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Minnesota's minimum wage is $11.41 per hour, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, under Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, Minn. Stat. §177.25. — Source

Most Minnesota workers are covered by the federal FLSA and are owed overtime after 40 hours in a workweek; Minnesota's state threshold of 48 hours applies only to employers the FLSA does not cover. — Source

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Minnesota's state overtime threshold is 48 hours per workweek (Minn. Stat. § 177.25) — eight hours above the FLSA standard — and the Earned Sick and Safe Time law (2024) covers all employers with broad family member definitions including bereavement.

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Minnesota minimum wage
$11.41/hour
Effective 2026-01-01 through 2026-12-31 · source
The headline rate may not apply to every worker. Minnesota has worker- or employer-class exceptions to the headline figures. Check the cited sources before relying on them for a specific job or employer type.
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Note: Minnesota 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 hereOvertimeMinn. Stat. § 177.25: 1.5× after **48 hrs/week** for state-only covered employers; FLSA weekly-40 applies separately to FLSA-covered employers (annual gross sales >$500,000, hospitals, schools, government). Page must present both thresholds.
Minimum Wage$11.41/hr effective January 1, 2026 (CPI-adjusted; confirmed from dli.mn.gov); single statewide rate since January 1, 2025 (employer-size distinction eliminated); 90-day training wage for workers under 20: $9.31/hr; no tip credit. Minneapolis and St. Paul have higher local minimums.Paid Sick Leave AccrualEarned Sick and Safe Time (ESST), effective January 1, 2024: 1 hr per 30 hrs worked, max 48 hrs/year; covers all employers; confirmed from dli.mn.gov.Prevailing WageMinnesota prevailing wage program for public works (dli.mn.gov/prevailing-wage); exists as an active program; rate tables available; full details not fetched in this research session.

How Minnesota differs

Minnesota's state overtime threshold is 48 hours per workweek (Minn. Stat. § 177.25) — eight hours above the FLSA standard — and the Earned Sick and Safe Time law (2024) covers all employers with broad family member definitions including bereavement.

Overtime: Most Minnesota workers are covered by the federal FLSA and are owed time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek.Minnesota's own statute sets the threshold at 48 hours, but that reaches only employers the FLSA does not cover. Source.

Rate schedule: Minnesota's minimum wage rolls over on January 1 annually (CPI-adjusted; lesser of 5% or CPI; rate cannot decrease).