The minimum wage in Minnesota is $10.85 an hour; for employers with annual sales volume of less than $500,000, the state minimum wage is $8.85 an hour. Because both of these rates are higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, employees in Minnesota must be paid at least $10.85 or $8.85 an hour, depending on their employer's sales.
Hennepin County Minimum Wage
The minimum wage in Hennepin County is $10.85 an hour, the state minimum wage. However, cities and counties in Minnesota are free to adopt their own higher minimum wage, and dozens of cities and counties across the country have done so. To find out whether Hennepin County has passed its own minimum wage law since we last updated, visit https://www.hennepin.us/.
Minneapolis Minimum Wage
The current minimum wage in Minneapolis is $15.57 an hour for those who work for an employer with more than 100 employees, or $14.50 for those who work for smaller employers (those with 100 employees or fewer).