Ohio’s minimum wage is scheduled to increase Jan. 1, 2025,
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.
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 (II-34a) 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 (CPI-W) for urban wage earners and clerical workers over the 12-month
period prior to September. The CPI-W 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.