Minimum Wage Florida 2024 Comparison Chart. 132 rows โ in the absence of action at the national level, many states and localities have raised their own minimum wages. In 2009, the hourly rate of $7.25 went into effect, and has remained so to this day.
Many states set their own minimum wage, independent of the federal minimum wage. Florida policy institute (fpi) created the dashboard below to put $12 per hour in perspective and demonstrate the difference between a minimum wage and a living wage.