Iowa Has A New Minimum Wage
Effective April 1, 2007, the state of Iowa will increase its minimum wage rate from the current $5.15 per hour to $6.20 per hour. The minimum training wage will also increase to $5.30 per hour, effective April 1, 2007. Tipped workers will be paid 60% of the new minimum wage, or $3.72 per hour, beginning April 1, 2007.
The current minimum wage in Iowa is $5.15/hour -- which is the same as the current federal minimum wage -- and this new state increase will be the first minimum wage hike for the state in the past 10 years.
This increase will make Iowa be the 29th state with a minimum wage higher than the federal rate. About 128,000 Iowa workers who earn less than $5.15 will see a direct wage raise as a result of the new legislation.