Minimum Wage by State 2027

States raising the minimum wage on January 1, 2027

15 states raise their minimum wage on January 1, 2027, according to their own laws and announcements as of October 22, 2026:

• Arizona: $15.15 → $15.65, up $0.50 (3.3%)
• California: $16.90 → $17.40, up $0.50 (3%)
• Colorado: $15.16 → $15.71, up $0.55 (3.6%)
• Connecticut: $16.94 → $17.48, up $0.54 (3.2%)
• Maine: $15.10 → $15.70, up $0.60 (4%)
• Michigan: $13.73 → $15.00, up $1.27 (9.2%)
• Minnesota: $11.41 → $11.87, up $0.46 (4%)
• Montana: $10.85 → $11.20, up $0.35 (3.2%)
• Nebraska: $15.00 → $15.26, up $0.26 (1.7%)
• New Jersey: $15.92 → $16.48, up $0.56 (3.5%)
• Ohio: $11.00 → $11.40, up $0.40 (3.6%)
• Rhode Island: $16.00 → $17.00, up $1.00 (6.3%)
• South Dakota: $11.85 → $12.30, up $0.45 (3.8%)
• Virginia: $12.77 → $13.75, up $0.98 (7.7%)
• Washington: $17.13 → $17.73, up $0.60 (3.5%)

Not announced yet (as of October 22, 2026)

• Vermont: $14.42 an hour until the new rate is out. Vermont adjusts it for inflation every January 1 but has no fixed date to announce it; the 2026 rate was announced October 6, 2025.

Other changes in 2027

• Alaska: $15.00 from July 1, 2027.
• District of Columbia: new rate from July 1, 2027, not announced yet. D.C. adjusts it for inflation every July 1 and must publish the new rate at least 30 days before.
• Oregon: new rate from July 1, 2027, not announced yet. Oregon must calculate the new rates by April 30, 2027; the 2026 rates were announced April 23, 2026.

Proposed, not law

• New York: Governor Hochul has proposed a bill (Program Bill #44) that would set $17.60 in New York City, Long Island and Westchester and $16.55 in the rest of the state from March 1, 2027. It needs the Legislature's approval and is not law as of October 22, 2026.
• Pennsylvania: A bill to raise it to $11.00 on January 1, 2027 (House Bill 2189) passed the state House on March 24, 2026 and is in a Senate committee. It is not law as of October 22, 2026.

How this is calculated

For each state the calculator takes the rate in effect on the date you pick. Where a state has no minimum wage of its own or a lower one, the federal $7.25 applies to most jobs, so the calculator uses it. Pay for a week is the rate times your hours, a year is 52 weeks, and a month is a year divided by 12. At 40 hours a week, $7.25 an hour is $15,080 a year.

“After taxes” uses the same federal and state tax rules as the take-home pay calculator: 2026 brackets, Social Security and Medicare, state income tax and required state payroll contributions, for a single filer with no children.

The federal minimum wage

The Fair Labor Standards Act sets $7.25 an hour, in effect since July 24, 2009 (29 U.S.C. § 206). It covers most workers. A state, city or county can require more, and then the higher rate applies (29 U.S.C. § 218). Only Congress can change the federal rate, and nothing in the law raises it with prices.

Tipped workers

Under federal law an employer can pay a tipped worker (one who gets more than $30 a month in tips) a cash wage of $2.13 an hour and count tips toward the rest of the minimum wage. If cash wage plus tips falls short, the employer must make up the difference (29 U.S.C. § 203(m), 29 CFR 531.50). Many states require a higher cash wage, and Alaska, California, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington allow no tip credit at all.

Who is not covered

The rates here are for most adult workers. States have their own exceptions and special rates, for example for workers under 18 or 20, trainees, farmworkers, very small employers or certain industries; the calculator mentions the main ones for each state. Some cities and counties set higher local minimum wages; many states do not allow that.

How states raise the minimum wage

Some states write each year's rate into law. Others adjust it for inflation every year and announce the new rate a few months before it starts. Until a state announces its rate, this page says “not announced” and does not estimate it. Bills that have not passed are listed as proposals, not used in the numbers.