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Minimum wage is the lowest wage rate an employer can pay an employee. Most employees are eligible for minimum wage, whether they are full-time, part-time, casual employees, or are paid an hourly rate, commission, piece rate, flat rate or salary. Some employees have jobs that are exempt from the minimum wage provisions of the ESA. See ” Industries and Jobs with ESA Exemptions and/or Special Rules” for information on these job categories.
Compliance with the minimum wage requirements is determined on a pay period basis.
Minimum Wage Rates
| Minimum Wage Rate | Wage Rates Prior to June 1, 2014 | Wage rates from June 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015 |
Current Rates: Rates as of October 1, 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Minimum Wage | $10.25 per hour |
$11.00 per hour |
$11.25 per hour |
| Student Minimum Wage | $9.60 per hour |
$10.30 per hour |
$10.55 per hour |
| Liquor Servers Minimum Wage | $8.90 per hour |
$9.55 per hour |
$9.80 per hour |
| Hunting and Fishing Guides Minimum Wage | $51.25
$102.50 |
$55.00 Rate for working less than five consecutive hours in a day $110.00 Rate for working five or more hours in a day whether or not the hours are consecutive |
$56.30 Rate for working less than five consecutive hours in a day $112.60 Rate for working five or more hours in a day whether or not the hours are consecutive |
| Homeworkers Wage | $11.28 per hour |
$12.10 per hour |
$12.40 per hour |