This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C discusses the new minimum wage of $8.10 per hour that is effective in Florida on January 1, 2017. A statewide minimum wage was established in Florida in 2004 by a voter-approved constitutional amendment requiring that the minimum wage be calculated every calendar year on September 30th. The rate is based on a specific consumer price index.