US state & territory minimum-wage landscape (annual)

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Annual state-by-state minimum-wage intelligence from the keyless U.S. Department of Labor consolidated minimum-wage table: one row per jurisdiction (50 states + DC + 5 territories), with the publisher-assigned wage tier (above/at/no state floor vs the $7.25 federal rate), the effective minimum wage (highest published rate per cell, footnote-disambiguated for multi-rate states), every published rate variant with its documented label, dollar and percent premium over the federal floor, a documented 0-100 min-max score and deterministic wage rank, and multi-rate / tiered-geography / small-employer-carveout / special-rates flags. Method: parse the DOL table's three columns, resolve postal abbreviations to canonical jurisdiction names, validate against the publisher's own tier totals (34/14/8). Caveats: effective wage is the maximum rate in the cell (see rate_variants for geography- or employer-size-specific rates); the table omits city/county differentials and industry/occupation exemptions; annual indexation formulas are noted by DOL but not enumerated on this page. U.S. federal public domain (commercial reuse allowed with attribution); source: DOL Wage and Hour Division.

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Rows: 56
Columns: 20
Source cadence: Yearly
Last refreshed: Sep 28, 2026
Theme: labor

Column	Type	Description
jurisdiction	string	Canonical jurisdiction name resolved from the table's USPS postal abbreviation (50 states + District of Columbia + Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
jurisdiction_code	string	Postal abbreviation as printed in the DOL table; the join key for state-level panels.
country_code	string	ISO alpha-3 country code (USA for every row; the state_labor/state_wage_signals precedent — the jurisdiction identity rides in jurisdiction/jurisdiction_code). (unit: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)
wage_tier	string	The table column the jurisdiction appears in: 'above_federal' (state MW > $7.25), 'at_federal' (equals $7.25), 'no_state_floor' (no state MW or below $7.25 — the federal FLSA floor applies).
effective_min_wage	float	Highest dollar amount printed in the jurisdiction's cell: the highest published statutory rate (e.g. NY $17.00, OR $16.80, NJ $15.92, OH $11.00). 'at_federal' and 'no_state_floor' jurisdictions (except American Samoa) resolve to the $7.25 federal floor per the page's own text; American Samoa is null (special rates, DOL footnote 2). See rate_variants for the full rate detail. (unit: US dollars per hour)
variant_count	integer	Number of distinct dollar amounts printed in the cell (0 for the no-rate cells: the equals-federal column and the no-state-floor column; >1 flags a multi-rate jurisdiction). (unit: count)
rate_variants	string	Every published rate with its documented label, semicolon-joined (e.g. '16.80 (portland_metro); 15.55 (standard); 14.55 (nonurban_counties)'). Labels come from the page's own footnotes; multi-rate cells are validated against the documented amount sets.
premium_over_federal_usd	float	effective_min_wage minus the $7.25 federal floor (null for American Samoa). (unit: US dollars per hour)
premium_over_federal_pct	float	premium_over_federal_usd as a percent of the $7.25 federal floor (null for American Samoa). (unit: percent)
minwage_score	float	Documented 0-100 min-max normalization of effective_min_wage across the snapshot: 100 * (wage - min) / (max - min). Null for American Samoa. (unit: 0-100 score)
wage_rank	integer	Deterministic rank of effective_min_wage across the snapshot (1 = highest wage; rank method 'min'; null for American Samoa). (unit: rank)
multi_rate_flag	integer	1 when the cell publishes more than one rate (NJ, NY, OH, OR). (unit: binary)
tiered_geography_flag	integer	1 for jurisdictions with geography-split rates (NY: NYC metro vs rest of state; OR: Portland metro / standard / nonurban). (unit: binary)
small_employer_carveout_flag	integer	1 for jurisdictions with a below-standard employer-size carveout (NJ: <6 employees or seasonal; OH: gross receipts under $405,000). (unit: binary)
special_rates_flag	integer	1 for American Samoa (special rates documented off this page, DOL footnote 2). (unit: binary)
no_state_floor_flag	integer	1 for jurisdictions with no state MW or a state MW below $7.25 (the federal FLSA floor applies). (unit: binary)
effective_date	string	Publisher table vintage parsed from the page header ('Effective Date: July 1, 2026'); pins the provenance to the exact publisher release. (unit: ISO date)
as_of	string	Fetch date in UTC (snapshot vintage). (unit: ISO date)
source_url	string	DOL Wage and Hour Division consolidated minimum-wage page (provenance). (unit: URL)
row_hash	string	Deterministic 16-hex row hash of jurisdiction_code + effective_date (idempotency).

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jurisdiction	jurisdiction_code	country_code	wage_tier	effective_min_wage	variant_count	rate_variants	premium_over_federal_usd	premium_over_federal_pct	minwage_score	wage_rank	multi_rate_flag	tiered_geography_flag	small_employer_carveout_flag	effective_date	as_of	source_url	row_hash
District of Columbia	DC	USA	above_federal	18.4	1	18.40 (standard)	11.15	153.79	100	1	0	0	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	123a76a42eb03aff
Washington	WA	USA	above_federal	17.13	1	17.13 (standard)	9.88	136.28	88.61	2	0	0	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	868c1a29a5d90507
New York	NY	USA	above_federal	17	2	16.00 (rest_of_state); 17.00 (nyc_metro_nassau_suffolk_westchester)	9.75	134.48	87.44	3	1	1	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	2ecc468997a8a2a7
Connecticut	CT	USA	above_federal	16.94	1	16.94 (standard)	9.69	133.66	86.91	4	0	0	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	fc21c478ebee8b25
California	CA	USA	above_federal	16.9	1	16.90 (standard)	9.65	133.1	86.55	5	0	0	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	a2b5bb9d0a3b1ca0
Oregon	OR	USA	above_federal	16.8	3	14.55 (nonurban_counties); 15.55 (standard); 16.80 (portland_metro)	9.55	131.72	85.65	6	1	1	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	d70db2d4976beb23
Rhode Island	RI	USA	above_federal	16	1	16.00 (standard)	8.75	120.69	78.48	7	0	0	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	4ebf283d5777f843
Hawaii	HI	USA	above_federal	16	1	16.00 (standard)	8.75	120.69	78.48	7	0	0	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	b61c34f0211b5ca1
New Jersey	NJ	USA	above_federal	15.92	2	15.23 (small_or_seasonal_employer); 15.92 (standard)	8.67	119.59	77.76	9	1	0	1	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	96a32f63abdb46de
Colorado	CO	USA	above_federal	15.16	1	15.16 (standard)	7.91	109.1	70.94	10	0	0	0	2026-07-01	2026-09-28	https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/mw-consolidated	6f774340dd5fdf6e

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@misc{dz_us_minwage_landscape_intel_us_state_mini_e3da5221,
  title        = {{US state \& territory minimum-wage landscape (annual)}},
  author       = {{}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/us_minwage_landscape_intel/us_state_minimum_wage_landscape?snapshot=20260928T082858Z-e3da52216416}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20260928T082858Z-e3da52216416, sha256 e3da522164165c5a4e186cd6ea0648f21a08400b00b5d31384c5fbfdee81258a; accessed 2026-09-28}
}

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