Effective July 24, 2009, the minimum wage in Georgia is $7.25 per hour ($6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008 and before July 24, 2009; $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007 and before July 24, 2008).
Georgia's minimum wage law covers all employees with the exception of farm workers, sharecroppers, land renters, those covered under federal Fair Labor Standards Act, domestic workers, high school and college students, those who receive tips, workers in companies with sales of less than $40,000 or that have five or less employees, newspaper carriers and certain occupations specified by the Commissioner of Labor.
In Georgia, a local government entity may not adopt, maintain, or enforce by charter, ordinance, purchase agreement, contract, regulation, rule, or resolution, either directly or indirectly, a wage or employment benefit mandate.