LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Minimum Wage will increase twice in 2025 – first increasing on Jan. 1, 2025, following the usual rate increase schedule, and again on Feb. 21, 2025, in accordance with the recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling regarding the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (IWOWA), PA 337 of 2018, schedule.
Minimum Hourly Wage Rate Effective Jan. 1, through Feb. 20, 2025:
- The minimum hourly wage will increase from $10.33 to $10.56 per hour.
- The 85% rate for minors under the age of 18 will increase from $8.78 to $8.98 per hour.
- The tipped employee rate of hourly pay increases from $3.93 to $4.01 per hour.
- The training wage of $4.25 per hour for newly hired employees under the age of 20 for their first 90 calendar days of employment remains unchanged.
Every Oct. beginning in 2028, the state treasurer will calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate, increasing the minimum wage by the rate of inflation. The adjusted minimum wage rate is published by Nov. 1 of the year it is calculated and comes effective beginning Feb. 21 of the succeeding year.