Florida's minimum wage is $14.00/hr, effective since September 30, 2025. It's set to rise to $15.00/hr on September 30, 2026, the final scheduled step of a voter-approved phase-in that began in 2021.
Florida's Full $15 Minimum Wage Timeline
Florida voters approved Amendment 2 in November 2020, which locked in a series of $1.00 annual increases every September 30 until the state reaches $15.00/hr, after which it's indexed to inflation. Florida has no separate state minimum wage statute; the rate is set directly in the state constitution.
| Effective Date | Minimum Wage |
|---|---|
| September 30, 2021 | $10.00/hr |
| September 30, 2022 | $11.00/hr |
| September 30, 2023 | $12.00/hr |
| September 30, 2024 | $13.00/hr |
| September 30, 2025 | $14.00/hr (current) |
| September 30, 2026 | $15.00/hr |
Before Amendment 2, Florida already had its own state minimum wage, separate from the federal $7.25/hr floor. Voters approved an earlier constitutional amendment in 2004 that indexed Florida's minimum wage to inflation, adjusting it by small amounts most years rather than a flat dollar. Under that formula, the rate stood at $8.65/hr in 2020, the year before Amendment 2's fixed $1.00-a-year schedule took over. Once the Florida minimum wage reaches $15.00/hr in September 2026, it's set to revert to that same inflation-indexing approach for future annual adjustments, rather than staying frozen at a flat $15.00/hr forever.
Florida's Tipped Minimum Wage
Florida allows employers to pay tipped employees a lower direct cash wage, currently $11.98/hr, as long as tips make up the difference to reach the full $14.00/hr minimum. If a server's tips don't cover the gap in a given week, the employer is legally required to make up the shortfall. That's still far above the federal tipped minimum of just $2.13/hr, which applies by default in states that don't set their own higher tipped rate.
The math behind that $11.98/hr figure is straightforward: Florida's tip credit is $2.02/hr, the gap between the $14.00/hr full minimum wage and the $11.98/hr direct cash wage employers are allowed to pay. Employers can only claim that credit if the tipped employee actually receives at least that much in tips, keeps their own tips (aside from valid tip pooling among other tipped staff), and has been notified in advance that a tip credit is being applied to their pay. As the Florida minimum wage climbs to $15.00/hr in 2026, expect the tipped cash wage to rise by a comparable step, since Florida's tip credit gap has stayed close to $2.00/hr through recent years of the phase-in.
How Florida Compares to Its Neighbors
Florida's minimum wage is well ahead of neighboring Georgia and Alabama, both of which remain at the federal floor of $7.25/hr with no state minimum wage law of their own. That gap will only widen as Florida's rate continues climbing toward $15.00/hr in 2026.
Georgia technically has its own state-set minimum wage of $5.15/hr written into state law, but federal law overrides it for nearly every employer covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, so in practice Georgia workers are protected by the $7.25/hr federal minimum instead. Alabama has never enacted a state minimum wage law at all, leaving the federal rate as the only floor for Alabama workers. Neither state has raised its effective minimum wage since the federal rate last increased back in 2009, more than 16 years without a change, while Florida's rate has climbed from $8.65/hr in 2020 to $14.00/hr today. That divergence traces directly back to Florida's voter-approved amendment; Georgia and Alabama would each need their own legislature or a ballot measure to act before their minimum wage could rise above the federal floor.
Exempt Salary Threshold in Florida
Unlike New York or Washington, Florida does not set its own separate minimum salary threshold for overtime-exempt employees. It defers instead to the federal threshold set under the FLSA. That means Florida employers don't have an extra state-specific salary bar to clear on top of federal rules.
In practice, that means Florida employers must pay a salaried employee at least $684/week, or $35,568/year, to classify them as exempt from overtime under the standard white-collar exemptions (executive, administrative, and professional). An employee paid below that threshold is entitled to overtime pay for hours worked past 40 in a week, regardless of job title, even if their day-to-day duties otherwise resemble exempt work. States like New York and Washington set their own higher salary thresholds on top of the federal one, but Florida employers only need to clear the federal bar, nothing more.
