COLUMBUS, Ohio — The minimum wage in Ohio will increase to $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 per hour for tipped employees beginning on Jan. 1, 2025.
According to the Ohio Department of Commerce's Bureau of Wage and Hour, the minimum wage will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $394,000 per year.
Currently, Ohio's minimum wage is $10.45 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.25 per hour for tipped employees.
In 2006, Ohio voters passed a constitutional amendment requiring that the state's minimum wage increase on January 1 each year by the rate of inflation. The Bureau of Wage and Hour says 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, and for 14 and 15-year-olds, the state’s minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. State leaders say those wages are "tied to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, which requires an act of Congress and the President’s signature to change."
