New Minimum Wage
03/10/2025Colorado’s statewide minimum wage has increased to $11.79 per hour for employees who receive tips and $14.81 per hour for employees who do not receive tips.
Certain municipalities have set their own local minimum wages. The following local minimum wages took effect on January 1, 2025:
- Denver: $18.81 per hour ($15.79 per hour with tip credit)
- Boulder: $15.57 per hour ($12.55 per hour with tip credit)
- Edgewater: $16.52 per hour ($13.50 per hour with tip credit)
- Unincorporated Boulder County (including Niwot, Eldorado Springs, Eldora, Allenspark, Gold Hill, Hygiene, Coal Creek Canyon, and those parts of Gunbarrel that are not part of the City of Boulder): $16.57 per hour ($13.55 per hour with tip credit)