NH Business Review
Amended tipped wage bill heads for House vote next week
If passed, it could prevent a steep wage hike should a federal $15 minimum wage come to fruition
May 28, 2021
New Hampshire’s tipped minimum wage won’t be frozen at $3.27 an hour, but it will be untethered from the state minimum wage, if the House Labor Committee version of SB 137 becomes law.
This could mean good news or bad news for tipped workers, depending on what the federal government does with its minimum wage.
Officially, the New Hampshire has no minimum wage – the only Northeastern state without one. As a result, the state defaults to the federal minimum of $7.25. The lowest wage among the adjoining states is Vermont, at $11.75. Massachusetts has the highest minimum at $13.50.
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