Federal and Oregon Minimum Wage Rate Changes
1981-2016
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Federal
3.35
Oregon
3.10
3.35
3.80
4.25
3.85 Oregon rate exceeds federal rate
4.25
4.75
4.75
5.15
Ballot Measure 36 increases wage 37% to $6.50
over 3 years
5.50
6.00
6.50
Ballot Measure 25 increases wage 6% to $6.90
and future increases indexed to CPI
5.85
6.55
7.25
6.90
7.05 Indexing to CPI begins
7.25
7.50
7.80
7.95
8.40
8.50
8.80
8.95
9.10
9.25
2015 Proposed Legislation Relating to Minimum Wage
Lift PreE
Bill
Sponsor
2016
2017
2018
emption Clause
SB 130
Sen Rosenbaum
Y
Y
SB 327
Senators Beyer and Rosenbaum
$10.90
$12.20*
Y
SB 332
Sen Shields and Rep Keny-Guyer
Y
Y
SB 597
Senate Committee on Workforce
$11.40
$13.50
Y
SB 610
Sen Shields and Rep Gorsek
$11.50
$13.25
$15.00
Y
SB 682
Sen Bates
$10.75
HB 2004
Rep Smith Warner
Y
Y
HB 2008
Rep Doherty
$10.90
$12.20*
Y
HB 2009
Rep Nosse
$11.50
$13.25
$15.00
Y
HB 2012
House Committee on Business and Labor
$11.40
$13.50
Y
HB 2012-1
Amendment offered by Speaker Kotek
$11.00
$12.00
$13.00
Y
Y
*After 2016, if Oregon minimum wage falls below the hourly equivalent of the federal poverty guideline for a family of four, the commissioner
shall adjust the hourly wage to five cents above that hourly equivalent.
Proposed Initiatives for 2016 Ballot
Initiative
41
57
58
59
Chief Petitioners
Jamie Partridge, Marcy Westerling and Ramon Ramirez
Jeff Anderson, Shaun Sieren and Neena Johnson
Jeff Anderson, Shaun Sieren and Neena Johnson
Jeff Anderson, Shaun Sieren and Neena Johnson
Status as of 9/29/15
Collecting signatures
Awaiting draft ballot title
Awaiting draft ballot title
Awaiting draft ballot title
2017
$11.50
2018
$13.25
$11.75
$11.00
$13.50
$12.25
2019
$15.00
Lift Preemption
Y
Y
$13.50
Minimum Wage Rates: Current and Enacted Increases
Federal
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticuti
Delaware
D.C. ii
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maineiii
Marylandiv
Massachusettsv
Michigan
Minnesotavi
Mississippi
Missourivii
Montanaviii
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Fast food
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohioix
Oklahomax
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Current
7.25
None
8.75
8.05
7.50
9.00
8.23
9.15
8.25
10.50
8.05
5.15
7.75
7.25
8.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
None
7.50
8.25
9.00
8.15
7.25 small
9.00 large
None
7.65
4.00 small
8.05 large
8.00
7.25 health
8.25 no health
None
8.38
7.50
8.75
7.25
7.25
7.25 small
8.10 large
7.25 large
2.00 small
9.25
7.25
9.00
None
8.50
None
7.25
7.25
9.15
7.25
9.47
8.00
7.25
5.15
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
9.75
8.00
10.00
Indexed
Yes starting 2017
Yes
8.50
Yes
9.60
10.10
11.50
Yes starting 7/2017
Yes
8.50
9.25
10.10
8.75
10.00
8.50
7.75 small
9.50 large
9.25
11.00
8.90
10.10
9.25
Yes starting 2019
Yes starting 2018
Yes
Yes
9.00
Yes
Yes
9.00
10.50 NYC
9.75 all other
12.00 NYC
10.75 all other
13.50 NYC
11.75 all other
15.00 NYC
12.75 all other
15.00 NYC
13.75 all other
15.00 NYC
14.50 all other
Yes
9.25
Yes
Yes starting 2016
9.60
9.47
8.75
10.00
10.50
Yes
Yes
i
Connecticut: Rate automatically increases to 0.5 percent above the federal rate if the federal rate equals or becomes higher than the State rate.
District of Columbia: The rate is automatically set at $1 above the Federal minimum wage rate if the District of Columbia rate is lower. Increases occur in July.
iii
Maine: The rate is automatically replaced with the Federal minimum wage rate if it is higher than the State minimum with the exception that any such increase is limited to no more
than $1.00 per hour above the current legislated State rate.
iv
Maryland: increases occur in July.
v Massachusetts: Rate automatically increases to 10 cents above the federal rate if the federal rate equals or becomes higher than the state minimum.
ii
vi
Minnesota: A large employer has annual sales volume of at least $500,000. Increases occur in August.
Missouri: In addition to the exemption for federally covered employment, the law exempts, among others, employees of a retail or service business with gross annual sales or
business done of less than $500,000.
viii
Montana: A large employer has gross annual sales of more than $110,000.
ix
Ohio: A small employer grosses $283,000 or less
x
Oklahoma: Employers of ten or more full time employees at any one location and employers with annual gross sales over $100,000 irrespective of number of full time employees
are subject to federal minimum wage; all others are subject to state minimum wage of $2.00 (OK ST T. 40 § 197.5).
vii
Oregon has 3rd highest minimum wage, but not for long
Currently, Oregon’s minimum wage rate is the 2nd highest of all the states, behind only
Washington.
In 2016, Oregon will drop to 7th on the list behind:
10.00 California
10.00 Massachusetts
9.75 Alaska
9.60 Connecticut
9.60 Vermont
9.47 Washington
9.25 Oregon
Indexing
Indexing is gaining popularity

