Minnesota Minimum Wage Going Up In 2018

The Minnesota minimum wage rates will be adjusted for inflation beginning Jan. 1^st 2018.

The rate will rise to from $9.50 to $9.65 an hour for large employers.

Small employers whose gross revenue is less than $500,000 must pay employees at least $7.87 instead of the current $7.75.

The youth wage rate, also $7.87 an hour, may be paid to employees younger than 18 years old.

Lastly, the training wage rate, now at $7.87 an hour, may be paid to employees younger than 20 years old for the first 90 days of employment.

“In 2014, I worked with the DFL Legislature to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage three times and to increase it thereafter with inflation. Now, that law will further boost incomes for more than 250,000 Minnesotans and their families who are working hard to lift themselves out of poverty,” said Governor Mark Dayton.

“This is good news for Minnesota’s lowest-wage workers and will help them earn more to provide for their families,” said Ken Peterson, commissioner, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.