Ohio minimum wage increases January 1st

The minimum wage in Ohio will increase to $11.40 per hour for non-tipped employees and $7.50 per hour for tipped employees beginning on January 1st.  In 2006, Ohio voters passed a constitutional amendment requiring that the state’s minimum wage increase on January 1st each year by the rate of inflation.  For employees of smaller companies with annual gross receipts of $420,000 or less, and for 14 and 15 year olds, the state minimum wage remains tied to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.