In the United States, minimum wage laws are set at the state and federal level. Although the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 since 2009, many states have increased their own minimum wage levels to supersede the national figure. In California, for example, the state’s $15-an-hour minimum applies to employers of 26 or more workers in 2022, and to all workers in 2023.
Some states raise their minimum wage according to an price index correlated to the cost of living. Others, like Georgia, set minimum wage levels through legislation or the use of ballot initiatives submitted to voters.
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So what is the minimum wage in Georgia? By state law, it’s $5.15 per hour — the lowest minimum wage in the country and a rate Georgia shares only with Wyoming. However, according to the Georgia Department of Labor, in most employment situations Georgia workers earn at least the minimum federal rate of $7.25 an hour.
Georgia may have the lowest state minimum wage, but lower rates are not uncommon among states in the southeastern region of the country. The five states with no state minimum wage at all — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee — are close southern neighbors of Georgia.
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