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Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.934 (2026)

Minimum hourly wage rate.

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IMPROVED WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY WAGE ACT


Act 337 of 2018


408.934 Minimum hourly wage rate.

Sec. 4.

    (1) Subject to the exceptions specified in this act, the minimum hourly wage rate is:

    (a) Beginning February 21, 2025, $12.48.

    (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, $13.73.

    (c) Beginning January 1, 2027, $15.00.

    (2) Every October beginning in October, 2027, the state treasurer shall calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate. The adjustment must increase the minimum wage by the rate of inflation. The state treasurer shall calculate the increase by multiplying the otherwise applicable minimum wage by the 12-month percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for the midwest region, CPI-U, or a successor index, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, based on the most recent 12-month period for which data are available. The state treasurer shall publish the adjusted minimum wage rate by November 1 of the year in which it is calculated. The adjusted minimum wage rate is effective beginning January 1 of the immediately succeeding year.

    (3) An increase in the minimum hourly wage rate as prescribed in subsection (2) does not take effect if the unemployment rate, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, for this state is 8.5% or greater for the year immediately preceding the year of the prescribed increase.

    

    

History: 2018, Act 337, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 368, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019 ;-- 2018, Act 337, Eff. Feb. 21, 2025 ;-- Am. 2025, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 21, 2025

Compiler's Notes:

    Public Act 337 was proposed by initiative petition pursuant to Const. 1963, art 2, section 9. On September 5, 2018, the initiative petition was approved by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the Senate and an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, and filed with the Secretary of State on September 5, 2018.

    For the transfer of powers and duties of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs and the powers and duties of the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs to the department of labor and economic opportunity, see E.R.O. No. 2019-3, compiled at MCL 125.1998.

    See Mothering Justice v Attorney General, case no. 165325, July 31, 2024. The Michigan Supreme Court held that 2018 PA 368 was unconstitutional and, therefore void and revived the original initiative as enacted by the Legislature on September 5, 2018, effective February 21, 2025.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2021–2026 · leading case: Francisco Alejandro Zuniga Coronado v. S&J Carpeting, LLC, et al..
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Francisco Alejandro Zuniga Coronado v. S&J Carpeting, LLC, et al. (W.D. Mich. 2026). · cites it 3× “See Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.934 (2019). Here, IWOWA’s exemption 5 To illustrate: Coronado calculates that his regular pay rate was $14.”
Mothering Just. v. Attorney Gen. (Mich. 2024). · cites it 2× “23 per year increase, MCL 408.934; and the minimum wage was not set to exceed $12.”
Alexander Ross v. Robinson, Hoover & Fudge, PLLC (6th Cir. 2026). · cites it 2× “Michigan regulates the relationship between Ross, his employer, and his wages, setting a minimum hourly wage, Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.934, dictating when and how wages must be paid, id.”
Brennan v. IES Energy Solutions, LLC (N.D. Ohio 2021). “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 408.934 (1)(e)-(g). It also states that it does not apply to an employer that is subject to the minimum wage provisions of the FLSA, “unless those federal minimum wage provisions would result in a lower minimum hourly wage than provided in this act.”
Carolina Vasconcelos, et al. v. Sparkle Window Pros Inc., et al. (W.D. Mich. 2026). “Laws § 408.934 (2019). Here, IWOWA’s exemption for FLSA-covered employers is inapplicable because the state minimum wage is higher than the federal.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.934(1)(l) — 1 case
Mothering Just. v. Attorney Gen. (Mich. 2024). “23 per year increase, MCL 408.934; and the minimum wage was not set to exceed $12.”
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