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Wisconsin's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, effective July 24, 2009, under Wis. Stat. §§103.01-103.03. — Source

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Wis. Stat. § 103.85 requires factory and retail establishment employees to receive at least 24 consecutive hours off per calendar week (Sunday–Saturday) — Wisconsin's distinctive One Day of Rest law — though Wisconsin's prevailing wage laws were repealed for projects begun after January 1, 2017.

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Wisconsin minimum wage
$7.25/hour
Effective 2009-07-24 · source
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Start hereMinimum Wage$7.25/hr (Wis. Stat. § 104.035); opportunity wage (under-20, first 90 days): $5.90/hr; tipped: $2.33/hr; Wis. Stat. § 104.001 preempts all local minimum wage ordinances statewide; confirmed from dwd.wisconsin.gov.
OvertimeWis. Stat. §§ 103.01–103.03 and DWD Admin. Code Ch. 274: weekly-40 at 1.5×; no daily overtime; confirmed from dwd.wisconsin.gov.

How Wisconsin differs

Wis. Stat. § 103.85 requires factory and retail establishment employees to receive at least 24 consecutive hours off per calendar week (Sunday–Saturday) — Wisconsin's distinctive One Day of Rest law — though Wisconsin's prevailing wage laws were repealed for projects begun after January 1, 2017.

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