The minimum wage is 15.92 USD per hour for Most Employers. tipped workers: 6.05 USD per hour. long-term care facility direct care staff: 18.92 USD per hour. full-time students: 85% of the general rate. trainees: 90% of the general rate. persons under the age of 18: excluded from the minimum wage. salesmen of motor vehicles: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. agricultural fair volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage.
Effective from until ; verified on . The state rule (New Jersey) is the highest of the 2 levels compared; every level is listed below.
The minimum wage is 7.25 USD per hour for Covered, nonexempt workers. tipped employees: 2.13 USD per hour. employees under 20 years of age (youth minimum wage): 4.25 USD per hour. Executive, administrative, and professional employees, outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations: excluded from the minimum wage. Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, certain small newspapers, seamen on foreign vessels, fishing operations, newspaper delivery: excluded from the minimum wage. Farmworkers of small farm employers: excluded from the minimum wage. Casual babysitters and companions to the elderly or infirm: excluded from the minimum wage.
Version 3 · effective from · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Amount
7.25
Currency
USD
Per unit
hour
Applies to
Covered, nonexempt workers
Exceptions
Amount
2.13
Category
tipped employees
Condition
individuals engaged in occupations in which they customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips. The employer may consider tips as part of wages, but the employer must pay at least $2.13 an hour in direct wages.
Amount
4.25
Category
employees under 20 years of age (youth minimum wage)
Condition
permitted for employees under 20 years of age during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer
Category
Executive, administrative, and professional employees, outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations
Excluded
yes
Condition
Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay: Executive, administrative, and professional employees (including teachers and academic administrative personnel in elementary and secondary schools), outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations (as defined in DOL regulations)
State: New Jerseyanswers
The minimum wage is 15.92 USD per hour for Most Employers. tipped workers: 6.05 USD per hour. long-term care facility direct care staff: 18.92 USD per hour. full-time students: 85% of the general rate. trainees: 90% of the general rate. persons under the age of 18: excluded from the minimum wage. salesmen of motor vehicles: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. agricultural fair volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage.
Version 6 · effective from until · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Tiers
Amount
15.23
Condition
Seasonal & Small Employers (fewer than 6)
Employer size max
5
Amount
15.23
Condition
Seasonal & Small Employers (fewer than 6) - seasonal employers
Amount
14.2
Industry
agricultural
Condition
Agricultural Employers
Amount
15.92
Currency
USD
Per unit
hour
Applies to
Most Employers
Exceptions
Amount
6.05
Category
tipped workers
Condition
Cash for Tipped Workers
Amount
18.92
Category
long-term care facility direct care staff
Condition
Wage for Long-Term Care Facility Direct Care Staff
Category
full-time students
Condition
Full-time students may be employed by the college or university at which they are enrolled at not less than 85% of the effective applicable minimum wage rate.
Upcoming changes
From : State (New Jersey)correction
minimum_wage in us-nj: version 7, effective 2027-01-01, published (correction); replaces version 5
The minimum wage is 16.48 USD per hour for Most Employers. tipped workers: 6.61 USD per hour. long-term care facility direct care staff: 19.48 USD per hour. full-time students: 85% of the general rate. trainees: 90% of the general rate. persons under the age of 18: excluded from the minimum wage. salesmen of motor vehicles: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. agricultural fair volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage.
Version 7 · effective from · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Tiers
Amount
16.25
Condition
Seasonal & Small Employers (fewer than 6)
Employer size max
5
Amount
16.25
Condition
Seasonal & Small Employers (fewer than 6) - seasonal employers
Amount
15
Industry
agricultural
Condition
Agricultural Employers
Amount
16.48
Currency
USD
Per unit
hour
Applies to
Most Employers
Exceptions
Amount
6.61
Category
tipped workers
Condition
Cash for Tipped Workers
Amount
19.48
Category
long-term care facility direct care staff
Condition
Wage for Long-Term Care Facility Direct Care Staff
Category
Change history
Federal: United States
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
2superseded
new
minimum_wage in us: version 2, effective 2026-10-23, published (new)
The minimum wage is 7.25 USD per hour for employees engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce. Newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old: 4.25 USD per hour.
