Omaha, NE Employment Preemption: Minimum Wage Preemption (2026)

48-1203. Minimum wage; youth minimum wage; adjustments. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 48-1203.01, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees a minimum wage of: (a) Nine dollars per hour through December 31, 2022; (b) Ten dollars and fifty cents per hour on and after January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023; (c) Twelve dollars per hour on and after January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024; (d) Thirteen dollars and fifty cents per hour on and after January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025; and (e) Fifteen dollars per hour on and after January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. (2) The minimum wage established in subdivision (1)(e) of this section shall be increased on January 1, 2027, and on January 1 of successive years, by one and three-quarters percent. No later than October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2026, the Nebraska Department of Labor shall calculate and publish the minimum wage rate that will take effect the following January 1. (3) For persons compensated by way of gratuities such as waitresses, waiters, hotel bellhops, porters, and shoeshine persons, the employer shall pay wages at the minimum rate of two dollars and thirteen cents per hour, plus all gratuities given to them for services rendered.