States lowering alcohol service age laws already pay low minimum wage rates. Wages for tipped workers and youth are even lower.: Regular minimum wage, tipped minimum wage, and youth subminimum wage in states lowering alcohol service age
State | Regular minimum wage | Tipped minimum wage | Youth subminimum wage |
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Alabama | None | None | No state minimum wage, so federal rate applies. Under federal law, workers under 20 can be paid $4.25 an hour ($3 less than the federal minimum wage) for the first 90 days (FLSA training wage). |
Kentucky | $7.25 | $2.13 | Workers under 20 can be paid $4.25 an hour for the first 90 days. |
Idaho | $7.25 | $3.35 | Workers under 20 can be paid $4.25 an hour for the first 90 days. |
Iowa | $7.25 | $4.35 | Any worker can be paid $6.35 an hour for the first 90 days. |
Michigan | $10.10 | $3.84 | Workers under 20 can be paid $4.25 an hour for the first 90 days. Youth 17 and under can be paid 85% of the regular minimum wage. |
Ohio | $10.10 | $5.05 | Youth under 16 can be paid the federal minimum wage of $7.25. |
West Virginia | $8.75 | $2.63 | Workers under 20 can be paid $6.40 an hour for the first 90 days. |
Wisconsin | $7.25 | $2.33 | Workers under 20 can be paid $5.90 an hour for the first 90 days. |
Sources: Regular and tipped minimum wages for each state are from EPI’s Minimum Wage Tracker. Youth subminimum wages are from state minimum wage statutes.