2025 Midyear State and Local Minimum Wage Increases

Quick Hits

• On July 1, 2025, the minimum wage will increase in two states (Alaska and Oregon), the District of Columbia, and major localities in California, Illinois, Maryland, and Minnesota.
• Minimum wage-related changes will go into effect later in 2025 in Florida and Oklahoma.

PLEASE NOTE:

• Jurisdictions that will not have—or have not announced—upcoming midyear increases in their minimum wage rates are not included below.
• This list includes several major localities with minimum wage rates that will increase in mid-2025. It is not exhaustive of all localities nationwide that may have a midyear minimum wage rate change.
• If a jurisdiction’s minimum cash wage for tipped workers is changing in mid-2025, it is included in the list below.

MID-2025 MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES (State and Major Locality)

*All changes shown below will be effective on JULY 1, 2025, unless noted otherwise.

ALASKA

$11.91 to $13.00

CALIFORNIA

Berkeley

$18.67 to $19.18

Emeryville

$19.36 to $19.90

Los Angeles (City)

$17.28 to $17.87

Hotel Workers: $20.32 to $22.50

Los Angeles County (unincorporated areas)

$17.27 to $17.81

Pasadena

$17.50 to $18.04

San Francisco

$18.67 to $19.18

Santa Monica

$17.27 to $17.81

Hotels/businesses on hotel property: $20.32 to $22.50

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

$17.50 to $17.95

$10.00 to $12.00 – TIPPED WORKERS

FLORIDA

$13.00 to $14.00 (effective September 30, 2025)

$9.98 to $10.98 (effective September 30, 2025) –TIPPED WORKERS

ILLINOIS

Chicago

$16.20 to $16.60

$11.02 to $12.62 –TIPPED WORKERS

MARYLAND

Montgomery County

Employers with 51 or more employees: $17.15 to $17.65

Employers with 11–50 employees: $15.50 to $16.00

Employers with 10 or fewer employees: $15.00 to $15.50

MINNESOTA

Saint Paul

Large / Macro Businesses: $15.97 – no change July 1, 2025

Small Businesses (6–100 employees): $14.00 to $15.00

Micro Businesses (5 or fewer employees): $12.25 to $13.25

OKLAHOMA

No change to standard minimum wage ($7.25)

$3.63 to $2.13 (effective November 1, 2025) – TIPPED WORKERS

OREGON

Standard Statewide Rate:$14.70 to $15.05

Portland Metro Employers (i.e., employers located within the “urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district”): $15.95 to $16.30

Employers in Nonurban Counties (as defined by the law): $13.70 to $14.05

The Ogletree Deakins Client Portal provides subscribers with timely updates on wage and hour laws, including minimum wage. Our updated minimum wage and minimum wage tip credit law summaries contain state and major locality current minimum wage and tip credit rates, new rates going into effect in mid-2025 (as reflected above), and other future minimum wage and tip credit rates that states and major localities have published and/or announced. (Full law summaries available for Premium-level subscribers; Snapshots and Updates available for all registered client-users.) For more information on the Client Portal or a Client Portal subscription, please reach out to clientportal@ogletree.com.

Ogletree Deakins’ Wage and Hour Practice Group will continue to monitor developments and will post updates on the State Developments and Wage and Hour blogs as additional information becomes available.

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