For Regular Employees: $14.00 per hour, effective October 2017.

For Temporary Employees: $13.50 per hour. Will increase to $13.84 per hour, effective February 2018.

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.