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The push to raise it has gone on for years because minimum wage workers stuck at $7.25 have lost substantial buying power. Had it just been adjusted for inflation since 2009, it would be $10.33 today.
Millions of low-wage earners are getting a raise in 2025 as 21 states are slated to hike their minimum pay starting Jan. 1. ... Michigan's minimum wage is slated to be $10.56, up 23 cents, due to ...
Maryland: The minimum wage will increase from its current $12.50 to $13.25 on Jan. 1, 2023. New Jersey: The minimum wage will increase from its current $13 to $14 on Jan. 1, 2023.
The Raise the Wage Act of 2017, which was simultaneously introduced in the House of Representatives with 166 Democratic cosponsors, would raise the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour immediately, and then gradually increase it to $15 per hour by 2024, while simultaneously raising the minimum wage for tipped workers and phasing it out. [174]
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
Seattle's minimum wage for large employers was raised to $15.45 in 2018 and $16 in 2019. Studies of Seattle's workforce have shown no decline in employment and tangible benefits for workers. [79] The Fight for $15 movement has succeeded in several states and cities in raising the minimum wage to $15 or more per hour.
Workers across 21 states welcomed the new year by seeing their hourly minimum wages rise. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a rate that has remained unchanged since July 2009. During his ...
Illinois will raise its minimum wage to $13 at the beginning of 2023, while tipped workers saw a bump to $7.80 from $7.20. ... Maryland: $13.25. The beginning of 2023 will bring a $1 rise, to $13. ...