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Frequencies the DOL table marks for Minnesota

An “X” in the DOL table means the state permits that payday frequency; blank means it is not marked. Check your state labor office for the current rule.

Pay frequencyMarked by DOL
WeeklyNo
BiweeklyNo
SemimonthlyYes
MonthlyYes

DOL footnotes for Minnesota

  • 11 Minnesota. Under Minnesota statute, employers are required to pay their employees for all wages including salary, earnings and gratuities at least once every 31 days, and all commissions earned by an employee at least once every three months on a regular payday. Employees engaged in transitory employment must be paid at intervals of not more than 15 days. Employees of “public service corporations doing business within this state” are required to be paid at least semimonthly the wages earned by them within 15 days of the date of such payment, unless prevented by inevitable casualty.

Source: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, State Payday Requirements (revised January 1, 2023). Record id: DOL-WHD-state-payday / Minnesota. Data revised January 1, 2023.