As of July 24, 2009, U.S. federal law requires a minimum wage of at least $7.25 per hour.[131] Just over 5% of all hourly-paid workers (or approximately 1% of the total U.S. population) earn an hourly wage at or below the minimum wage.[132] Washington, D.C. has the highest minimum wage of any district in the U.S. at $14.00 per hour.[133] Washington and Massachusetts have the highest minimum wage of any state in the U.S. at $12.00 per hour as of January 1, 2019;[134] Oregon has the third highest at $11.25 per hour.[135] Then New York (state) and Colorado with $11.10 per hour.