database previously and only want to track the changes since that export, rather than re-exporting the full database.  See Export to Excel

 

To Receive Email Updates

1.Navigate to the United States or Canada sub-tab.

2.Click Opt In To Update Alerts to receive weekly email notifications with the latest updates made to the Minimum Wage database as of the Last Updated date, plus an email on the first of every quarter describing the minimum wage updates from the previous quarter.

3.In the Minimum Wage Notifications dialog, click Yes, email me updates to confirm your subscription.

 

To Export Minimum Wage Rates by State or Province

See Export to Excel

 

To Export State Minimum Thresholds

See Export to Excel

 

To Export Pay Transparency Rules

See Export to Excel

 

For more information about minimum wage and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), see the Department of Labor's questions and answers about the minimum wage.