COLUMBUS, OH (MARION COUNTY NOW)—Ohio’s minimum wage is set to increase on January 1, 2025, to $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 per hour for tipped employees. This adjustment will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts exceeding $394,000.
Currently, in 2024, the minimum wage stands at $10.45 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.25 per hour for tipped employees. The 2024 wage rates apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts over $385,000.
The increase is mandated by a Constitutional Amendment (II-34a) passed by Ohio voters in November 2006, which stipulates that the state’s minimum wage shall rise annually on January 1, in line with the rate of inflation. The state minimum wage is linked to the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) for urban wage earners and clerical workers over the 12-month period prior to September. The CPI-W index saw a 2.4% increase from September 1, 2023, to August 31, 2024.
For employees at smaller companies with annual gross receipts of $394,000 or less per year after January 1, 2025, and for 14- and 15-year-olds, the state’s minimum wage remains $7.25 per hour. This rate is tied to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, which can only be changed through an act of Congress and the President’s signature.
Employers can access the 2025 Minimum Wage poster for display in their workplaces by visiting the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Industrial Compliance’s Bureau of Wage and Hour website.