SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM0 - South Dakota’s hourly minimum wage for non-tipped employees increases a $1.25 to $8.50 an hour beginning Thursday.
Dawn Dovre with the Department of Labor says the hourly minimum wage for tipped employees is different. The hourly minimum wage for tipped employees will be half the minimum wage for non-tipped employees. Wages and tips combined must be at least the minimum wage.
The increase will be anually adjusted by any increase in the cost of living as measured by Consumer Price Index from the U.S. Department of Labor. The minimum wage can never be lowered.
The new rate will be posted to the South Dakota Department of Labor's website by no later than Octobers 15 of each year.