Georgia Minimum Wage Calculator 2024

Use our calculator to discover the Georgia Minimum Wage. The Georgia Minimum Wage is the lowermost hourly rate that any employee in Georgia can expect by law. There are legal minimum wages set by the federal government and the state government of Georgia. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour and the Georgia state minimum wage is $5.15 per hour.

Note: Georgia is one of only two states (the other is Wyoming) with a minimum wage that's lower than the federal floor of $7.25/hour. However, employers in Georgia who are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must still pay the $7.25 Federal minimum wage.

The minimum wage in Georgia means that a full-time worker can expect to earn the following sums as a minimum before tax. These assume a 40-hour working week:

• $206.00 per working week
• $892.67 per month
• $10,712.00 per annum

These figures are approximate.

In addition, employees in Georgia working over 40 hours per week are entitled to overtime pay, which must be at least one and a half times the regular hourly rate as a minimum. So, the overtime minimum wage in Georgia is currently $7.73 per hour. There are some exemptions from overtime pay and these include seasonal; workers, independent contractors, and some farm workers.

Note: The overtime pay is calculated as the money compensation for the hours an eligible employee works in a week. The FLSA (Fair Labor Standard Act) states that this must be 1.5 times their regular rate of hourly pay.

Use our Georgia Minimum Wage Calculator to see your minimum hourly pay rate

To see the calculation for the Georgia Minimum Wage Calculator please enter the details below. Once you have selected Georgia then push 'Calculate' to see the results. You can choose another state to calculate minimum wage here.

How does the Georgia Minimum Wage stack up?

The Georgia Minimum Wage is set at $5.15 per hour, in comparison with the Federal Minimum Wage which is set at $7.25 per hour.