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Iowa's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, effective January 1, 2008, under Iowa Code § 91D.1. — Source

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Iowa Code § 91D.1 exempts enterprises with annual gross sales under $300,000 from the state minimum wage, and SF 2197 (2017) expressly preempts all local minimum wage ordinances, nullifying previous county floors in Johnson and Linn Counties.

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Iowa minimum wage

$7.25/hour

Effective 2008-01-01 · source

Who this rate applies to

Youth/training: $6.35/hr for first 90 days

The headline rate may not apply to every worker. Iowa has additional worker-class rates recorded only as prose above. Check the source before relying on the headline figure for a specific job or employer type.

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Iowa calculators and guides

Note: Iowa has worker- and employer-class exceptions, so these tools cannot assume the headline rate applies to every worker. Verify your own situation against the cited sources.

Start hereMinimum Wage$7.25/hr (Iowa Code § 91D.1, confirmed from legis.iowa.gov 2026 code); youth/training: $6.35/hr first 90 days; small-business exemption: gross annual sales <$300,000 (certain industries excluded); static since January 1, 2008.

OvertimeIowa Code § 91D.1(2)(a) incorporates FLSA exemptions; no separate state overtime statute; FLSA weekly-40 governs.

How Iowa differs

Weekly overtime: Iowa requires time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Source.

State wage law

Iowa wage payment and collection law

Beyond the minimum wage and overtime rate, Iowa has its own wage-payment statute governing when workers must be paid, what happens to a final paycheck, and how to recover wages an employer has not paid. The essentials, drawn from Iowa Division of Labor (DIAL), are below.

How often wages must be paid: Iowa Code §91A.3(1): wages paid at least monthly/semimonthly/biweekly on regular paydays; a regular payday not more than 12 days (excl. Sundays/holidays) after the pay period ends.
Final paycheck after separation: Iowa Code §91A.4: on separation, earned wages due by the next regular payday.
How to file a wage claim: File a wage claim with the Iowa Division of Labor under the Wage Payment Collection Law (Iowa Code ch. 91A); Director may settle/sue (§91A.10); civil penalties up to $500/pay period (§91A.12).
Other state-specific rules: Liquidated damages (§91A.2(6)): 5% of unpaid wages per day (excl. Sundays/holidays/first 7 days), capped at unpaid amount. Deduction limits (§91A.5) bar charging for till shortages, breakage, PPE. State minimum wage $7.25 (§91D.1).

Primary source: Iowa Division of Labor (DIAL). Statute citations are the state's own; verify your specific situation before acting.