Federal Minimum Wage
Federal Minimum Wage
$7.25
(Effective 7/24/09)
Companies automatically covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Any enterprise engaged in interstate commerce or the production of goods through such commerce
- Private hospitals
- Private schools
- Preschools and day care centers
- Fraternal organizations
- Sheltered workshops
- Federal employees
- State/Public sector employees and employees of the political subdivisions
- 7 Domestic service workers such as maids, chauffers, cooks, or full-time baby-sitters
- Retail and service establishments whose gross annual sales exceeds $500,000
Any employee individually engaged in interstate commerce
- Communication and transportation workers
- Employees who handle, ship or receive goods moving in interstate commerce
- Clerical or other workers who regularly use the mail or telephone for interstate communication or who keep records on interstate transactions
- Emplyees who regularly cross state lines in the course of their work
- Employees of independent employers who perform clerical, custodial, maintenance or other work for firms engaged in commerce or the production of goods for commerce
