Ohio's Minimum Wage Increases In 2008
Ohio employers should be aware that the minimum wage is about to increase yet again. The Ohio Department of Commerce has announced that the state’s minimum wage will increase to $7.00 per hour on January 1, 2008 – a 15 cent increase over the 2007 minimum wage. The minimum wage for tipped employees will rise from $3.43 to $3.50 per hour, so long as employees earn a total of $7.00 per hour once wages and tips are combined.
These new minimum wages apply to employees over 16 years of age whose employers gross more than $255,000 annually. For employees younger than 16 and those whose employers gross less than $255,000 annually, the federal minimum wage of $5.85 applies – but not for long. The federal minimum wage will increase to $6.55 on July 24, 2008.
A copy of the Department of Commerce’s 2008 Minimum Wage poster can be found here.
