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“This change could make a difference, but those folks need a bump up, too, in other ways.”
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.
Looking ahead: Though Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has been stagnant since 2009, ... Workers in Michigan saw a modest minimum-wage increase in 2021, to $10.10 from $9.87. Tipped workers, who make ...
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. [171]
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.
On several occasions, Shapiro has proposed raising Pennsylvania's minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15. [147] In June 2023, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that would increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2026, but the Republican-controlled State Senate thwarted the legislation. [ 148 ]
The legislature last increased the state’s minimum wage in 2006. At the moment, Pennsylvania’s wage floor is $7.25 an hour — the same as the federal minimum. The legislature last increased ...
With Democrats in control of both the lower chamber and the governor’s mansion, there’s more leverage to make a deal – though it will be hard given the inflationary strain on the economy.