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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.
In California, the state minimum wage as of January 1, 2024 was $16 per hour. [6] [note 1] As of July 2024, California had the highest minimum wage of any state and was the highest in the country except for some part of New York (which also have a $16/hour minimum wage) and the District of Columbia (which has a minimum wage of $17.50/hour). [9]
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]
Starting on Jan. 1, 2024, minimum wage will increase by $1 bringing it up to $15.13 per hour for most employees. Additionally, wages will increase for: Seasonal and small employees to $13.73 per ...
Minimum wage: $2 . In 2024 money: $12.46. Had the government not increased the minimum wage in 1974, It would have cratered by almost a full dollar from $12.46 in today's money all the way down to ...
Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber ...
Country Minimum wage Annual (US$) Annual PPP ()Length of standard workweek (hours) Hourly (US$) Hourly (Intl$) % of 2011 GDP per capita Effective Afghanistan The Afghan workweek is actually 40 hours; 45 is used to give a different value for the normalized wage.
New York's minimum wage will increase to $16 in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County in January, following a series of increases across the state since 2016.. The minimum wage will ...