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North Carolina's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, effective July 24, 2009, under NC Wage and Hour Act / NC DOL overtime guidance. — Source

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North Carolina's Wage and Hour Act (NCGS Chapter 95, Article 2A) mirrors FLSA for most private employers but creates a separate state enforcement mechanism for smaller businesses below the $500,000 gross-sales FLSA enterprise threshold.

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North Carolina minimum wage

$7.25/hour

Effective 2009-07-24 · source

Who this rate applies to

State minimum wage currently $7.25/hr; tipped employees must be paid at least $2.13/hr cash wage and tips must make up the difference to $7.25.

The headline rate may not apply to every worker. North Carolina 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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North Carolina calculators and guides

Note: North Carolina 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; NC DOL official page states "The minimum wage in North Carolina is currently $7.25 an hour" (labor.nc.gov); tipped: $2.13/hr cash wage; tracks federal floor with no state-set increase mechanism.

OvertimeNC Wage and Hour Act (NCGS Chapter 95, Article 2A): weekly-40 at 1.5×; mirrors FLSA for large employers (>$500K gross); NC DOL enforces state act for small employers; confirmed from labor.nc.gov overtime page.

How North Carolina differs

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

Rate schedule: North Carolina's minimum wage rolls over on Tracks federal floor; no state scheduled rollover.