With two teenagers (one a graduate) out there seriously looking for full-time employment, I've suddenly realized that Minimum Wage is not the same Nationwide....( :coffee: smell the coffee Deb....) I just never gave it any thought, I guess.....

Our Minimum Wage here is $5.15 and hour....
It seems both way low & way high at the same time....

It seems low when I think of the responsibility that employers want from their employees....I'm sorry, but I think I'd want a little more than $5.15 an hour to be the one in charge of closing a Taco Bell at the end of the night.....

It seems high when I think of what minimum wage was when I satarted working back in the dark ages....I think it was $2.85 then.....

Anyway - what's minimum wage where you are?!

It's $5.15/hr here too!

Wahington States minimum wage is $7.16 per hour. Tip credit is not allowed so even tipped employees are still paid at the rate of $7.16 an hour. The training /youth wage applies to workers under the age of 16 and is $6.09 per hour.

Here it's $ 7...something...canadian....I think it's near the $8.00....

I agree with you Debbie...$5.15 is not alot for the responsibility of working late and closing a Taco Bell, like you say.

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Alabama</TD>

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none</TD>

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Alaska</TD>

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$7.15</TD>

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Arizona</TD>

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none</TD>

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Arkansas</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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California</TD>

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$6.75</TD>

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Colorado</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Connecticut</TD>

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$7.10</TD>

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Delaware</TD>

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$6.15</TD>

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District of Columbia</TD>

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$6.15</TD>

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Florida</TD>

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none</TD>

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Georgia</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Hawaii</TD>

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$6.25</TD>

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Idaho</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Illinois</TD>

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$5.50</TD>

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Indiana</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Iowa</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Kansas</TD>

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$2.65</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Louisiana</TD>

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none</TD>

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Maine</TD>

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$6.25</TD>

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Maryland</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Massachusetts</TD>

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$6.75</TD>

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Michigan</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Minnesota</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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employers with annual receipts of less than $500,000 must pay a base minimum rate of $4.90 per hour</TD></TR>

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Mississippi</TD>

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none</TD>

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Missouri</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Montana</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Nebraska</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Nevada</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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New Hampshire</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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New Jersey</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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New Mexico</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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New York</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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North Carolina</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Ohio</TD>

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$4.25</TD>

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employers with annual gross sales of $150,000-$500,000 must pay a basis minimum rate of $3.35 per hour; employers with gross annual sales of less than $150,000 must pay at least $2.80 per hour</TD></TR>

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Oklahoma</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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Oregon</TD>

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$7.05</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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$6.75</TD>
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none</TD>
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$5.15</TD>
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none</TD>
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Texas</TD>
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$5.15</TD>
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Utah</TD>
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$5.15</TD>
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Vermont</TD>
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$6.75</TD>
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Virginia</TD>
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$5.15</TD>
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$7.16</TD>
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West Virginia</TD>
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$5.15</TD>
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$5.15</TD>

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$5.15</TD>

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<B>Last updated: </B>07-04

Here is a list I found online.&nbsp; I do not understand how Kansas gets away with having such a low wage...$2.65.&nbsp; I thought it was federal law that states had to be at what the federal government places the minimum wage at which at this time is $5.15 .

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As you can see from the table my partner in crime fighting(the invincible Kathy) has posted, the min. wage here is $5.15.
Ds has one job that started him at $6hr. and another at $5.50. Dd started at min for training (2 days,lol.) and then went up to $6.10.

Well jeez Kathy.....I was just trying to strike up a conversation..... ;) .....hmmm.....how about this....

How big was the last snake you ran over?!?! :toothy:

In our province, its $7.00 per hour.

My answer to that one will have to be...To big to be alive:toothy: . You know my snake theory is The only good rattlesnake is a dead rattlesnake.

Here in Massachusetts, servers make something like $2.65 an hour. Regular wage is $6.75

I think maybe there is a minimum wage here (in AZ) despite the table posted...I want to say it's $5.15 as well...

