Current Minimum Wage
Florida minimum wage$14.00since September 30, 2025

State minimum wage

Florida minimum wage

$14.00 an hour as of October 18, 2026. Tipped cash wage $10.98.

  • The Florida minimum wage is $14.00 an hour, set by state law effective .
  • The next change is on : an indexed adjustment, amount to be announced.
  • Tipped employees must be paid at least $10.98 in cash, with a tip credit of up to $3.02.
  • At $14.00 an hour, full-time work (2,080 hours) pays $29,120 a year before taxes.
  • Florida law bars cities and counties from setting their own minimum wage.

Tipped cash wage

$10.98
Tip credit up to $3.02

Youth / training

None
No state youth or training rate; the constitution adopts FLSA definitions, so only the federal youth wage rules could apply.

Next change

Indexed, TBA
· indexed-unannounced

Local rates

Preempted
Fla. Stat. 218.077(2) bars political subdivisions from requiring an employer to pay a minimum wage other than the state or federal minimum, except for the subdivision's own employees or as a...

Scheduled increases in Florida

January 1, 20281 jurisdiction
StateTBA
Floridaindexed-unannounced · On September 30, 2027 and each September 30 thereafter the agency calculates a CPI-W adjustment (12 months prior to September 1), and 'each adjusted...
TBAindexed, amount to be announced

Coverage, exemptions, and history

Who is covered. all employers and employees covered by the FLSA definitions.

Tipped employees. Employers may credit tips up to the allowable FLSA tip credit as of 2003 ($3.02), so the cash wage is $10.98 now and $11.98 from 2026-09-30.

Indexing. Adjusted by CPI-W (national, per constitution) for the 12 months prior to September 1; implementing... on January 1 (calculated September 30),... ; announced posted on the Department of Commerce and Department of....

Recent history. Rose from $13.00 to $14.00 on 2025-09-30; final scheduled step to $15.00 on 2026-09-30.

The Florida Constitution text names the 'state Agency for Workforce Innovation'; that function now sits with FloridaCommerce per Fla. Stat. 448.110.

Statute. Fla.

Common questions

What is the minimum wage in Florida?

$14.00 an hour as of October 18, 2026, under state law effective September 30, 2025.

When does the Florida minimum wage go up next?

On January 1, 2028, by an indexed amount the agency will announce.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Florida?

$10.98 in cash plus tips; the employer must make up any shortfall to $14.00.

Do any cities in Florida have a higher minimum wage?

No. State law preempts local minimum wage ordinances.

Sources

  1. https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/448.110 official
  2. https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Constitution official
  3. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state official
  4. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped official
  5. https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/218.077 official
  6. https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages
  7. https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/inventory-of-us-city-and-county-minimum-wage-ordinances/
  8. https://floridajobs.org/business-growth-and-partnerships/for-employers/display-posters-and-required-notices

Checked 2026-09-02 against FloridaCommerce (Florida Department of Commerce), designated in the constitution as the...; researcher confidence 0.85.