Ohio’s minimum wage will increase from $10.45 per hour to $10.70 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2025.
Tipped employee’s minimum wage will increase from $5.25 per hour to $5.35 per hour, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce.
In 2006, Ohio voters approved a minimum wage increase tied to inflation. The minimum wage applies to businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $394,000 per year.
The minimum wage is $7.25 per hour for employees of smaller businesses and 14- and 15-year-olds.
A recent effort to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour didn’t collect enough signatures to make the fall 2024 ballot. One Fair Wage, which led that campaign, is now aiming for November 2025.
Jessie Balmert covers state government and politics for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1