The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets the federal minimum wage in the United States. As of October 2023, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, a rate that has been in effect since July 2009. However, many states and localities have established their own higher minimum wage rates.
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Minimum wage.
The minimum wage in Florida is $7.93 as of January 2014. This rate is adjusted regularly based on the rate of inflation.
The current state minimum wage of Kentucky is $6.55 and will increase to $7.25 on July 1, 2009.
Minimum wage.
The minimum wage rate for California, as of 1st January 2008, is $8 per hour. This is currently higher than the US federal minimum wage rate. However, in the event that the US federal minimum wage rate rises above that established by the California state government, employees must be paid the higher rate.
The current minimum wage in New York State is $7.25 USD an hour. This meets the bottom threshold of the minimum nationwide wage set by the United States Federal Government.
$10.70 is the minimum wage in Manitoba. This rate was last changed on 2014 October 1.
As of September 2014, the current minimum wage is $9.10 a hour.
The current federal minimum wage in the United States is set at $7.25 per hour. Of course, as individual states are allowed to mandate minimum wages within itself at rates higher than the federal minimum wage, some states do have a state minimum wage rate that exceeds the federal minimum wage.
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The minimum wage in Oregon is $9.10 per hour as of 2014.