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- Effective January 1, 2021, the state minimum wage is $11.75 per hour. The basic tipped wage rate for service or tipped employees must equal fifty percent (50%) of the state minimum wage and will be $5.88 per hour effective January 1, 2021.
- “Service or tipped employees” are those who work in the hotel, motel, tourist place, or restaurant industry who customarily and regularly receive more than $120.00 per month in tips for direct and personal customer service.
- Employers subject to the state minimum wage laws are those with two (2) or more employees, unless they fall under a statutory exemption.
- Employees exempt from the state minimum wage requirements include:Full-time high school students;Agricultural workers;Taxicab drivers;Outsides salespersons; andFederal employees, among others.
- Full-time high school students;
- Agricultural workers;
- Taxicab drivers;
- Outsides salespersons; and
- Federal employees, among others.
- For more information please visit the Vermont Department of Labor website.
