Minimum Wage Rates for a Nanny and Other Household Employees

Household employees like nannies, housekeepers, and in-home senior caregivers are required to be paid at least the prevailing minimum wage hourly rate. This will be the highest of the federal, state, or local rates. The federal rate of $7.25/hour hasn’t changed for quite some time. However, many states, counties, and cities have much higher rates.

Here are the current minimum wage rates for nannies and other household employees.

Alabama

$7.25/hour – No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies.

Alaska

$11.91/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Arizona

$14.70/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Flagstaff

$17.85/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Tucson

$14.35/hour – This rate will increase to $15/hour in 2025. Then, the minimum wage may increase each January, depending on the inflation rate.

Arkansas

$11/hour

California

$16/hour – Increases to $16.50/hour on January 1, 2025.

California city-specific rates

See the chart below for local rates that exceed California’s state minimum wage rate.

Colorado

$14.81/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Boulder

$15.57/hour

Boulder County

$16.57/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. This rate will increase each year until it reaches $25/hour on January 1, 2030.

Denver

$18.81/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Edgewater

$15.02/hour – Increases to $16.52 in 2025; $18.17 in 2026; $19.99 in 2027; and $21.99 in 2028.

Connecticut

$16.35/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Delaware

$13.25/hour – Increases to $15/hour on January 1, 2025.

District of Columbia

$17.50/hour – The minimum wage is expected to increase on July 1, 2025

Florida

$13/hour – Increases by $1/hour every September 30 until it reaches $15/hour in 2026.

Georgia

$7.25/hour – The state’s minimum wage rate of $5.15/hour doesn’t apply to household employees as it is below the federal rate.

Hawaii

$14/hour – Increases to $16/hour on January 1, 2026; and then to $18/hour on January 1, 2028.

Idaho

$7.25/hour

Illinois

$15/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Chicago

$16.20/hour – This rate applies to domestic workers regardless of the number employed by the family.

Cook County (outside of Chicago)

$15/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. An inflation-adjusted minimum wage rate will be announced each year by June 1.

Indiana

$7.25/hour

Iowa

$7.25/hour

Kansas

$7.25/hour

Kentucky

$7.25/hour

Louisiana

$7.25/hour – No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies.

Maine

$14.65/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Portland

$15.50/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. May change annually based on a cost of living increase.

Rockland

$15.50/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. Each January 1, beginning in 2025, the city will adjust the rate based on the consumer price index.

Maryland

$15/hour

Howard County

$15/hour – Increases to $15.50/hour on January 1, 2026, and then to $16/hour on July 1, 2026. This rate is for employers with under 15 workers.

Montgomery County

$15/hour – Beginning July 1, 2025, the minimum wage for small employers will be adjusted annually by the average increase in the previous year’s Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for Washington-Arlington.

Prince George’s County

$15/hour

Massachusetts

$15/hour

Michigan

$10.56/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. This rate will increase to $12.46/hour on February 21, 2025.

Minnesota

$8.85/hour – This rate will increase to $11.13 on January 1, 2025 for all employers

Minneapolis

$15.97/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. This rate is now for all employers.

St. Paul

$12.25/hour – This rate is for employers with five or fewer workers. The rate will increase to $13.25 on July 1, 2025.

Mississippi

$7.25/hour – No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies.

Missouri

$13.75/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Montana

$10.55/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Nebraska

$13.50/hour – Effective January 1, 2025 – Voters in Nebraska recently approved an initiative that increases the state’s minimum wage rate by $1.50/hour each year until it reaches $15 per hour in 2026. Beginning in 2027, the minimum wage rate will be adjusted annually for increases in the cost of living.

Nevada

$12/hour

New Hampshire

$7.25/hour – No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies.

New Jersey

$14.53/hour – Effective January 1, 2025 for employers with fewer than 6 employees

New Mexico

$12/hour

Las Cruces

$12.65/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Santa Fe (City and County)

$14.60/hour – Annual living wage increases occur on March 1.

