State Minimum Wage 2025 Chart. Wage theft can include the failure to pay minimum wage, overtime, stealing tips, misclassification of employees as independent contractors, payroll fraud, and the failure to provide required meal and rest breaks.  — the table below lists state and certain major locality minimum wage increases for 2025—and future years, if available—along with the related changes in the maximum tip credit and minimum cash wage for tipped employees.

State minimum wage rates updates. The table below lists the current prevailing 2025 minimum wage rates for every state in the united states.