Vermont Minimum Wage Law

Effective January 1, 2007, the minimum wage in Vermont is $7.53 per hour ($7.25 per hour for 2006; $7.00 per hour for 2005).

Vermont's minimum wage law covers all employers with two or more employees. The term employee does not include individuals employed in:

  1. agriculture;
  2. domestic service;
  3. federal or state employees;
  4. publicly supported nonprofit organizations except practical nurses, nurses' aides, and laundry employees;
  5. bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity;
  6. individuals employed to deliver newspapers to homes;
  7. taxicab drivers;
  8. outside salespersons; and
  9. students working during all or any part of the school year or during vacations.

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