New Oregon Minimum Wage Rate Summary

Enacted by the 2016 Oregon Legislature, Senate Bill 1532 establishes a series of annual minimum wage rate increases beginning July 1, 2016 through July 1, 2022.  Beginning July 1, 2023, the minimum wage rate will be indexed to inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a figure published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In addition to a new standard minimum wage rate, the bill sets out a separate rate which will apply to employers located in the urban growth boundary of a metropolitan service district.  (Currently, only the Portland metropolitan area has an urban growth boundary.)  Finally, a third rate will apply within certain "nonurban" counties named in the bill. 

 

 Date Standard Portland Metro Nonurban counties
January 1, 2016 $9.25 $9.25 $9.25
July 1, 2016 $9.75 $9.75 $9.50
July 1, 2017 $10.25 $11.25 $10.00
July 1, 2018 $10.75 $12.00 $10.50
July 1, 2019 $11.25 $12.50 $11.00
July 1, 2020 $12.00 $13.25 $11.50
July 1, 2021 $12.75 $14.00 $12.00
July 1, 2022 $13.50 $14.75 $12.50
July 1, 2023 $14.20 $15.45 $13.20
July 1, 2024 $14.70 $15.95 $13.70
July 1, 2025 Adjusted annually based on the increase,
if any, to the US City average Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers*
$1.25 over the standard minimum wage $1 less than the standard minimum wage

*By April 30th of each year, the Bureau will calculate an adjustment of the standard minimum wage rate.

The adjustment is based on the increase, if any, from March of the prior year to March of the current year in the Consumer Price Index - U.S. City Average for All Urban Consumers for All Items prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Any wage increase will be rounded to the nearest five cents and takes effect July 1st.

OSU Minimum Wage Rate – By Location Code