The Ohio minimum wage rate is set to increase in 2025. Here’s what we know
Some Ohio residents will soon see an bump in pay. The state’s minimum wage rate is scheduled to increase Jan. 1, 2025.
The rate will increase to $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 per hour for tipped employees. The minimum wage will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $394,000 per year, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce.
The current 2024 minimum wage is $10.45 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.25 per hour for tipped employees. The 2024 Ohio minimum wage applies to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $385,000.
The Constitutional Amendment passed by Ohio voters in November 2006 states Ohio’s minimum wage shall increase on January 1 each year by the rate of inflation.
The state minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers over the 12-month period prior to September. The department said the index increased by 2.4 % over the 12-month period from Sept. 1, 2023, to Aug. 31, 2024.
For employees at smaller companies with annual gross receipts of $394,000 or less per year after Jan. 1, 2025, and for 14- and 15-year-olds, the state’s minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
For these employees, the state wage is tied to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, which requires an act of Congress and the President’s signature to change.
Employers can access the 2025 Minimum Wage poster for display in their places of business by visiting the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Industrial Compliance’s Bureau of Wage and Hour website.
This story was originally published September 30, 2024 at 12:59 PM