Missouri RSMo 290.528 preempts local minimum wage ordinances, requiring cities and counties to follow the state minimum wage and barring higher local wage floors. The state wage itself is set by RSMo 290.502 and adjusts annually.
RSMo 290.528 provides that no political subdivision may establish, mandate, or require an employer to provide a minimum or living wage exceeding state law, and it preempts and nullifies all such local ordinances. The General Assembly enacted this preemption (HB 722 in 2015, re-enacted via HB 1194 & 1193 in 2017) to override minimum wage ordinances in St. Louis and Kansas City, and the Missouri Supreme Court in Cooperative Home Care v. City of St. Louis (2017) upheld the state's authority. The state minimum wage is set by RSMo 290.502, which voters raised through Proposition A in 2018 and again in 2024 with cost-of-living adjustments. Localities may encourage higher pay through procurement but cannot legislate it.
Local wage ordinances exceeding the state floor are preempted and unenforceable. Employers paying the state minimum wage are shielded from local sanctions, and aggrieved parties may seek declaratory or injunctive relief.
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