The state’s minimum wage will increase slightly from $14.35 to $14.70 an hour, as Arizona law requires it to be based on how inflation impacted the cost of living.
The regular wage hikes began in 2016 after the passage of Proposition 206. The Grand Canyon State has one of the higher minimum wages nationwide, with the federal minimum wage set at $7.25 an hour.
"The Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (the “Act”) does not apply to any person
who is employed by a parent or a sibling; any person who is employed performing
babysitting services in the employer’s home on a casual basis; any person
employed by the state of Arizona or the United States government; or any person
employed in a small business that grosses less than $500,000 in annual revenue,
if that small business is exempt from having to pay a minimum wage under section
206(a) of title 29 of the United States Code,” according to the Industrial Commission
of Arizona.
In addition, there is an exception for tipped workers who can be paid as low as $11.35 an hour, but the tips must end up being at least minimum wage “for all hours worked.”