The minimum wage in New Jersey is $15.13 an hour. Because this is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, employees in The Garden State must be paid at least $15.13 an hour. (Employers with five or fewer employees may pay a slightly lower minimum wage; long-term care workers have a slightly higher minimum wage.)
Union County Minimum Wage
The minimum wage in Union County is $15.13 an hour, the state minimum wage. To find out if Union County has passed its own minimum wage law, visit https://ucnj.org/.
Elizabeth Minimum Wage
The minimum wage in Elizabeth is currently $15.13 an hour, the state minimum wage. However, cities in New Jersey are free to adopt their own higher minimum wage, and dozens of cities across the country have done so. To find out whether Elizabeth has passed its own minimum wage law since we last updated, visit the city’s website at https://www.elizabethnj.org/.