Salary

New York State Minimum Wage -       $7.15 per hour            as of January 2007
NY Labor Law section 652                                                      (In 2006 it was $6.75 per hour)

Federal Minimum Wage -                     $6.55 per hour           as of July 24, 2008
FLSA sec. 6 (29 U.S.C. § 206)
(From July 24, 2007 to July 23, 2008 it was $5.85 per hour)

On July 24, 2009 it will be $7.25 per hour

For more information about the New York State Minimum Wage, please see our ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ section, contact New York Attorney General’s Labor Bureau at 212-416-8700 or the New York State Department of Labor at 1 (800) 662-1220, or visit: Minimum_Wage_Tip.pdf.

For more information about the Federal Minimum Wage, contact the U.S. Department of Labor at 1-866-4-USWAGE or visit http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/minimumwage.htm

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