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 "dataset": "min-wage",
 "title": "State minimum wage rates, 2026 and 2027",
 "description": "Hourly minimum wage for each state and DC in 2026 and the rate set for 2027, with effective dates and tipped cash wages, as a free CSV and JSON download.",
 "url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/min-wage",
 "publisher": "MCC Solutions",
 "license": {
  "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Credit \"MCC Solutions\" and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/min-wage"
 },
 "checked": "2026-11",
 "row_count": 51,
 "accuracy": "Facts come from official government pages as they read on the checked date. Anything not confirmed there is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list. General information, not legal or tax advice; MCC Solutions is not a law firm and we are not lawyers.",
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   "meaning": "Two-letter postal code of the state or DC."
  },
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   "name": "jurisdiction",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "State name (or District of Columbia)."
  },
  {
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   "meaning": "Whether the state has its own minimum wage law."
  },
  {
   "name": "rate_2026",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Hourly minimum wage in effect in 2026."
  },
  {
   "name": "rate_2026_note",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the 2026 rate (dates, earlier rate, exceptions). Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "rate_2027",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Hourly minimum wage set for 2027, when announced on an official page."
  },
  {
   "name": "effective_2027",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
   "meaning": "Date the 2027 rate takes effect."
  },
  {
   "name": "change_2027",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Status of a 2027 change (for example scheduled, pending announcement or no change)."
  },
  {
   "name": "rate_2027_note",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the 2027 rate. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "federal_fallback",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether the federal $7.25 rate applies because the state has no higher rate of its own."
  },
  {
   "name": "tipped.tip_credit",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether employers may count tips toward the minimum wage."
  },
  {
   "name": "tipped.cash_2026",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Minimum cash wage for tipped employees in 2026."
  },
  {
   "name": "tipped.credit_2026",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Maximum tip credit in 2026."
  },
  {
   "name": "tipped.cash_2027",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Minimum cash wage for tipped employees in 2027."
  },
  {
   "name": "tipped.credit_2027",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Maximum tip credit in 2027."
  },
  {
   "name": "tipped.note",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the tipped wage. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "tiers",
   "type": "array of objects",
   "meaning": "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."
  },
  {
   "name": "local.has",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether cities or counties set their own higher minimums."
  },
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   "name": "local.url",
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   "meaning": "Official page about local minimum wages."
  },
  {
   "name": "notes",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "unconfirmed",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null."
  },
  {
   "name": "source_urls",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Links to the official sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others)."
  },
  {
   "name": "checked",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
   "meaning": "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."
  },
  {
   "name": "page_url",
   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row."
  }
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