3in effect
correction
minimum_wage in us: version 3, effective 2009-07-24, published (correction); replaces version 2. Replaces version 2 (published effective 2026-10-23, the fetch date; its source stated no date)
The minimum wage is 7.25 USD per hour for Covered, nonexempt workers. tipped employees: 2.13 USD per hour. employees under 20 years of age (youth minimum wage): 4.25 USD per hour. Executive, administrative, and professional employees, outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations: excluded from the minimum wage. Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, certain small newspapers, seamen on foreign vessels, fishing operations, newspaper delivery: excluded from the minimum wage. Farmworkers of small farm employers: excluded from the minimum wage. Casual babysitters and companions to the elderly or infirm: excluded from the minimum wage.
State: New Jersey
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
7
correction
minimum_wage in us-nj: version 7, effective 2027-01-01, published (correction); replaces version 5
The minimum wage is 16.48 USD per hour for Most Employers. tipped workers: 6.61 USD per hour. long-term care facility direct care staff: 19.48 USD per hour. full-time students: 85% of the general rate. trainees: 90% of the general rate. persons under the age of 18: excluded from the minimum wage. salesmen of motor vehicles: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. agricultural fair volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage.
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Category
Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, certain small newspapers, seamen on foreign vessels, fishing operations, newspaper delivery
Excluded
yes
Condition
Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay: Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, employees of certain small newspapers, seamen employed on foreign vessels, employees engaged in fishing operations, and employees engaged in newspaper delivery
Category
Farmworkers of small farm employers
Excluded
yes
Condition
Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay: Farmworkers employed by anyone who used no more than 500 “man-days” of farm labor in any calendar quarter of the preceding calendar year
Category
Casual babysitters and companions to the elderly or infirm
Excluded
yes
Condition
Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay: Casual babysitters and persons employed as companions to the elderly or infirm.
Covered, nonexempt workers are entitled to a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. … Tipped employees are individuals engaged in occupations in which they customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips. The employer may consider tips as part of wages, but the employer must pay at least $2.13 an hour in direct wages. … A minimum wage of not less than $4.25 an hour is permitted for employees under 20 years of age during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer. … Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay … Executive, administrative, and professional employees (including teachers and academic administrative personnel in elementary and secondary schools), outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations (as defined in DOL regulations); … Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, employees of certain small newspapers, seamen employed on foreign vessels, employees engaged in fishing operations, and employees engaged in newspaper delivery; … Farmworkers employed by anyone who used no more than 500 “man-days” of farm labor in any calendar quarter of the preceding calendar year; … Casual babysitters and persons employed as companions to the elderly or infirm.
(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day; … (1) In lieu of the rate prescribed by subsection (a)(1), any employer may pay any employee of such employer, during the first 90 consecutive calendar days after such employee is initially employed by such employer, a wage which is not less than $4.25 an hour. … (5) This subsection shall only apply to an employee who has not attained the age of 20 years
employee enrolled in an established employer on-the-job or other training program; first 120 hours of work after hiring in an occupation in which the employee has no previous similar or related experience
Percent of general
90
Category
persons under the age of 18
Excluded
yes
Condition
persons under the age of 18 not possessing a special vocational school graduate permit
Category
salesmen of motor vehicles
Excluded
yes
Condition
persons employed as salesmen of motor vehicles
Category
outside salesmen
Excluded
yes
Condition
persons employed as outside salesmen as such terms shall be defined and delimited in regulations adopted by the commissioner
Category
agricultural fair volunteers
Excluded
yes
Condition
persons employed in a volunteer capacity and receiving only incidental benefits at a county or other agricultural fair by a nonprofit or religious corporation or a nonprofit or religious association which conducts or participates in that fair
Date Most
Employers
Seasonal
& Small
Employers
(fewer than 6)
Agricultural
Employers
Cash for
Tipped
Workers
Wage for Long-Term Care
Facility Direct Care Staff … January 1, 2026 $15.92 $15.23 $14.20 $6.05 $18.92
Supporting source:New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law, b.(3) (supports exceptions[2], exceptions[3], exceptions[4], exceptions[5], exceptions[6], exceptions[7])
(3) Full-time students may be employed by the college or university at which they are enrolled at not less than 85% of the effective applicable minimum wage rate. … a training wage of not less than 90 percent of the minimum wage rate otherwise set pursuant to subsection a. of this section may be paid to an employee who is enrolled in an established employer on-the-job or other training program which meets standards set by regulations adopted by the commissioner. The period during which an employer may pay the training wage to the employee shall be the first 120 hours of work after hiring the employee in employment in an occupation in which the employee has no previous similar or related experience. … The wage rates fixed in this section shall not be applicable to persons under the age of 18 not possessing a special vocational school graduate permit issued pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.15), or to persons employed as salesmen of motor vehicles, or to persons employed as outside salesmen as such terms shall be defined and delimited in regulations adopted by the commissioner, or to persons employed in a volunteer capacity and receiving only incidental benefits at a county or other agricultural fair by a nonprofit or religious corporation or a nonprofit or religious association which conducts or participates in that fair.
