Effective January 1, 2009, the minimum wage rate in Ohio is $7.30 per hour ($7.00 per hour for 2008). The minimum wage rate is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009 ($6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008 and before July 24, 2009) for employees of employers having gross annual receipts of $267,000 or less for 2009 ($255,000 or less for 2008) and for youth under the age of 16.
Not covered by the act are employees of the United States, babysitters and live-in companions, people who deliver newspapers to the consumer, outside salespersons, executive, administrative and professional employees, certain agricultural employees, employees of charitable hospitals, police and fire fighters, students working part-time or on a seasonal basis for a political subdivision, and children's nonprofit camp and recreational employees. An exception also applies to certain employers with state licenses that authorize the payment of a lower wage rate to individuals with mental or physical disabilities that may adversely affect their opportunity for employment.