Oregon voters indexed the minimum wage to the CPI through Ballot Measure 25 in 2003

Five states and DC recently indexed future increases to a cost of living measure:
Alaska
District of Columbia
Michigan
Minnesota
South Dakota

There are now 15 states and DC that index future increases in their minimum wage rate to
automatically increase with cost of living.
Activity at the Local Level
District of Columbia

Assuming supporters gather the necessary number of signatures, voters will be asked in
November 2016 to raise the wage to $15 by 2020.

The rate in DC is currently $10.50 and will increase July 2016 to $11.50. The D.C. Council
unanimously passed the Minimum Wage Amendment Act of 2013, raising the rate from
$8.25 in 2014 to $11.50 by July 2016.

The base minimum wage for tipped restaurant employees remains at $2.77 per hour.
City and County of Los Angeles

The City Council and County Supervisors in the summer of 2015 passed ordinances to
raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2020 for employers with 26 or more employees.

July 2016
$10.50
July 2017
$12.00
July 2018
$13.25
July 2019
$14.25
July 2020
$15.00
Smaller employers are on a schedule that lags by one year.

Starting in 2022, the minimum wage will be indexed to the CPI.

A training wage for workers aged 14-17 must be at least 85% of the minimum wage
during the first 160 hours of employment.

California’s rate in 2015 is $9.00 and will increase to $10.00 in 2016.
City of San Jose

Voters approved an increase in 2012. The rate increased from the existing state
minimum wage of $8.00 to $10.00 in March 2013 and indexed in years thereafter. It
currently is set at $10.30.

California’s rate in 2015 is $9.00 and will increase to $10.00 in 2016.
City and County of San Francisco

Voters approved in 2014 increasing the minimum wage to $15.00 by July 2018.

May 2015 $12.25
July 2016 $13.00
July 2017
$14.00
July 2018
$15.00
The city and county had set their minimum wage rates above the California statewide
rate many years ago.

California’s rate in 2015 is $9.00 and will increase to $10.00 in 2016.
City of Seattle

City Council approved ordinance in 2014 to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2017 for
large employers and by 2019 for smaller employers.
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
20223
2024
2025

500+ employees anywhere in US
Minimum Wage
w/ at least
Minimum
silver level
Wage
health benefit
11.00
11.00
13.00
12.50
15.00
13.50
Indexed to CPI
15.00
No longer
applicable
Washington’s rate in 2015 and 2016 is $9.47.
500 or fewer employees
Base Minimum
Wage if tipped
Minimum
and/or silver
Compensation health benefit
11.00
10.00
12.00
10.50
13.00
11.00
14.00
11.50
15.00
12.00
15.75
13.50
16.49
15.00
Same as large
Same as large
City of Oakland, California

Approved by voters in 2014.

Raised minimum wage to $12.25 on March 2015 and indexed to the CPI thereafter.

Prohibits employer from reducing any non-management employee’s compensation or
non-wage benefits as a means to fund the increased minimum wage.

California’s rate in 2015 is $9.00 and will increase to $10.00 in 2016.
City of Berkeley

City Council approved in 2014 a schedule to raise the minimum wage to $12.43 by
October 2016. It is currently $11.00.

The city’s Labor Commissioner is advocating raising the rate to $19 by 2020.

California’s rate in 2015 is $9.00 and will increase to $10.00 in 2016.