What a Minimum-Wage Paycheck Looks Like in Florida
For a full-time worker earning Florida's $14.00/hr minimum wage, gross pay works out to $560.00 for a standard 40-hour week, or $1,120.00 over a two-week pay period, before taxes and any other deductions. Most Florida employers run payroll biweekly, so a worker on that schedule would see roughly $1,120.00 gross on each paycheck, 26 times a year, adding up to the same $29,120 annual gross figure shown in the table below.
Part-time hours scale directly from the hourly rate. Thirty hours a week at $14.00/hr comes to $420.00 weekly, and 20 hours a week comes to $280.00 weekly. Once the Florida minimum wage reaches $15.00/hr in September 2026, those same schedules rise to $600.00, $450.00, and $300.00 a week respectively. Overtime rules still apply to hourly minimum-wage workers in Florida: any hours worked past 40 in a single week must be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate, which comes to $21.00/hr at the current $14.00/hr minimum, and $22.50/hr once the rate reaches $15.00/hr.
What's the Salary at Florida's Minimum Wage?
At a standard 40-hour week (2,080 hours/year):
| Today ($14.00/hr) | From Sept. 2026 ($15.00/hr) | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly | $560 | $600 |
| Monthly | $2,427 | $2,600 |
| Annually | $29,120 | $31,200 |
These are gross full-time figures. The monthly numbers assume an even 173.3 hours per month, the average across a 2,080-hour work year; actual monthly pay varies slightly depending on how many weekdays fall in a given month. Try our minimum wage calculator to see a fuller breakdown, including part-time and overtime scenarios.
How to File a Wage Complaint in Florida
Workers who believe they've been paid less than the Florida minimum wage, or who didn't receive the tip credit make-up pay they're owed, have a couple of avenues available. The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division investigates wage complaints nationwide, including in Florida, since the federal Fair Labor Standards Act applies alongside the state's constitutional minimum wage. The Florida Department of Commerce also publishes the state's official current minimum wage rate and its update schedule. Keeping pay stubs, schedules, and any written record of hours worked makes a wage claim far easier to document, regardless of which agency ends up handling it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Florida's minimum wage right now?
$14.00/hr, effective since September 30, 2025.
When does Florida's minimum wage increase to $15?
September 30, 2026, the final step of the phase-in voters approved in 2020's Amendment 2.
What is the tipped minimum wage in Florida?
$11.98/hr in direct cash wages, as long as tips bring total pay up to at least $14.00/hr.
What happens to Florida's minimum wage after it reaches $15?
Amendment 2 requires the rate to be indexed to inflation from that point forward, rather than freezing at $15.00/hr permanently.
How does Florida's minimum wage compare to neighboring states?
It's far higher than Georgia and Alabama, both still at the federal floor of $7.25/hr with no state minimum wage law of their own.
What was Florida's minimum wage before Amendment 2?
$8.65/hr in 2020, the year before Amendment 2's $1.00 annual increases began. Florida had its own inflation-indexed minimum wage dating back to a 2004 constitutional amendment, well before the 2020 vote that set the fixed path to $15.00/hr.
Do any Florida cities or counties set their own minimum wage?
No. As of 2026, no Florida city or county has its own local minimum wage rate; the $14.00/hr rate applies uniformly statewide.
What federal salary threshold applies to exempt employees in Florida?
$684/week, or $35,568/year. Florida has no separate state threshold, so it defers entirely to the federal FLSA standard for classifying salaried employees as exempt from overtime.
How much does a full-time worker earn per year at Florida's minimum wage?
$29,120/year at the current $14.00/hr rate, rising to $31,200/year once the rate reaches $15.00/hr in September 2026, both based on a standard 40-hour week.
See our live Florida minimum wage page for the always-current rate, our Florida tipped wage guide for servers and bartenders specifically, and our exempt salary threshold guide for a full state-by-state breakdown of overtime exemption rules.
