Ohio’s minimum wage increased to $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 per hour for tipped employees on Jan. 1, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. This was an automatic adjustment due to a constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2006.

Ohio's minimum wage is set to increase on Jan. 1, 2025 from $10.45 to $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. Tipped employees will be starting at $5.35 per hour, up from the 2024 rate of $5.25. These rates apply to employees at businesses with annual gross receipts higher than $394,000 per year.

In Broome County, the unemployment rate sits at 3.6% as of January 3, 2025, lower than the long-term average of 5.67%. However, Executive Director at Broome-Tioga Workforce Robert Murphy says there's a bigger issue that the wage increase could possibly help out.