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What is the federal youth minimum wage during a worker's first 90 days with an employer?
As little as $4.25 an hour, the federal youth minimum wage.
- $4.25 an hour ✔
- $2.13 an hour
- $7.25 an hour, no exceptions
Why: Federal law lets an employer pay a worker under 20 a youth minimum wage of at least $4.25 an hour for the first 90 consecutive calendar days. After that, the youth rate expires.
Huh, didn't know that: The 90-day period counts consecutive calendar days, not only days the employee works.
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Answer: $4.25 an hour. Federal law lets an employer pay a worker under 20 a youth minimum wage of at least $4.25 an hour for the first 90 consecutive calendar days. After that, the youth rate expires.
- Fact Sheet #32, Youth Minimum Wage (US Department of Labor) www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/32-minimum-wage-youth
a youth minimum wage of not less than $4.25 an hour to employees who are under 20 years of age
Checked 2026-10-11.
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