Several state and local minimum wage rates will soon increase, beginning on July 1, 2025. This article provides the state and major locality minimum wage increases for mid-2025 only, along with related changes in the minimum cash wage for tipped employees where applicable. The new rates are listed in bold text below
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
- $17.50to $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
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