The hourly wage for non-tipped employees went from $8.80 to $9.30 as of January 1st. Workers who get tips will jump from $4.40 cents an hour to $4.65. The Ohio minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 cents an hour. Many companies around the state have raised their wages even higher than the minimum wage, to try and attract people to fill open positions or retain current employees.

2020 means a pay increase for people making minimum wage in the State of Ohio. People will now make $8.70 an hour, and tipped employee's hourly rate increased 5 cents to $4.35 an hour. The increase was part of a change to the Ohio Constitution that voters approved in 2006. For Ohio businesses that made less than $319,000 in 2019 or workers that are under 16 years old, the minimum wage remains at the federal level of $7.25 an hour.