2016 North Dakota Minimum Wage
The 2016 North Dakota Minimum Wage is $7.25.
Effective 2016-01-01Source: Youth Employment in North Dakota (North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights)Verified 2026-09-01
Who it applies to
Employees working in North Dakota
What changed this year, and why
The minimum wage in North Dakota is $7.25 per hour. There is no training wage. The minimum wage applies to all employees regardless of age unless the position is exempted by law or administrative rule.
Common questions
- Is there a separate training wage or youth minimum wage in North Dakota?
- No. The minimum wage of $7.25 per hour applies to all employees regardless of age, unless the position is exempted by law or administrative rule.
Overtime is paid at one and one-half times the regular rate
In North Dakota, employers must pay overtime at one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for all hours worked beyond forty in a work week. A work week is a seven-consecutive-day period that the employer defines. Overtime is computed on a weekly basis, regardless of how long the pay period runs, and it is based only on actual hours worked. Paid holidays, paid time off, and sick leave need not be counted when computing overtime hours. Employees who work more than one job under the same employer must have all hours from those jobs counted toward overtime. North Dakota law also prohibits compensatory time in private employment for non-exempt employees, meaning overtime hours may not simply be banked and used for time off in a later work week. Exemptions from these overtime requirements are listed separately. With the state minimum wage at $7.25 per hour, the overtime premium floor works out to one and one-half times whatever regular rate the employee earns.
Overtime pay must be paid at one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for hours worked over forty in any work week.
North Dakota Minimum Wage and Work Conditions Summary Poster (North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights)
What an employer may deduct from your pay
North Dakota law restricts what employers may deduct from an employee's wages. Except for amounts required by state or federal law to be withheld, or where a court has ordered withholding, an employer may only withhold from compensation: advances paid to employees (other than undocumented cash); recurring deductions authorized in writing; nonrecurring deductions authorized in writing with the source specifically cited; and nonrecurring deductions for damage, breakage, shortage, or negligence that must be authorized by the employee at the time of the deduction. This means that even if an employer claims an employee owes money for cash register shortages, broken equipment, or other losses, the employer cannot simply reduce the employee's paycheck below the minimum wage without proper written authorization. North Dakota workers earning the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour are protected by these deduction rules, which ensure that authorized withholdings are transparent and that employees consent to deductions for damages or shortages at the time they occur.
Except for those amounts that are required under state or federal law to be withheld from employee compensation or where a court has ordered the employer to withhold compensation, an employer only may withhold from the compensation due employees:
North Dakota Minimum Wage and Work Conditions Summary Poster (North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights)
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.
Youth Employment in North Dakota (North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights)
- Hourly
The minimum wage in North Dakota is $7.25 per hour.
Other years
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