Oregon Standard minimum wage: $15.05/hr now, $15.55 July 1, 2026.
The Standard rate is the baseline tier in Oregon's three-tier system — covering Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Yamhill counties, and parts of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington outside the urban growth boundary. The rate is the CPI anchor — Portland Metro is +$1.25, Non-urban is -$1.00.
Standard Minimum Wage Floor
Enforces $15.05/hr Standard floor for shifts in covered counties. Auto-adjusts to $15.55 on July 1, 2026. The CPI anchor that determines the other two tiers.
What those rules do as a Standard-tier shift is created.
The hero card configuration: Block below floor, Flag on annual July 1 uplift.
When a manager attempts to save a Standard-tier shift at a rate below $15.05, the save fails. The shift card identifies the controlling rate and source ORS section.
When BOLI announces the new Standard rate by April 30 each year, Teambridge surfaces all Standard-tier workers below the new floor and offers a batch uplift workflow effective July 1.
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The CPI anchor — fifteen counties plus pieces of three.
The Standard rate is calculated from CPI directly. Portland Metro is statutorily +$1.25; Non-urban is -$1.00. Coverage is geographic — based on where the worker physically performs the shift.
Coverage by county and parcel
The Standard rate covers 15 counties in full: Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, and Yamhill. It also covers parts of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties that fall outside Metro's urban growth boundary — meaning a single county can have both Portland Metro and Standard addresses.
CPI calculation
BOLI calculates the new Standard rate each year based on the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers from March of the prior year to March of the current year. The 2025-to-2026 CPI was 3.3%, producing the $15.55 July 1, 2026 rate (rounded to the nearest five cents).
Teambridge resolves Standard tier coverage by parcel-level address.
Standard tier coverage requires both county lookup AND UGB-out-of-bounds verification for the three split counties.
Shift address → county lookup.
When a shift is created, the work address is resolved to its county. 15 counties default to Standard; 18 counties default to Non-urban; Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington require UGB-status verification.
Three-county addresses checked against UGB.
For Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington County addresses, Teambridge verifies whether the parcel is inside or outside the UGB. Outside → Standard tier. Inside → Portland Metro tier.
Block on rate below Standard.
Every Standard-tier shift validates the rate against the floor ($15.05 → $15.55 on July 1, 2026). Below the floor → save blocked.
BOLI rate published → uplift workflow.
When BOLI announces the new Standard rate by April 30 each year, Teambridge surfaces affected workers for batch uplift effective July 1.
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