What if our state minimum wage is higher than the new federal minimum wage?
If, upon your review, you determine that your applicable state minimum wage was equal to or more than $7.25 per hour when you conducted the surveys that yielded your most recent prevailing wage rates, and the resulting prevailing wage rates equaled or exceeded that applicable state minimum wage, you need not conduct a new survey at this time. [1]You will be required to conduct a new review when an increase in the state minimum wage occurs or, on the on anniversary date of your current prevailing wage survey, whichever occurs first. For example, an employer in Massachusetts conducted a prevailing wage survey for janitors on February 2, 2009 and determined that the prevailing wage for that job classification was $9.50 per hour.Because the Massachusetts State minimum wage at that time was $8.00 per hour (which is more than $7.25 per hour) and the prevailing wage exceeded the applicable Massachusetts State minimum wage of $8.00 per hour, the employer is not required to adjust its current p
