US Minimum Wage by Address and Date: City, County & State

Minimum wage changes in dozens of states and cities every 1 January and 1 July, and many cities set their own higher rate. A model trained last year gives last year's number. This returns the rate in force on the exact date at the exact address, with the source.

Built for payroll tools, HR and scheduling apps, staffing agencies, job boards and AI agents that set or check pay. Every answer names the law and links the official government page it came from, so a person can check it in one click.

What it returns

• Minimum wage at a place and date (mode: "check"): Returns the legal hourly minimum wage that applies at a US location on a date: the highest of the federal, state, county and city rates, which jurisdiction sets it, the minimum cash wage for tipped workers, special industry rates (for example California fast food, Los Angeles hotels), the next scheduled change, and the primary government source for each figure. Give an address (most accurate: it resolves the exact city and county, including unincorporated areas) or a state plus city and/or county. Rates can depend on employer size or region; pass employer_size to get one answer, otherwise every variant is listed.
• Upcoming minimum wage changes (mode: "upcoming"): Lists every scheduled or announced minimum wage change (state, county and city) in a date window, soonest first, with the new rate and source. Use it to plan payroll or warn an employer before a rate rises. Filter by state.

Answers that depend on something you did not say come back as the safe answer (the stricter rule) plus a depends_on note saying what would change it.

Example input

{
  "mode": "check",
  "address": "200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012",
  "date": "2027-01-01"
}

Example output (shortened)

{
  "location": {
    "input": "200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012",
    "matched_address": "200 S SPRING ST, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90012",
    "state": "CA",
    "state_name": "California",
    "county": "Los Angeles County",
    "city": "Los Angeles"
  },
  "date": "2027-01-01",
  "minimum_wage_hourly": 18.42,
  "set_by": "Los Angeles (city)",
  "answer_type": "exact",
  "tipped_minimum_cash_wage_hourly": 18.42,
  "breakdown": [
    {
      "level": "federal",
      "jurisdiction": "Federal (FLSA)",
      "applies_to": "covered employers",
      "hourly": 7.25,
      "tipped_cash": 2.13,
      "in_force_since": "2009-07-24",
      "applies_for_sure": true,
      "source": "https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage"
    },
    {
      "level": "state",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "applies_to": "all covered employers",
      "hourly": 17.4,
      "tipped_cash": 17.4,
      "in_force_since": "2027-01-01",
      "applies_for_sure": true,
      "verified_on_primary_source": true,
      "source": "https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2026/2026-66.html"
    },
    "... 1 more"
  ],
  "special_industry_rates": [
    {
      "label": "Fast food (AB 1228), national chains with 60+ establishments",
      "effective": "2024-04-01",
      "rate": 20,
      "applies_to": "employees of limited-service restaurants in national chains with more than 60 establishments nationwide",
      "conditions": null,
      "source": "https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm",
      "verified": true,
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "in_force_on_date": true
    },
    {
      "label": "Health care: large systems (10,000+ FTE), dialysis clinics, large-county facilities",
      "effective": "2025-07-01",
      "rate": 24,
      "applies_to": "covered health care facility employees",
      "conditions": {
        "tier": "large_system"
      },
      "source": "https://dir.ca.gov/iwc/MW-2025-SUPPLEMENT-health-care.pdf",
      "verified": true,
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "in_force_on_date": true
    },
    "... 12 more"
  ],
  "upcoming_changes": [],
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-10"
}

Inputs

• address: US street address, for example "100 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA". Resolved with the US Census Bureau geocoder.
• state: Two-letter state code or name. Needed when no address is given.
• city: City name, for example "Seattle". Optional.
• county: County name, for example "Montgomery County". Optional.
• date: Date the work is done, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today. Future dates use rates already scheduled or announced.
• employer_size: Number of employees. Some places set different rates by employer size. Optional.
• industry: Optional, for example "fast food", "hotel", "healthcare". Used to flag special industry rates.
• annual_revenue: Employer annual gross sales or receipts in US dollars. A few states (Ohio, Oklahoma, Montana) set a lower rate below a threshold. Optional.
• lookups: many questions in one run (up to 1,000), each item with the fields above.

Pricing

$0.003 per answered lookup (a listing mode is one lookup). Failed lookups (for example an address the US Census geocoder cannot find) are not charged. 1,000 lookups cost $3 US dollars.

For AI agents

• Runs through Apify's MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nerolabs/us-minimum-wage) and through x402, so an agent without an Apify account can pay per call.
• A free MCP server with the same rules is at https://us-minimum-wage.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp for chat use; this actor adds bulk runs, datasets, scheduling, webhooks and Apify billing.
• Part of Nero Labs Rules: tools that answer rules which change after a model's training cutoff. The others: US minimum wage, pay transparency, US sales tax nexus, data breach deadlines.

Data and limits

• Built from primary sources only (statutes, regulators, revenue departments, official gazettes), each figure with its source URL and a verified_on_primary_source flag.
• Rules data is checked and updated by Nero Labs; every answer carries data_as_of.
• Information, not legal or tax advice. Check the linked source before acting on a close call.