Colorado Minimum Wage Increased to $7.28

Colorado has increased its minimum wage to $7.28 per hour from January 1, 2009.

For tipped employees, the minimum wage increased from $4.00 per hour to $4.26 per hour - no more than $3.02 can be used to offset the minimum wage.

In accordance with the Colorado Constitution, the state minimum wage is to be adjusted annually for inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index used for Colorado, and Colorado is one of about a dozen U.S. states where the minimum wage is adjusted for inflation every year.