New York

$15/hour – In 2025, the rate increases to $15.50/hour and then to $16/hour in 2026. As of January 1, 2027, the minimum wage will be based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (“CPI-W”) for the Northeast Region.

The minimum wage for home health care aides is $17.55/hour. In 2025, the rate increases to $18.10/hour and then to $18.65 in 2026.

New York City, Long Island & Westchester County

$16/hour – In 2025, the rate increases to $16.50/hour and then to $17/hour in 2026.

The minimum wage for home health care aides is $18.55/hour. In 2025, the rate increases to $19.10/hour and then to $19.65 in 2026.

North Carolina

$7.25/hour

North Dakota

$7.25/hour

Ohio

$7.25/hour – Ohio has a special minimum wage for businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $385,000 per year ($10.45/hour). However, household employers follow the lower rate.

Oklahoma

$7.25/hour

Oregon

To determine which rate applies to your county, visit Oregon Minimum Wage Rate Summary.

Portland

$15.95/hour

Standard

$14.70/hour

Non-urban counties

$13.70/hour

Pennsylvania

$7.25/hour

Rhode Island

$15/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

South Carolina

$7.25/hour – No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies.

South Dakota

$11.50/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Tennessee

$7.25/hour – No state minimum wage rate. The federal rate applies.

Texas

$7.25/hour

Utah

$7.25/hour

Vermont

$14.01/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Virginia

$12.41/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. The state’s new minimum wage law removes exempt status from several categories of employees, including home care providers and domestic service workers.

Washington

$16.28/hour – Increases to $16.66/hour on January 1, 2025

Bellingham

$17.28/hour – Increases to $17.66/hour on January 1, 2025, and then again to $18.66/hour on May 1, 2025.

King County

$17.29/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. Applies to small employers (15 or fewer employees and less than $2 million in annual gross revenue).

Seattle

$20.76/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. Small businesses will no longer be able to make up any part of the minimum wage with tips or medical benefits paid to their employees.

West Virginia

$7.25/hour – The state minimum wage of $8.75 applies if you have six or more employees working at any one separate, distinct, and permanent work location.

Wisconsin

$7.25/hour

Wyoming

$7.25/hour – The state’s minimum wage rate of $5.15/hour doesn’t apply to household employees as it is below the federal rate.

California Local Minimum Wage Rates

Alameda

$17/hour

Belmont

$18.30/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Berkeley

$18.67/hour

Burlingame

$17.43/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Cupertino

$18.20/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Daly City

$17.07/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

East Palo Alto

$17.45/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

El Cerrito

$18.34/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Emeryville

$19.36/hour

Foster City

$17.40/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Fremont

$17.30/hour

Half Moon Bay

$17.47/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Hayward

$16.50/hour – Effective January 1, 2025 for employers with 25 or fewer employees.

Los Altos

$18.20/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Los Angeles (city)

$17.28/hour

Los Angeles (county)

$17.27/hour

Malibu

$17.27/hour

Menlo Park

$17.10/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Milpitas

$17.70/hour

Mountain View

$19.20/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Novato

$16.50/hour – Effective January 1, 2025 for small employers

Oakland

$16.89/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Palo Alto

$18.20/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Pasadena

$17.50/hour

Petaluma

$17.97/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Redwood City

$18.20/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Richmond

$17.77/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

San Carlos

$17.32/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

San Diego

$17.25/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

San Francisco (city and county)

$18.67/hour

San Jose

$17.95/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

San Mateo

$17.95/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

San Mateo County

$17.46/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Santa Clara

$18.20/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Santa Monica

$17.27/hour

Santa Rosa

$17.87/hour – Effective January 1, 2025. Applies to all employers.

Sonoma

$16.96/hour – Effective January 1, 2025, for employers with 25 or fewer employees

South San Francisco

$17.70/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

Sunnyvale

$19/hour – Effective January 1, 2025

West Hollywood

$19.65/hour – Effective January 1, 2025