2025 Mississippi Minimum Wage
The 2025 Mississippi Minimum Wage is $7.25.
Effective 2025-01-01Source: Job Searching FAQs (Mississippi Department of Employment Security)Verified 2026-08-30
Compared with 2024
Every figure on this page is unchanged from 2024.
| Item | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | $7.25 | $7.25 | +$0 (+0.0%) |
Who it applies to
Workers in Mississippi covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act
What changed this year, and why
The minimum wage in Mississippi is $7.25 per hour for 2025, matching the federal minimum wage.
Common questions
- Does Mississippi have a separate state minimum wage?
- Mississippi does not have its own state minimum wage. The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour applies.
- Are there exceptions to the minimum wage?
- The source notes that a few exceptions exist. The U.S. Department of Labor provides details on which workers may be paid less than the standard minimum wage.
State minimum wage laws that give more than the federal rate
Some state laws provide greater employee protections than the federal standard. However, Mississippi does not have its own state minimum wage law. As a result, workers in Mississippi are covered by the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour rather than any higher state rate. When a state sets a minimum wage below the federal floor, the higher federal rate takes effect automatically. This means that in Mississippi, employers must pay at least $7.25 per hour because no state statute overrides or supplements the federal requirement. Workers in Mississippi should understand that their wage protection comes from federal law, not from any state-level legislation. If future state law establishes a higher minimum wage, workers would be entitled to whichever rate is more favorable to them.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. There are a few exceptions, however.
Job Searching FAQs (Mississippi Department of Employment Security)
Why the federal rate applies when the state rate is lower
Mississippi does not have its own state minimum wage law. Because the state has not set a rate above the federal floor, the federal rate of $7.25 per hour applies to workers in Mississippi with some limited exceptions. The federal minimum wage serves as the binding standard whenever a state either has no minimum wage law or sets one below the federal amount. In Mississippi's case, since there is no state statute establishing a different rate, workers receive the federal $7.25 per hour automatically. This means that the protections Mississippi workers enjoy come entirely from federal law, not from any state-level wage legislation. Workers in Mississippi should be aware that their wage floor is determined by federal standards, and any changes to that floor would come from Congress or the U.S. Department of Labor, not from the state legislature.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. There are a few exceptions, however.
Job Searching FAQs (Mississippi Department of Employment Security)
How each figure was verified
Each number below was read from a stored copy of the document named beside it, and checked to occur word for word in the quoted sentence. The digest is of that stored text.
Job Searching FAQs (Mississippi Department of Employment Security)
- Hourly
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
Other years
Every Mississippi Minimum Wage year · Minimum Wage in every state