The minimum wage rate in North Carolina is $5.15 per hour.
All employees are covered by North Carolina's minimum wage law, with the
following exemptions: (1) agricultural employees; (2) domestics, including
babysitters and companions; (3) pages in the state general assembly or
governor's office; (4) persons confined in and working for any penal,
correctional or mental institution of the State or a local government; (5)
models, actors or performers in motion pictures or theatrical, radio or
television productions; (6) persons employed by an outdoor drama in a production
role, including lighting, costumes, properties and special effects; (7) any
employee of a summer youth camp or of a seasonal religious or nonprofit
educational conference center; (8) persons employed in catching, processing or
first sale of seafood; (9) persons employed in a bona fide executive,
administrative, professional or outside sales capacity; (10) persons employed in
an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce as
defined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act; (11) volunteers in medical,
educational, religious or nonprofit organizations; (12) immediate family or
dependents of an employer; (13) seasonal recreation program employees; (14) any
person while participating in a ridesharing arrangement; and (15) computer
systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, or other similarly
skilled workers.