The minimum wage in West Virginia is $8.75 per hour as of January 1, 2023. This rate applies to most employees in West Virginia, with limited exceptions including tipped employees, some student workers, and other exempt occupations. The state minimum wage of $8.75 will apply whenever there are six or more non-exempt employees working at any one separate, distinct, and permanent work location. Employers with less than six non-exempt employees working at the same separate, distinct, and permanent work location may be able to pay employees less than the minimum wage. The federal minimum wage is currently less than the state minimum wage requirement, so the only occasion in which the federal minimum wage would apply to employees working in West Virginia would be when the six-employee requirement is not met.