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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.
The General Assembly’s Fair Wage Act of 2023 increased Maryland’s state minimum wage from $13.25 to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, 2024. Some counties in Maryland have higher minimum wages depending ...
Additionally, Florida's minimum wage will increase by $1 to $13, effective Sept. 30, 2024. Nevada increases its minimum wage to $12 an hour from $11.25 on July 1.
A handful of counties tried to raise their minimum wages locally, but in 2017, ... a slower increase to $13 by 2024 also stalled. ... have the highest minimum wage rate for any state at $15.50, up ...
January 1: Highest minimum wage laws in the country go into effect at both state and local levels Washington State minimum wage rises to $16.28 per hour and remains the highest state minimum wage in the United States throughout the year. [1] Seattle minimum wage rises to $19.97 per hour, the highest for a major U.S. city. [2] March 12: primaries
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 highest state minimum wage in 2024 will be Washington state, at $16.28, up from $15.74. A close second is California, which is raising its minimum to $16 from $15.50 on January 1.
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]