Ohio’s minimum wage will remain unchanged in 2010. Ohio’s 2009 minimum wage is $7.30 per hour for non-tipped employees and $3.65 per hour for tipped employees, plus tips.
The state minimum wage will continue to apply to employers who gross more than $267,000 per year.
The constitutional amendment passed by voters in November 2006 states that Ohio’s minimum wage shall increase on January 1 of each year by the rate of inflation. The wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the 12-month period prior to September. This index declined by 0.2 percent from September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009, resulting in no change to the state minimum wage.
For employees at smaller companies (grossing $267,000 or less per year) and for 14- and 15-year-olds, the state minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
