Minnesota's minimum-wage rates will be adjusted for inflation beginning Jan. 1, 2019, to $9.86 an hour for large employers and $8.04 an hour for other state minimum wages.
An estimated 219,000 hourly workers in Minnesota (not including jobs in Minneapolis) will earn the $9.86 or $8.04 state minimum-wage rates.
"This is great news for Minnesota's lowest-wage workers and will help them keep up with inflation to better provide for themselves and their families," said Ken Peterson, commissioner, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, in a news release. "But more needs to be done so all Minnesotans can earn their way to economic security."
As of Jan. 1, 2019:
• Large employers must pay at least $9.86 an hour when the employer's annual gross revenues are $500,000 or more.
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• Small employers must pay at least $8.04 an hour when the employer's annual gross revenues are less than $500,000.
• The training wage rate, at least $8.04 an hour, may be paid to employees younger than 20 years of age for the first 90 consecutive days of employment.
• The youth wage rate, at least $8.04 an hour, may be paid to employees younger than 18 years of age.
These state minimum-wage rates will not apply to work performed in the city of Minneapolis, which has higher minimum-wage rates.
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