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Georgia minimum wage 2026

Official

The Georgia rate, the next increase and a full-time paycheck after tax.

From Georgia Department of Revenue and IRS 
Minimum wage
$5.15 to $7.25
an hour, by area
Next rate
none scheduled
Full time, after tax
$13,926
a year
Rank
#32 of 51
by minimum wage, 1 is the highest (tied)

What is the minimum wage in Georgia in 2026?

Georgia law sets a rate below the federal minimum, so most jobs there pay at least the federal $7.25 an hour. Among its neighbors, the minimum wage is higher in Florida and the same in North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama.

Will the Georgia minimum wage go up in 2027?

No increase is scheduled, so it stays at $7.25 an hour in 2027.

  1. $7.25 an hour

  2. Today, November 1, 2026

How much is minimum wage a year in Georgia?

Full time, a Georgia minimum wage job pays $15,080 a year before tax.

A year
$15,080
A month
$1,256.67
Every two weeks
$580.00
A week
$290.00
How this is calculated
  1. The hourly rate times 40 hours a week times 52 weeks.

How much is a minimum wage paycheck after taxes in Georgia?

After taxes, full-time minimum wage work in Georgia takes home $13,926 a year. Each paycheck every two weeks comes to $535.48. It takes 149.4 hours of work to take home $1,000. The Georgia paycheck calculator shows any other wage or hours.

Take-home per year
$13,926
Every two weeks
$535.48
Per hour after tax
$6.70
In national prices
$14,463
How this is calculated
  1. Full-time pay of $15,080 through federal, Social Security, Medicare and Georgia taxes for 2026.
  2. The reference worker is a single filer with one job, paid every two weeks, with a standard Form W-4 and no pre-tax deductions, under 65.

Is $20 an hour good pay in Georgia?

It is below the middle: $20 an hour is more than 37% of Georgia workers earn, but less than half of them. The Georgia median wage is $23.16 an hour.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$20.00

Wage statistics cover employees in all jobs, full and part time, not the self-employed.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Georgia?

Tipped workers in Georgia can be paid $2.13 an hour if tips bring them to at least $7.25.

The employer must make up the difference in any week tips fall short.

How has the Georgia minimum wage changed?

It has been $7.25 an hour since July 24, 2009, when the federal minimum last rose. It was $5.15 in 2016.

$0$2$4$6$5.15
Georgia minimum wage on January 1 of selected years (DOL), with the current rate.

How does the Georgia minimum wage compare with other states?

Georgia is tied for last with 19 other states at $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum; the highest is Washington, DC at $18.40 an hour. North Carolina's minimum wage is the same $7.25, and so is the rate in Indiana and Tennessee. The minimum wage by state page lists all of them.

What percent of Georgia workers earn minimum wage?

1.1% of hourly workers in Georgia earned the federal minimum of $7.25 or less in 2024.

At or below $7.25
1.1%
of hourly workers, 2024
Hourly-paid workers
2,341K
At or below the federal rate
25K

Workers paid less than the minimum are mostly tipped or exempt from the law.

Questions people ask

How much is minimum wage per week in Georgia?

Full time, a Georgia minimum wage job takes home $267.82 a week after taxes.

Is the Georgia minimum wage worth more in local prices?

Yes. After taxes and Georgia prices, a full-time minimum wage job is worth $14,463 a year at average US prices, more than its $13,926 take-home.