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

$11.73/hour

Arizona

$14.35/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Flagstaff

$17.40/hour

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 – Effective January 1, 2024.

California city-specific rates

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

Colorado

$14,42/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Boulder County

$15.69/hour – Effective January 1, 2024. This rate will increase each year until it reaches $25/hour on January 1, 2030.

Denver

$18.29/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Edgewater

$15.02/hour – Effective January 1, 2024. Increases to $16.52 in 2025; $18.17 in 2026; $19.99 in 2027; and $21.99 in 2028.

Connecticut

$15.69/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Delaware

$13.25/hour – Effective January 1, 2024. Increases to $15/hour on January 1, 2025.

District of Columbia

$17/hour – Increases to $17.50/hour on July 1, 2024. The minimum wage will increase each year in proportion to the increase in the Consumer Price Index.

Florida

$12/hour – Increases by $1/hour every September 30 thereafter 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 –Effective January 1, 2024. Increases to $16/hour on January 1, 2026; and then to $18/hour on January 1, 2028.

Idaho

$7.25/hour

Illinois

$14/hour – Increases to $15/hour in 2025.

Chicago

$15.80/hour – This rate applies to domestic workers regardless of the number employed by the family.

Cook County (outside of Chicago)

$13.70/hour – 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

$14.15/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Portland

$15/hour – Effective January 1, 2024. May change annually based on a cost of living increase.

Rockland

$15/hour – Effective January 1, 2024. Each January 1 beginning in 2025 the city will adjust the rate based on the consumer price index.

Maryland

$15/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

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, if any, in the previous year’s Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for Washington-Arlington.

Massachusetts

$15/hour

Michigan

$10.33/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Minnesota

$8.85/hour – This rate is for small employers.

Minneapolis

$14.50/hour – This rate is for employers with 100 or fewer employees. On July 1, 2024, this rate will increase to $15.57/hour.

St. Paul

$11.50/hour – This rate is for employers with five or fewer workers.

Mississippi

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

Missouri

$12.30/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Montana

$10.30/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Nebraska

$12/hour – 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

$11.25 (without employee health benefits); $10.25/hour (with qualified employee health benefits) – Starting on July 1, 2024, there will be a single rate of $12/hour as the state will eliminate its two-tiered minimum wage system based on whether health benefits are offered.

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

$13.73/hour – This applies to employers with fewer than six employees.

New Mexico

$12/hour

Las Cruces

$12.36/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Santa Fe (City and County)

$14.03/hour – Increases to $14.60/hour on March 1, 2024. Annual living wage increases occur on March 1.

New York

$15/hour – Effective January 1, 2024. 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.

For home health care aides, the minimum wage 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 – Effective January 1, 2024. In 2025, the rate increases to $16.50/hour and then to $17/hour in 2026.

For home health care aides, the minimum wage 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

$15.45/hour

Standard

$14.20/hour

Non-urban counties

$13.20/hour

Pennsylvania

$7.25/hour

Rhode Island

$7.25/hour – Domestic workers are excluded from the state’s minimum wage rate of $14/hour. However, legislation has been introduced requiring domestic workers to be paid at least the state’s minimum wage rate.

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

$11.20/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Tennessee

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

Texas

$7.25/hour

Utah

$7.25/hour

Vermont

$13.67/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Virginia

$12/hour – The rate increases to $13.50/hour in 2025 and $15/hour in 2026 will be contingent on the General Assembly’s enactment by July 1, 2024. 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 – Effective January 1, 2024.

Seattle

$19.97/hour – Effective January 1, 2024. If you pay at least $2.72/hour toward an employee’s medical benefits, the minimum wage will be $17.25/hour.

Tukwila

$16.99/hour

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

$16.52/hour

Belmont

$17.35/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Berkeley

$18.07/hour

Burlingame

$17.03/hour – Effecitve January 1, 2024.

Cupertino

$17.75/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Daly City

$16.62/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

East Palo Alto

$17/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

El Cerrito

$17.92/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Emeryville

$18.67/hour

Foster City

$17/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Fremont

$16.80/hour

Half Moon Bay

$17.01/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Hayward

$16.90/hour – for employers with 25 or fewer employees. Effective January 1, 2024.

Los Altos

$17.75/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Los Angeles (city)

$16.78/hour – Increases to $17.28/hour on July 1, 2024.

Los Angeles (county)

$16.90/hour

Malibu

$16.90/hour – Increases to $17.27/hour on July 1, 2024

Menlo Park

$16.70/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Milpitas

$17.20/hour

Mountain View

$18.75/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Novato

$16.04/hour for small employers – Effective January 1, 2024.

Oakland

$16.50/hour

Palo Alto

$17.80/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Pasadena

$16.93/hour

Petaluma

$17.45/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Redwood City

$17/hour

Richmond

$16.17/hour

San Carlos

$16.87/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

San Diego

$16.85/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

San Francisco (city and county)

$18.07/hour

San Jose

$17.55/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

San Mateo

$17.35/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

San Mateo County

$17.06/hour

Santa Clara

$17.75/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Santa Monica

$16.90/hour for small employers – Increases to $17.28/hour on July 1, 2024.

Santa Rosa

$17.45/hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees – Effective January 1, 2024.

Sonoma

$16.56/hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees – Effective January 1, 2024.

South San Francisco

$17.25/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

Sunnyvale

$18.55/hour – Effective January 1, 2024.

West Hollywood

$19.08/hour