Readable version: State minimum wage rates, 2026 and 2027, explained state by state. All site datasets: open data · data roundups.
What this dataset covers
The hourly minimum wage each state and DC set for 2026, the 2027 rate and its start date where announced, tipped cash wages and tip credits, and whether cities may set their own higher rates.
Most often unconfirmed in this release: local (42), tipped.cash_2027 (7), rate_2027 (5), tiers.rate_2026 (2), tiers.rate_2027 (2). 12 jurisdictions have their own page on the site (AK, CA, CO, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, OH, RI, SD, WA); their rows also carry the explanatory text and all sources shown there.
Field dictionary
| Field | Meaning | Type | In this release |
|---|---|---|---|
jurisdiction_code | Two-letter postal code of the state or DC. | string | 51 of 51 filled |
jurisdiction | State name (or District of Columbia). | string | 51 of 51 filled |
state_law | Whether the state has its own minimum wage law. | boolean | 51 of 51 filled: true (46), false (5) |
rate_2026 | Hourly minimum wage in effect in 2026. | number (US dollars) | 46 of 51 filled; $7.25 to $18.4 |
rate_2026_note | Detail on the 2026 rate (dates, earlier rate, exceptions). Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 12 of 51 filled |
rate_2027 | Hourly minimum wage set for 2027, when announced on an official page. | number (US dollars) | 41 of 51 filled; $7.25 to $17.73 |
effective_2027 | Date the 2027 rate takes effect. | date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 19 of 51 filled |
change_2027 | Status of a 2027 change (for example scheduled, pending announcement or no change). | string (code) | 51 of 51 filled: none (31), increase (15), pending (4), unknown (1) |
rate_2027_note | Detail on the 2027 rate. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 12 of 51 filled |
federal_fallback | Whether the federal $7.25 rate applies because the state has no higher rate of its own. | boolean | 51 of 51 filled: false (31), true (20) |
tipped.tip_credit | Whether employers may count tips toward the minimum wage. | boolean | 51 of 51 filled: true (44), false (7) |
tipped.cash_2026 | Minimum cash wage for tipped employees in 2026. | number (US dollars) | 50 of 51 filled; $2.13 to $17.13 |
tipped.credit_2026 | Maximum tip credit in 2026. | number (US dollars) | 50 of 51 filled; $0 to $12.87 |
tipped.cash_2027 | Minimum cash wage for tipped employees in 2027. | number (US dollars) | 44 of 51 filled; $2.13 to $17.73 |
tipped.credit_2027 | Maximum tip credit in 2027. | number (US dollars) | 45 of 51 filled; $0 to $13.13 |
tipped.note | Detail on the tipped wage. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 12 of 51 filled |
tiers | Other rates the state sets (by employer size, job type or area): label, rate_2026, rate_2027, note. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | array of objects | 7 of 51 filled |
local.has | Whether cities or counties set their own higher minimums. | boolean | 9 of 51 filled: true (8), false (1) |
local.url | Official page about local minimum wages. | string (URL) | 9 of 51 filled |
notes | Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 5 of 51 filled |
unconfirmed | Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null. | array of strings | 48 of 51 rows list at least one |
source_urls | Links to the official sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others). | array of strings | 51 of 51 filled |
checked | When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none. | date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 51 of 51 filled |
page_url | The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row. | string (URL) | 51 of 51 filled |
Preview: the first 10 rows
jurisdiction | rate_2026 | rate_2027 | effective_2027 | change_2027 | tipped.cash_2026 | checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | null | null | null | none | 2.13 | 2026-11 |
| Alaska | 14 | 15 | 2027-07-01 | increase | 14 | 2026-11 |
| Arizona | 15.15 | null | 2027-01-01 | pending | 12.15 | 2026-11 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 11 | null | none | 2.63 | 2026-11 |
| California | 16.9 | 17.4 | 2027-01-01 | increase | 16.9 | 2026-11 |
| Colorado | 15.16 | 15.71 | 2027-01-01 | increase | 12.14 | 2026-11 |
| Connecticut | 16.94 | 17.48 | 2027-01-01 | increase | 6.38 | 2026-11 |
| Delaware | 15 | 15 | null | none | 2.23 | 2026-11 |
| District of Columbia | 18.4 | null | 2027-07-01 | pending | 10.3 | 2026-11 |
| Florida | 15 | 15 | null | none | 11.98 | 2026-11 |
7 of 24 columns shown; the downloads have every column in full.
Download formats
The CSV has one row per jurisdiction and one column per field above, UTF-8, comma-separated. Nested fields use dotted names (tipped.tip_credit); lists are joined with | , and lists of objects become key: value; key: value items. The JSON keeps types (numbers, true/false, null, arrays) and includes this dictionary, the license and the checked date.
License
License: free to copy, share and adapt, including commercially, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Attribution required: credit "MCC Solutions" and link to this dataset page (https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/min-wage). The cite box below has text ready to paste.
Accuracy
Accuracy: every fact comes from an official government page as it read when checked (November 2026 for this release). Anything those pages did not confirm is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list; a null that is not on the list means the point does not apply or the source states none. This is general information, not legal or tax advice. We are not lawyers, and MCC Solutions is not a law firm.
Cite this data
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: credit MCC Solutions and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/min-wage.
Changelog
- November 2026: sources checked for all 51 jurisdictions; this release has 24 fields, 565 confirmed values and 61 unconfirmed items.
- Downloads are generated from the data files on each request, so a corrected file shows up in the CSV and JSON straight away; a new entry is added here when the sources are checked again.