According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the minimum wage salary in Georgia is $7.25 per hour as of 2019. This amount is set by the federal government, and it applies to all employees regardless of industry or location.
So why should you care? Because even though it seems like a small amount, it adds up fast!
For example, if you work 40 hours per week at $7.25 per hour, you’ll make $290 per week—which means that if you work full-time for 52 weeks (that’s two years), your salary will add up to $14,080. That’s over $100 more than what you’d make working full-time at Georgia’s minimum wage salary!
And if you get promoted? Well that’s even better! If your manager sees how hard you’re working and promotes you from cashier to manager, for example, they’ll give you a raise—and depending on how much money they want to make off their new store manager? That could mean an extra $50k or more each year!
Minimum Wage Salary In Georgia
Georgia’s state minimum wage rate is $7.25 per hour. This is the same as the current Federal Minimum Wage rate. The minimum wage applies to most employees in Georgia, with limited exceptions including tipped employees, some student workers, and other exempt occupations.†
The Georgia minimum wage was last changed in 2008, when it was raised $0.70 from $6.55 to $7.25.
Georgia’s minimum wage laws are applicable to businesses with six or more employees. Because Georgia’s minimum wage has not been updated in some time, it is lower then the Federal Minimum Wage and thus rendered obsolete. Federal minimum wage takes precedence in Georgia.
Georgia employers may not pay you under $7.25 per hour unless you or your occupation are specifically exempt from the minimum wage under state or federal law.
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All Georgia employers must display an approved Georgia minimum wage poster in a prominent place to inform employees about the minimum wage and their worker’s rights under Georgia labor law.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
Incremental changes were as follows:
Effective July 24, 2007, the federal minimum wage increased to $5.85 per hour.
Effective July 24, 2008, the federal minimum wage increased to $6.55 per hour.
Effective July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage increased to $7.25 per hour.
Georgia’s minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, however, with some limited exceptions, the federal minimum wage rate applies.
Georgia’s minimum wage law can be found in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) at Title 34-Chapter 4-Section 3 (O.C.G.A. 34-4-3) and the Fair Labor Standards Act, generally and at 29 U.S.C. 203, 206, 213, and 214.
