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[Payroll & Back Office] DRAFT: State Minimum Wage 2023

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

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. 01/01/23
  Flagstaff $15.50 per hour, a $0.50 increase from the 2021 rate of $15.00 per hour. 01/01/23

California

 $15.50 per hour 01/01/23
  Alameda $16.52 per hour 07/01/23
  Belmont $16.75 per hour 01/01/23
  Berkeley $18.07 per hour 07/01/23
  Burlingame $16.47 per hour 01/01/23
  Cupertino $17.20 per hour 01/01/23
  Daly City $16.07 per hour 01/01/23
  El Cerrito $17.35 per hour 01/01/23
  Fremont $16.80 per hour 07/01/23
  Hayward

Employers with 26 or more employees:
$16.34 per hour

Employers with 25 or fewer employees:
$15.50 per hour

 01/01/23
  Los Angeles

$16.78 per hour

 07/01/23
  Los Angeles County

$16.90 per hour

 07/01/23
  Malibu

$16.90 per hour

 07/01/23
  Menlo Park $16.20 per hour 01/01/23
  Milpitas $17.20 per hour 07/01/23
  Moon Bay $16.45 per hour 01/01/23
  Mountain View $18.15 per hour 01/01/23
  Novato Employers with 100 or more employees:
$16.32 per hour		 01/01/23
  Oakland

$15.97 per hour

Hotel Workers with Health Benefits:
$17.37 per hour

Hotel Workers without Health Benefits:
$23.15 per hour

 01/01/23
  Palo Alto $17.25 per hour 01/01/23
  Pasadena $16.93 per hour 07/01/23
  Redwood City $17.00 per hour 01/01/23
  San Carlos $16.00 per hour 01/01/23
  San Diego $16.30 per hour 01/01/23
  San Jose $17.00 per hour 01/01/23
  San Mateo $16.75 per hour 01/01/23
  San Mateo County (Unincorporated) $16.50 per hour 04/01/23
  Santa Clara $17.20 per hour 01/01/23
  Santa Monica $16.90 per hour 07/01/23
  San Francisco $18.07 per hour 07/01/23
  South San Francisco $16.70 per hour 01/01/23
  Sunnyvale $17.95 per hour 01/01/23
  West Hollywood

$19.08 per hour

 07/01/23

Colorado

 $13.65 per hour. This is a $1.09 increase from the 2022 rate of $12.56 per hour. 01/01/23
  Denver $17.29 per hour, up $1.42 from the 2022 rate of $15.87 per hour 01/01/23

Connecticut

 $15.00 per hour 07/01/23

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. 01/01/23

Florida

 $12.00 per hour. 09/30/23

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. 01/01/23

 

 Chicago
  • 21 or more employees:
    $15.80
 07/01/23

 

 Cook County $13.70 07/01/23

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. 01/01/23
  Portland
  • $14.00 per hour for non-tipped employees
  • $7.00 per hour for tipped employees
 01/01/23
  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.
 01/01/23

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. 01/01/23
  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
 01/01/23
  Montgomery County
  • 51 or more employees
    $16.70
 07/01/23

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. 01/01/23

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 a $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. 01/01/23
  Minneapolis: Large employers

$15.19 per hour (up from $15.00) for employers with 100 or more employees

 01/01/23
  Minneapolis: Small employers

$14.50 per hour (up from $13.50) for employers with fewer than 100 employees

 07/01/23
  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

 01/01/23
  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

 07/01/23

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 01/01/23

Montana

 $9.95 per hour. This is a $0.75 increase from the 2022 rate of $9.20. 01/01/23

Nevada

 Health Benefits offered: $10.25 per hour
No Health Benefits offered: $11.25 per hour		 07/01/23

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)

 01/01/23

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.  01/01/23

 

 Santa Fe $14.03 per hour 03/01/23

 

 Santa Fe County $14.03 per hour 03/01/23

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: 12/31/22
  NYC $15.00 per hour 12/31/22
  Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties $15.00 per hour 12/31/22
  Fast food workers (regardless of location) $15.00 per hour 12/31/22

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. 01/01/23

Oregon

 $14.20 per hour 07/01/23

 

 Portland, Urban Growth Boundary $15.45 07/01/23

 

 Non-Urban Counties $13.20 07/01/23

South Dakota

 $10.80 per hour 01/01/23

Virginia

 $12.00 per hour. This is a $1.00 increase from the 2022 rate of $11.00 per hour. 01/01/23

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. 01/01/23
  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..

 01/01/23
  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.

 01/01/23
  Tukwila

Hospitality and transportation employees: $19.06 per hour

 01/01/23

Washington D.C.

 $17.00 per hour 07/01/23

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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