Labor Law for Cleaning by State

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• Alabama writes no wage law of its own — which changes who sues you With no state wage statute, no state overtime section and no state final-pay deadline, every Alabama wage claim is a federal claim at $7.25 under 29 U.S.C. §206
• Arizona's wage floor moves every year — price payroll around the November number A.R.S. §23-363 ties Arizona's wage floor to inflation, so the rate moves most years without a vote. Paid sick time accrues separately under the Earned Paid Sick
• Arkansas finished its wage schedule in 2021 and stopped there Issue 5 finished its schedule in January 2021 and nothing has moved since. Arkansas preempts local ordinances, so no city or county can set a different rate for
• California's wage floor is a patchwork — but AB5 is what actually bankrupts operators The statewide rate is $16.90 for 2026, with city ordinances stacked on top and several adjusting July 1. AB5's ABC test remains the highest-cost classification
• Colorado mandates the breaks, and its cities set their own wage floors Denver runs $19.29 and Boulder $16.82 against a $15.16 state floor, and the COMPS Order mandates breaks most states leave optional. Wage Theft Act penalties sca
• Connecticut doubles the bill when wages come up short The wage floor indexes to $16.94 for 2026, meal breaks are mandatory at 7.5 hours, and Conn. Gen. Stat. §31-72 lets a court double what you owe. Misclassified c
• Florida's wage floor is written into the constitution — and it steps up this September Fla. Stat. §448.110 moves the floor from $14.00 to $15.00 in September 2026, then resumes CPI adjustment. There is no state break law and no state wage-claim ag
• Georgia's wage statute sits below federal law, which makes it mostly irrelevant O.C.G.A. §34-4-3 sets a state rate below the federal floor, so FLSA governs at $7.25 for nearly every cleaning employer. Georgia adds no overtime statute and no
• Hawaii tells you the 2028 wage today — and then adds mandatory health coverage Act 114 fixed the schedule years ahead, so you can price multi-year contracts against a known rate. The Prepaid Health Care Act under HRS Ch. 393 is the bigger
• Idaho's legal floor stopped in 2009 while the Boise market moved on without it Idaho Code §44-1502 has held at the federal floor since 2009 and forecloses any city alternative. Final wages fall due within 10 days of separation, tighter tha
• In Illinois a small payroll delay compounds at five percent a month The state floor is $15.00 and Chicago reaches $17.05 from July 1, 2026. Illinois also mandates a meal break past 7.5 hours and a second break past 12 under the
• Iowa froze its wage floor and then stopped its cities from moving it Iowa Code §91D.1 keeps the federal floor statewide and blocks city minimums outright. A $6.35 youth training wage applies for the first 90 days under §91D.1(2).
• In Kansas City the state line, not the office address, sets your wage floor K.S.A. 44-1204 aligns with the federal floor, but crews working the Kansas City metro follow the law of the state where the work happens — and Missouri's rate i
• Kentucky's cities tried to raise the wage floor and lost in court KRS 337.275 holds the floor at the federal $7.25, and the Kentucky Supreme Court voided the 2016 Louisville and Lexington ordinances. KRS 337.385 adds a seventh
• Louisiana legislated almost nothing here — the market sets your real wage No state wage statute, no break law, no daily overtime, no prevailing wage act. The federal $7.25 is the only floor, and the New Orleans market pays well above
• Maine announces next year's wage each fall — build it into the renewal now The CPI-indexed floor rose to $15.10 on January 1, 2026, with Portland's living wage ordinance at $16.75. Earned Paid Leave under 26 MRS §850-A applies on top.
• A Massachusetts judge cannot reduce your wage penalty even if you meant well A judge has no latitude here: proven unpaid wages triple automatically. Final pay is due the same day on termination, the strictest timing rule in this family,
• A court ruling, not a legislature, reset Michigan's wage schedule The court restored the original ballot schedule, putting 2026 at $13.73. That is a real jump from the diluted rate in effect two years ago, and it runs under MC
• Minnesota decides your wage tier by revenue, so growth changes payroll overnight Minn. Stat. §177.24 sets $11.41 for large employers at $800,000+ in annual gross revenue, with a lower small-employer rate below that. Recordkeeping is a separa
• Mississippi wrote no wage law, so federal coverage rules decide who is protected One of a handful of states with no minimum wage law of any kind. The federal $7.25 governs, and FLSA enterprise coverage starts at $500,000 in annual gross volu
• Missouri voters raised the floor to $15 — and the day you fire someone, you pay Voters moved the rate to $15.00 under Mo. Rev. Stat. §290.502. Discharged employees are owed wages the same day under §290.110, and the continuing-wages penalty
• Nebraska's wage climb is over — the small annual step starts next year The voter-approved climb from $7.75 ends here, and fixed 1.75% annual increases begin in 2027 under LB258. The steep part of the schedule is behind you.
