North Carolina Minimum Wage Law Effective January 1, 2007, the minimum wage rate in North Carolina is $6.15 per hour. Before January 1, 2007, the minimum wage rate in North Carolina is $5.15 per hour. All employees are covered by North Carolina's minimum wage law, with the following exemptions: - agricultural employees;
- domestics, including babysitters and companions;
- pages in the state general assembly or governor's office;
- persons confined in and working for any penal, correctional or mental institution of the State or a local government;
- models, actors or performers in motion pictures or theatrical, radio or television productions;
- persons employed by an outdoor drama in a production role, including lighting, costumes, properties and special effects;
- any employee of a summer youth camp or of a seasonal religious or nonprofit educational conference center;
- persons employed in catching, processing or first sale of seafood;
- persons employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, professional or outside sales capacity;
- persons employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce as defined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act;
- volunteers in medical, educational, religious or nonprofit organizations, including volunteer firefighters, rescue and emergency medical services personnel in an incorporated, nonprofit, volunteer community fire department or rescue squad;
- immediate family or dependents of an employer;
- seasonal recreation program employees;
- any person while participating in a ridesharing arrangement; and
- computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, or other similarly skilled workers.
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