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History of Minimum Wage Rates

  • July 1, 1951 - $0.75
  • October 1, 1957 - $1.00
  • October 1, 1961 - $1.15
  • October 1, 1963 - $1.25
  • July 1, 1967 - $1.40
  • July 1, 1968 - $1.60
  • April 19, 1971 - $1.61
  • October 1, 1971 - $1.85
  • May 1, 1974 - $1.91
  • May 1, 1974 - $2.01- FLSA PRIOR TO 1966
  • January 1, 1975 - $2.01
  • January 1, 1975 - $2.11- FLSA 1966
  • January 1, 1976 - $2.21
  • January 1, 1976 - $2.31-FLSA 1966
  • January 1, 1977 - $2.31-ALL
  • January 1, 1978 - $2.66
  • January 1, 1979 - $2.91
  • January 1, 1980 - $3.12
  • January 1, 1981 - $3.37
  • October 1, 1987 - $3.75
  • October 1, 1988 - $4.25
  • April 1, 1991 - $4.27
  • October 1, 1996 - $4.77
  • September 1, 1997 - $5.18
  • January 1, 1999 - $5.65
  • January 1, 2000 - $6.15
  • January 1, 2001 - $6.40
  • January 1, 2002 - $6.70
  • January 1, 2003 - $6.90
  • January 1, 2004 - $7.10
  • January 1, 2006 - $7.40
  • January 1, 2007 - $7.65
  • January 1, 2009 - $8.00
  • January 1, 2010 - $8.25

GRATUITY ALLOWANCE FOR SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY

  • 1951 - $.30
  • December 8, 1958 - $.35
  • 1961 - $.40
  • May 1, 1964 - $.45
  • July 1,1967 - $.47
  • July 1, 1968 - $.50
  • September 3, 1974 - $.54
  • January 1, 1975 - $.60
  • January 1, 1981 - $.78 - 23% of minimum wage
  • October 1, 1987 - $.86
  • October 1, 1988 - $.98
  • September 1, 1997 - $1.19
  • January 1, 1999 - $1.30
  • January 1, 2000 - $1.41
  • January 1, 2001 - 1.66*
  • January 1, 2002 - $1.96**
  • January 1, 2003 - $2.02**
  • January 1, 2004 - $2.08**
  • January 1, 2006 - $2.17**
  • January 1, 2007 - $2.24**
  • January 1, 2009 - $2.48***
  • January 1, 2010 - $2.56***
    First Overtime Wage Provision - P.A. 683 - 1959 Legislature
  • *      26% of the minimum wage
  • **    29.3% of the minimum wage
  • ***  31% of the minimum wage
 


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