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

$10.85/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Arizona

$13.85/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Flagstaff

$16.80/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Tucson

$13.85/hour –  This rate will increase to $14.25/hour in 2024; and $15/hour in 2025. Then the minimum wage may increase each January depending on the inflation rate.

Arkansas

$11/hour

California

$15.50/hour – For employers with 25 or fewer employees. Effective January 1, 2023.

California city-specific rates

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

Colorado

$13.65/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Denver

$17.29/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Connecticut

$14/hour – Effective July 1, 2022. Increases to $15/hour on June 1, 2023. Beginning January 1, 2024, the state minimum wage will be indexed to the employment cost index and the rate will grow according to economic indicators.

Delaware

$11.75/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. Increases to $13.25/hour on January 1, 2024, and then to $15/hour on January 1, 2025.

District of Columbia

$16.10/hour

Florida

$11/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

$12/hour – Increases to $14/hour on January 1, 2024; $16/hour on January 1, 2026; and then to $18/hour on January 1, 2028.

Idaho

$7.25/hour

Illinois

$13/hour – Increases by $1/hour every January 1 until it reaches $15/hour in 2025.

Chicago

$15.40/hour – This rate applies to domestic workers regardless of the number employed by the family.

Cook County (outside of Chicago)

$13.35/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

$13.80/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Portland

$14/hour – Portland recently passed a referendum that annually raises the city’s minimum wage to $15/hour in 2024, and then annually thereafter based on a cost of living increase.

Rockland

$14/hour – Rockland recently approved a new minimum wage ordinance that increases the city’s minimum wage rate to $14/hour in 2023 and $15/hour in 2024. Each January 1 beginning in 2025 the city will adjust the rate based on the consumer price index.

Maryland

$12.80/hour – Increases $0.60/hour every January 1 until 2026. On July 1, 2026, the rate will increase to $15/hour. This rate is for employers with 14 or fewer workers.

Howard County

$13.25/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. The rate will gradually rise to $16/hour by July 1, 2026. This is rate is for employers with under 15 workers.

Montgomery County

$14/hour – Increases to $14.50/hour on July 1, 2023. This rate is for employers with 10 or fewer workers.

Massachusetts

$15/hour

Michigan

$10.10/hour

Minnesota

$8.63/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. This rate is for small employers.

Minneapolis

$13.50/hour – For employers with 100 or fewer employees. Increases to $14.50 on July 1, 2023, and then to $15/hour in 2024.

St. Paul

$10.75/hour – This rate is for employers with five or fewer workers. Increases to $11.50/hour on July 1, 2023.

Mississippi

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

Missouri

$12/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Montana

$9.95/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Nebraska

$10.50/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. 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 cost of living.

Nevada

$10.50 (without employee health benefits); $9.50/hour (with qualified employee health benefits) – Increases to $11.25/hour and $10.25/hour on July 1, 2023. 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

$12.93/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. Applies to employers with less than six employees.

New Mexico

$12/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Santa Fe (City and County)

$12.95/hour – Annual living wage increases occur on March 1.

New York

$14.20/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. Annual increases will continue until the rate reaches $15/hour. These increases will be published before October 1 and will be based on economic indices, including the Consumer Price Index.

New York City

$15/hour – For employers with 10 or fewer employees.

Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties

$15/hour

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 $342,000 per year ($10.10/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

$14.75/hour

Standard

$13.50/hour

Non-urban counties

$12.50/hour

Pennsylvania

$7.25/hour

Rhode Island

$13/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. Increases to $14/hour in 2024 and then to $15/hour in 2025.

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

$10.80/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Tennessee

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

Texas

$7.25/hour

Utah

$7.25/hour

Vermont

$13.18/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Virginia

$12/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. 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

$15.74/hour – Effective January 1, 2023.

Seattle

$18.69/hour – Effective January 1, 2023. If you pay $2.19/hour toward medical benefits, the minimum wage will be $16.50/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

$15.75/hour

Belmont

$16.75/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Berkeley

$16.99/hour – Rate increases based on the Consumer Price Index

Burlingame

$16.47/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Cupertino

$17.20/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Daly City

$16.07/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

East Palo Alto

$16.50/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

El Cerrito

$17.35/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Emeryville

$17.68/hour

Foster City

$16.50/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Fremont

$16/hour

Half Moon Bay

$16.45/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Hayward

$15.50/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Los Altos

$17.20/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Los Angeles (city)

$16.04/hour. Increases to $16.78/hour on July 1, 2023.

Los Angeles (county)

$15.96/hour. Increases to $16.90/hour on July 1, 2023

Malibu

$15.96/hour

Menlo Park

$16.20/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Milpitas

$16.40/hour – Indexed to inflation

Mountain View

$18.15/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Novato

$15.53/hour for small employers. Effective January 1, 2023.

Oakland

$15.97/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Palo Alto

$17.25/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Pasadena

$16.11/hour

Petaluma

$17.06/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Redwood City

$17/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Richmond

$16.17/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

San Carlos

$16.32/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

San Diego

$16.30/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

San Francisco (city and county)

$16.99/hour

San Jose

$17/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

San Mateo

$16.75/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

San Mateo County

$15.50/hour. Effective January 1, 2023. Increases to $16.50/hour on April 1, 2023.

Santa Clara

$17.20/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Santa Monica

$15.96/hour for small employers

Santa Rosa

$17.06/hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees. Effective January 1, 2023.

Sonoma

$16/hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees. Effective January 1, 2023.

South San Francisco

$16.70/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

Sunnyvale

$17.96/hour. Effective January 1, 2023.

West Hollywood

$17/hour for employers with less than 50 workers. Effective January 1, 2023.