Ohio Minimum Wage Increase for 2017

Beginning January 1, the state minimum wage has increased by 5 cents to adjust for inflation.  Non-tipped workers must be paid an hourly wage of at least $8.15 and tipped workers are to receive a minimum of $4.08 – a bump of 3 cents.  The new wage only applies to companies with annual gross receipts of more than $299,000 a year.  Ohio’s minimum wage for employees at smaller companies along with the 14- and 15-year-old workers is tied to the federal minimum wage set by Congress.