Any table of wage rates is easy to publish. The hard part is whether you can trace each number back to a source — and show your work. You can here.
I checked the base matrix dimension by dimension against independent authorities — not a single vendor feed. Four primary dimensions across 52 jurisdictions: 260 individual cell-checks.
| Dimension | Verdict | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum wage | Verified | All 52 base rates match the DOL Consolidated Minimum Wage Table (rev. 1/1/2026) and EPI. Three mid-year increases tracked: DC → $18.40 and Oregon → $15.55 (Jul 1), Florida → $15.00 (Sep 30). |
| Meal & rest breaks | Verified | Zero false positives against the DOL Wage & Hour Division state tables. Several meal mandates are conditional on 2–3+ employees on duty — surfaced in the per-state detail. |
| Fair workweek | 2 items | Checked against the Littler Fair Workweek tracker (Feb 2026), Greenberg Traurig, Jackson Lewis, and Ogletree. Evanston, IL added; San Jose reclassified as access-to-hours, not predictive scheduling. |
| Paid sick leave | Substantially OK | Checked against A Better Balance and NCSL. True paid-sick-time laws (18 states + DC) distinguished from any-reason paid-leave laws (IL, ME, NV). Missouri correctly excluded (repealed 8/28/2025). |
Each dimension traces to a primary or leading-tracker source:
| Dimension | Source |
|---|---|
| Minimum & tipped wage | U.S. DOL Consolidated Minimum Wage Table; Economic Policy Institute Minimum Wage Tracker |
| Meal & rest breaks | DOL Wage & Hour Division state meal-period and rest-period tables |
| Overtime | DOL state pages and the FLSA |
| Fair workweek | Littler Fair Workweek tracker; Greenberg Traurig; Jackson Lewis; Ogletree |
| Paid sick leave | A Better Balance paid-sick-time database; NCSL |
| Child labor | DOL YouthRules and state DOL hour-limit rules |
Minimum wages reset annually — most on January 1 or July 1 — and new ordinances pass constantly. A static reference is wrong within months. An automated check runs on the 1st and 15th of every month, comparing stored values against ~25 source pages and flagging rate changes, newly effective laws, repeals, and new ordinances. Every change is logged with its source URL, and each run writes a dated change report. A quarterly human review backs up the automation.
| Jurisdiction | Item | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Evanston, IL | Added — genuine predictive-scheduling ordinance (effective Jan 1, 2024) previously omitted. | Fix |
| San Jose, CA | Reclassified — 'Opportunity to Work' is access-to-hours only, not predictive scheduling. | Nuance |
| Virginia | Narrow home-health paid-sick law now; broad statewide law effective 7/1/2027 (50+ emp) / 1/1/2029 (all). Flagged as scheduled. | Watch |
| Illinois / Maine / Nevada | Any-reason paid-leave laws footnoted as distinct from sick-specific statutes. | Nuance |
| Missouri | Voter-approved sick-leave law repealed effective 8/28/2025 — correctly excluded. | Confirmed |