PHOENIX – For the 10th consecutive year, minimum wage workers in Arizona are getting a raise in 2026.

Effective Jan. 1, Arizona’s minimum wage for employees who don’t regularly receive tips will climb to $15.15, the Industrial Commission of Arizona announced earlier this year. Employers can pay tipped workers $3 under the minimum.

The new pay requirement represents a 3% raise of 45 cents from the 2025 rate of $14.70.

Arizona’s minimum wage has more than doubled since 2011, when it was $7.35, or 10 cents above the federal rate. The federal minimum wage is still $7.25.

History of Arizona’s minimum wage

Arizona did not have a minimum wage law until 2007. Up to that point, the Grand Canyon State used the federal rate.

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