Growing inflation over the past year means a raise for minimum wage workers in Ohio.

The 30-cent hike to $11 an hour takes effect Jan. 1 and applies to non-tipped workers in businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $405,000. The receipt threshold grew from $394,000.

The wage for tipped workers will move to $5.50 per hour. Businesses that do not meet the receipt threshold work under the current federal minimum wage of $7.25.

The increase comes after the Consumer Price Index rose 2.8% from Sept. 1, 2024, to Aug. 31, 2025.

Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2006 that tied the state’s minimum wage to inflation. It has increased 18 times since then, with the largest inflation-based increase occurring in 2023 at 8.7%. That took workers from $9.30 an hour to $10.10.

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