Minimum Wage by State 2027

Four groups, at a glance

2027 minimum wage by state

All 50 states + DC, alphabetical. Rows marked "Not yet announced" show the state's CURRENT (2026) rate is what remains in force pending that state's own official 2027 determination — see the notes below the table.

Not yet announced — expected windows

This state sets its minimum wage from a Consumer Price Index calculation that the state's own labor department publishes each year. As of this table's last verification (2026-10-16), the 2027 figure had not been published yet. The rate shown in the table above is the CURRENT (2026) rate — not a projection of the 2027 figure.

• Vermont: Expected in fall 2026 (typically October-November) from the Vermont Dept. of Labor.

Multi-rate states and unchanged rates — what the notes mean

A handful of states don't set one statewide number, or have no further scheduled increase past 2026 — see the notes below for what drives each one.

• District of Columbia: DC's minimum wage adjusts each July 1 based on CPI, not January 1. The rate shown is the one DOES set effective July 1, 2026, which remains in force through June 30, 2027 — DOES had not yet announced the July 1, 2027 rate as of 2026-09-27.
• Florida: Florida's constitutional schedule reached its final $15.00 step on September 30, 2026. From then on the rate is adjusted for inflation once a year: the first adjustment is calculated on September 30, 2027 and takes effect on January 1, 2028, so $15.00 applies for all of 2027.
• Georgia: Georgia and Wyoming each have a state minimum wage law set at $5.15/hour — below the federal floor, so FLSA-covered employers still owe $7.25.
• Hawaii: Act 114 (2022) is a fixed multi-year schedule, not annual CPI indexing — it has no step between the $16.00 rate that took effect January 1, 2026 and the $18.00 rate scheduled for January 1, 2028. 2027 is a deliberate "skip year" under the statute, not a missed increase.
• Missouri: Missouri's Proposition A (2024) originally scheduled annual CPI adjustments starting January 1, 2027, but House Bill 567 (signed 2025) repealed that mechanism before it took effect. The $15.00 rate that took effect January 1, 2026 continues with no built-in annual adjustment.
• Montana: Montana sets a lower rate for certain small businesses not covered by the FLSA — see the DOL table or Montana Dept. of Labor & Industry for the exact threshold.
• Nevada: Nevada's Question 2 (2022) set a single constitutional rate of $12.00 with no tip credit and no further scheduled increases — it can only change via a new constitutional amendment (which must pass in two consecutive general elections) or a higher federal minimum wage.
• New Jersey: New Jersey sets a lower rate for seasonal and small employers — see the DOL table or NJ Dept. of Labor for the exact threshold.
• New York: New York sets a higher rate in NYC, Long Island and Westchester, and a lower rate for the rest of the state. Both rates stay at their 2026 level on January 1, 2027 because one of the "off-ramp" conditions in the indexing law was met; home care aides get a separate, higher rate.
• Ohio: Ohio sets a lower rate for smaller employers below a gross-receipts threshold — see the DOL table or Ohio Dept. of Commerce for the exact threshold.
• Oregon: Oregon sets a higher rate in the Portland metro area and a lower rate in nonurban counties, with a standard rate in between — see the DOL table or Oregon BOLI for the exact geographic split. These are the rates BOLI set for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; BOLI had not yet announced the rates for July 1, 2027 onward as of 2026-09-27.
• West Virginia: House Bill 5485 (2026 session), which would have raised the rate to $11.00 effective January 1, 2027, stalled in the House Energy and Public Works Committee and was not enacted — the $8.75 rate (unchanged since 2016) continues.
• Wyoming: Georgia and Wyoming each have a state minimum wage law set at $5.15/hour — below the federal floor, so FLSA-covered employers still owe $7.25.
• U.S. Virgin Islands: Act No. 9069 (signed January 23, 2026) sets a multi-step schedule: $12.00 (April 24, 2026), $14.00 (June 1, 2027), $15.00 (June 1, 2028), then Wage Board determination from June 1, 2029.

Territories

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands set their own minimum wage; the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and American Samoa follow the federal/none tiers respectively.

Sources

• U.S. DOL — Consolidated Minimum Wage Table
• U.S. DOL — State Minimum Wage Laws
• U.S. DOL — Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overview
• U.S. Department of Labor — Minimum Wage
• U.S. DOL — State Labor Office Contacts