For Regular Employees: $15.00 per hour, effective September 2018.
For Temporary Employees: $15.00 per hour, effective February 2019.
These are the result of a City Council decision to increase the Living Wage for the City of Austin. This wage applies to regular and temporary city employees. The federal minimum wage increased to $7.25 per hour, effective July 24, 2009. For more information, please refer to the Department of Labor's Wage and Overtime Pay web page.