Full-time students may be employed by the college or university at which they are enrolled at not less than 85% of the effective applicable minimum wage rate.
Percent of general
85
Category
trainees
Condition
employee enrolled in an established employer on-the-job or other training program; first 120 hours of work after hiring in an occupation in which the employee has no previous similar or related experience
Percent of general
90
Category
persons under the age of 18
Excluded
yes
Condition
persons under the age of 18 not possessing a special vocational school graduate permit
Category
salesmen of motor vehicles
Excluded
yes
Condition
persons employed as salesmen of motor vehicles
Category
outside salesmen
Excluded
yes
Condition
persons employed as outside salesmen as such terms shall be defined and delimited in regulations adopted by the commissioner
Category
agricultural fair volunteers
Excluded
yes
Condition
persons employed in a volunteer capacity and receiving only incidental benefits at a county or other agricultural fair by a nonprofit or religious corporation or a nonprofit or religious association which conducts or participates in that fair
Date Most
Employers
Seasonal
& Small
Employers
(fewer than 6)
Agricultural
Employers
Cash for
Tipped
Workers
Wage for Long-Term Care
Facility Direct Care Staff … January 1, 2027* $16.48 $16.25 $15 $6.61 $19.48
Supporting source:New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law, b.(3) (supports exceptions[2], exceptions[3], exceptions[4], exceptions[5], exceptions[6], exceptions[7])
(3) Full-time students may be employed by the college or university at which they are enrolled at not less than 85% of the effective applicable minimum wage rate. … a training wage of not less than 90 percent of the minimum wage rate otherwise set pursuant to subsection a. of this section may be paid to an employee who is enrolled in an established employer on-the-job or other training program which meets standards set by regulations adopted by the commissioner. The period during which an employer may pay the training wage to the employee shall be the first 120 hours of work after hiring the employee in employment in an occupation in which the employee has no previous similar or related experience. … The wage rates fixed in this section shall not be applicable to persons under the age of 18 not possessing a special vocational school graduate permit issued pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.15), or to persons employed as salesmen of motor vehicles, or to persons employed as outside salesmen as such terms shall be defined and delimited in regulations adopted by the commissioner, or to persons employed in a volunteer capacity and receiving only incidental benefits at a county or other agricultural fair by a nonprofit or religious corporation or a nonprofit or religious association which conducts or participates in that fair.
minimum_wage in us-nj: version 5, effective 2027-01-01, published (amendment); replaces version 3
The minimum wage is 16.48 USD per hour for Most Employers. Tipped Workers: 6.61 USD per hour. Long-Term Care Facility Direct Care Staff: 19.48 USD per hour.
6in effect
to
correction
minimum_wage in us-nj: version 6, effective 2026-01-01, published (correction); replaces version 3
The minimum wage is 15.92 USD per hour for Most Employers. tipped workers: 6.05 USD per hour. long-term care facility direct care staff: 18.92 USD per hour. full-time students: 85% of the general rate. trainees: 90% of the general rate. persons under the age of 18: excluded from the minimum wage. salesmen of motor vehicles: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. agricultural fair volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage.
3superseded
new
minimum_wage in us-nj: version 3, effective 2026-01-01, published (new)
The minimum wage is 15.92 USD per hour for Most Employers. Tipped Workers: 6.05 USD per hour. Long-Term Care Facility Direct Care Staff: 18.92 USD per hour.