• Nevada pays overtime by the day for anyone under the wage threshold NRS 608.018 requires time-and-a-half after 8 hours in a day for employees earning under 1.5x the minimum. Nevada also mandates both meal and rest breaks against
• New Mexico's cities set their own rates, and one of them moves in March The statewide rate is $12.00, and local jurisdictions both may and do set higher rates. Santa Fe adjusts in March rather than January, which annual repricing cy
• A statewide New York contractor runs two pay bases at once NYC, Long Island and Westchester sit at $17.00 while the rest of the state is $16.00 under NY Labor Law §652. The Wage Theft Prevention Act adds notice duties o
• North Carolina matches the federal wage and then adds a second way to sue you N.C. Gen. Stat. §95-25.3 matches the federal $7.25, but §95-25.22 creates a state doubling remedy that runs independently of any FLSA claim. Classification is w
• In Ohio, winning one more contract can change your legal wage floor Employers above an annually indexed gross-receipts threshold pay $11.00 under Ohio Rev. Code §4111.02; smaller employers pay the federal $7.25. Crossing it mid-
• Oklahoma's legal minimum and its market wage are two different numbers 40 O.S. §197.2 keeps the federal floor statewide and blocks local ordinances. Oklahoma City and Tulsa cleaning markets pay well above it, so the legal minimum r
• Oregon pays by geography, and the map changes in July, not January Portland metro is $16.80, standard $15.55, nonurban $14.55 under ORS 653.025, with boundary maps published each spring. Both rest and meal breaks are mandatory
• In Pennsylvania a $180 shortfall can still cost you $500 The wage floor has sat at the federal $7.25 for years, but 43 P.S. §260.10 sets liquidated damages at 25% or a $500 minimum — which dwarfs the underpayment in m
• South Carolina left the door open for city wage rules, and nobody walked through The federal $7.25 applies because the state never wrote its own statute. Unlike most neighbors, South Carolina does not bar local ordinances — no local governme
• Tennessee asks less of you than any neighbor, until you hire a fifth employee T.C.A. §50-2-101 defers to the federal $7.25 with no state prevailing wage and no adult break law. Workers' compensation becomes mandatory at the five-employee
• Texas lets you skip workers' comp — and takes away your legal defenses when you do Tex. Lab. Code §62.051 mirrors the federal $7.25, but the real decision is opting out of workers' comp and losing your common-law defenses. Franchise tax applie
• Utah gives you one day to pay someone you just let go Utah Code §34-40-201 holds the floor at $7.25 and preempted local ordinances before Salt Lake City could act in 2017. Involuntary final pay is due within 24 hou
• Virginia already published your 2028 labor cost — bid against it Va. Code §40.1-28.10 sets $12.77 through January 2027, then $13.75 and $15.00 on a fixed schedule. Multi-year cleaning contracts need those steps priced in now,
• Washington is the most expensive labor environment here, and comp isn't shoppable RCW §49.46.020 indexes the wage to $17.13 for 2026, and several cities go higher. Workers' compensation must be bought from the state, so there is no carrier to

• Labor Laws for Cleaning Businesses in Wisconsin (2025) Running a cleaning business in Wisconsin means navigating federal FLSA requirements plus Wisconsin-specific minimum wage, overtime, break, workers' comp.
• Labor Laws for Cleaning Businesses in Washington (2025) Running a cleaning business in Washington means navigating federal FLSA requirements plus Washington-specific minimum wage, overtime, break, workers'.
• Labor Laws for Cleaning Businesses in Virginia (2025) Running a cleaning business in Virginia means navigating federal FLSA requirements plus Virginia-specific minimum wage, overtime, break, workers' comp.
• Utah Wage & Hour Rules for Cleaning Workers Utah's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, aligned with the federal FLSA floor (Utah Code §34-40-201). No Utah city or county has enacted a local minimum wage.
• Labor Laws for Cleaning Businesses in Texas (2025) Running a cleaning business in Texas means navigating federal FLSA requirements plus Texas-specific minimum wage, overtime, break, workers' comp, and.
• Labor Laws for Cleaning Businesses in Tennessee (2025) Running a cleaning business in Tennessee means navigating federal FLSA requirements plus Tennessee-specific minimum wage, overtime, break, workers' comp.
• South Carolina Wage & Hour Rules for Cleaning Workers South Carolina has no state minimum wage law. The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour applies. No South Carolina city or municipality has enacted a.
• Labor Laws for Cleaning Businesses in Pennsylvania (2025) Running a cleaning business in Pennsylvania means navigating federal FLSA requirements plus Pennsylvania-specific minimum wage, overtime, break, workers'.
• Labor Laws for Cleaning Businesses in New Jersey (2025) Running a cleaning business in New Jersey means navigating federal FLSA requirements plus New Jersey-specific minimum wage, overtime, break, workers'.
• Labor Laws for Cleaning Businesses in Oregon (2025) Running a cleaning business in Oregon means navigating federal FLSA requirements plus Oregon-specific minimum wage, overtime, break, workers' comp, and.