The minimum wage in Rhode Island will increase in 2013. Since 2007 the minimum wage rate has been $7.40 per hour. This will increase by 35 cents to $7.75 per hour. This minimum wage hike represents the first raise for workers since before the Great Recession. For an average worker who works full-time this means an extra $728 annual income. Rhode Island’s hourly minimum wage rate applies to all employees except:
- Full-time students under 19 years of age working in a non-profit religious, educational, library or community services organization (90% of minimum wage), and
- Minors 14 or 15 years of age working not more than 24 hours in a week (75% of minimum wage).
Compliance Poster Company will be updating the Rhode Island All-On-One poster in time for the minimum wage change.