The City of Austin's living wage is $11.00 per hour as of September 14, 2008. This is the result of a City Council decision to up the Living Wage for the City of Austin. This wage applies only to regular city employees. The federal minimum wage increases to $7.25 per hour as of July 24, 2009. For more information, please refer to the Department of Labor's Wage and Overtime Pay web page.