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Executive Order 13658: Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors

President: Barack Obama

Required an annually indexed minimum wage for workers on specified new and renewed federal service and construction contracts.

Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 13658 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13658 was superseded. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13658 do?

EO 13658 established a $10.10 minimum wage beginning in 2015 for workers on covered federal contracts, indexed annually for inflation. EO 14026 later imposed a higher standard for newer contracts, but President Trump revoked that order in 2025. Labor continues enforcing EO 13658 for qualifying contracts entered, renewed or extended from 2015 through January 29, 2022 that have not since been renewed; its rate rises to $13.65 on May 11, 2026.

Administration position: The order is not the nationwide minimum wage and does not cover every contractor or contract; coverage depends on contract type, dates, clauses and worker activity.
SignedFebruary 12, 2014
Initial rate$10.10 from 2015
2026 rate$13.65 from May 11
Current coverageSpecified legacy federal contracts

Before and after

Before the order

Prevailing-wage laws covered many federal contracts but did not supply this single indexed floor for all covered workers.

After the order

Solicitations and contracts added a wage clause, recordkeeping and enforcement duties for covered work.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Covered contractorsPay the applicable indexed minimum and post noticesContinuing
Labor DepartmentSet annual rate investigate and enforceContinuing
Contracting agenciesInclude clauses and provide remediesContinuing

What happened next

EO 13658 issued.

The initial $10.10 rate took effect.

EO 13658 rates rise to $13.65 and $9.55 for tipped workers.