Three minimum wages can apply to the same hour of work: the federal one ($7.25 since July 24, 2009), your state's (or, in New York and Oregon, your region's), and your city's or county's if it has its own ordinance. You are owed the highest of them. The tool stacks those levels for the place you pick, reads each level's published rate for January 1, 2027, and compares the result with the pay you type.
- Levels. Today's floor is the highest of the federal, state and city rates. The Jan 1 floor is the same, using each level's 2027 figure.
- Not announced yet. When a level hasn't published its 2027 rate, we don't guess. If a higher level already beats that place's current rate (Oakland is below California's new $17.40), the answer says “at least” that figure. Otherwise it says “not announced yet”, with no number.
- Your raise per hour is the new floor minus your pay, and never less than zero. If you already earn more, the line says so.
- Your week. Hours up to 40 get the raise once; hours over 40 get it 1.5 times, because federal overtime is paid at 1.5× your regular rate. The yearly figure is the week × 52.
- The coins are the raise per hour, rounded to the cent and paid out the way a cashier would: quarters first, then dimes, nickels and cents.
Worked example: Michigan, $13.73 an hour, 40 hours
Michigan's minimum goes from $13.73 to $15.00 on January 1, 2027 under its 2025 wage law. That's $1.27 more per hour: 5 quarters and 2 cents. Over 40 hours it adds $50.80 a week, or $2,641.60 over a year.
Michigan: $13.73 → $15.00 on Jan 1 · +$50.80/week at 40h
With overtime: California, $16.90 an hour, 45 hours
California rises to $17.40, a $0.50 raise. Forty hours × $0.50 is $20.00, and five overtime hours × $0.75 is $3.75, so the week grows by $23.75. California also has daily overtime after 8 hours, which this estimate leaves out.
Which states and cities go up
14 states: Arizona $15.15 → $15.65, California $16.90 → $17.40, Colorado $15.16 → $15.71, Connecticut $16.94 → $17.48, Maine $15.10 → $15.70, Michigan $13.73 → $15.00, Minnesota $11.41 → $11.87, Montana $10.85 → $11.20, New Jersey $15.92 → $16.48, Ohio $11.00 → $11.40, Rhode Island $16.00 → $17.00, South Dakota $11.85 → $12.30, Virginia $12.77 → $13.75 and Washington $17.13 → $17.73.
10 cities and counties: Seattle $21.30 → $22.14, Denver $19.29 → $19.84, Boulder $16.82 → $18.17, San Diego $17.75 → $18.35, San Jose $18.45 → $19.00, Minneapolis $16.37 → $17.02, Saint Paul $16.37 → $17.02, Flagstaff $18.35 → $18.95, Albuquerque $12.00 → $13.00 and Santa Fe $15.40 → $17.50.
Planning the rest of the year? See your 2027 federal tax bracket or how much to put in your 401(k) per paycheck.