Minimum wage workers in Florida just got a $1 boost to their paychecks.
Voters in 2020 approved a constitutional amendment to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026. The rate goes up $1 each Sept. 30 until it reaches that mark, affecting workers across Florida’s tourism, agriculture and service industries.
What is the 2025 minimum wage in Florida?
Florida’s minimum wage is $14 an hour as of Sept. 30, 2025, under the voter-approved amendment.
How is the minimum wage calculated?
The amendment set the pay floor at $10 in 2021 with scheduled $1 annual increases through 2026. After reaching $15, future adjustments will be tied to the federal Consumer Price Index to reflect inflation.
How is minimum wage for tipped employees calculated in Florida?
Employers of tipped employees must pay their employees minimum wage, but they can count the tips the employees receive toward it, up to the maximum of $3.02. That’s the allowable tip credit established in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 2003. So the direct wage employers must pay is the minimum wage, minus $3.02.
What is the federal minimum wage?
The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009.
Most states, including Florida, have established higher minimum wages and 21 states raised theirs at the beginning of the year. Michigan passed a gradual wage hike similar to Florida’s.
Fourteen states pay the federal minimum rate of $7.25, Georgia, Montana and Wyoming pay less, and Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee have no state minimum wage law.
What is the living wage in Florida?
The minimum wage is different from a living wage, however, which tries to calculate how much a person needs to earn per hour to afford the necessities — housing, childcare, health care, food, etc. — where they live.
According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) living wage calculator, the living wage in Florida as of February 2025 is $23.41 an hour for one adult with no children, $38.72 for an adult with one child, $47.53 for an adult with two children and $59.64 for an adult with three children.
Diamond Walker is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at dkwalker@gannett.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: What to know on Florida’s minimum wage in 2025, hourly pay raises
Reporting by Diamond Walker and C. A. Bridges, Palm Beach Post / Palm Beach Post
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