Oklahoma has a minimum wage law based on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Oklahoma’s law does not specify a dollar amount, but is tied to the federal minimum. Oklahoma’s minimum wage law affects business with at least 10 full-time workers and businesses with annual sales total of $100,000 or more. Certain people are exempt from Oklahoma’s minimum wage law, these include workers that receive tips, high school and college students, and some disabled workers. In 2000, the minimum wage in Oklahoma was $5.15 per hour. The current minimum wage is now $7.25 per hour. In the last 17 years, the minimum wage in Oklahoma has risen $2.10. In former President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union Address, he takes a strong stance for increasing the