I do know for a fact (as a waitress) that servers (waitstaff) get $2.13 per hour.

And waiting tables in the middle of summer here, I wish that were more like $20.13 an hour!
:toothy:

Wow! I am amazed that states can have no min. wage rate too. I can't imagine having a family on $5.15 an hour.

It's $5.15 here to with servers getting $2.15 +tips. I think that is way low...I don't know how a family could make it on that...We are lucky that dh's company pays its employers more that that!!

And speaking of working at Taco Bell late at night, ours just got robbed last night at 1:30AM....sooooooo good point Debbie!!

Like the chart says ours here is 5.15 but when I was a waitress I made 2 something and they just assumed with your tips it would all even out. I make more than minimum wage now but hardly. Not easy.

Hmm, I thought it was 6.15 here. I guess I wrong.

Hmm, I thought it was 6.15 here. I guess I wrong.

You may be right...the chart was posted almost 3 yrs ago...so I'm sure minimum wage has gone up.

Where we are I think the min. wage is actually $6.15 an hour if not more.

Definately an eye opener here. Never knew states could have NO minimum wage. I also thought it was mandated by the Fed. government.

I live in Kansas, where servers get even less than the $2.65 minimum. Minimum wage for servers is $2.13. I think the $2.65 only applies to certain "domestic help" like childcare workers, and farm workers. Very sad, I know. Most businesses (other than those that employee tipped servers) pay the Federal minimum wage.

Here is a link to the federal website for the department of labor.

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/minimumwage.htm

Minimum wage is $5.85 an hour effective July 2007. Here in SC it is $5.85 and no more. I make $2.13 an hour as a tipped employee.

Some states differ and are higher, but all states must pay at least the Federal Min.

Its going up (federal) in July of this year.

Thank you for the link. Colorado is $7.02 much higher than many. I just can't imagine getting by on the minimums in most states.

It's gone up twice in the past two years in AR, and is scheduled to go up again. I believe it will go up to $7.25 or $7.15 or something, I know it is over $7. When I started working (at walmart) I got paid $1.25 over the current minimum wage ($5.15) each time the MW went up, everyone who had been hired within the past two years got a 50 cent raise (which was nice). I know it's going up again, but I've been more than 2 years so I won't get the 50 cent increase.

$7.15 an hour currently, but I think it's due for an increase sometime this year.

I believe it's in June or July, there is a poster at work that I mean to check but I forgot...
ETA:

Federal Minimum Wage

Previous Federal Minimum Wage:

$5.15

New Federal Minimum Wage:

$5.85 - July 24th, 2007
$6.55 - July 24th, 2008
$7.25 - July 24th, 2009

from http://www.laborlawcenter.com/state-Minimum-Wage-rates.asp?gclid=CI28kN6YnZICFQLylgodWlYlZQ

In MO it's $6.15, hmm I didn't know that.

Here I think it is $8.50/hour but it is supposed to be going up again.

I believe it's like 6.85 or something

I think ours here in Iowa is 7.25 right now. I know my daughter who worked last summer for the store i work at paid her 7.15 which at the time was 25 cents more than min. I can remember when i got my first full time job I thought 3.25 was alot:shake:

Here is Washington state it is $8.07 per hour.

Here is a link the the Washington State Dept of Labor and Ind. It looks like it went up Jan 1st to $8.07hr for 2008 and $6.86 hr for 14 and 15 year olds.

http://www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/Minimum/default.asp

It is 7 something here not enough to live on even full time but maybe it is enough if you ar a teenager?

What is the minimum wage?
Effective January 1, 2007, the minimum wage will increase to $7.65 per hour. For minors working in agriculture or government, it is 85% of minimum wage, and for minors working in other industries, it is 85% for the first 200 hours. This is covered in Section 31-58 and Section 31-58a of the CT State Statutes.

I had to look it up I really wasn't quite sure. Most of the teenagers here are making around $8.00/hr. and up.

Gee, now that I am thinking of it. I have been home for 20 years that would be a $16,640.00 a year raise for us. lol