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[59] [60] By July 1, 2021, the minimum wage in Chicago was $15.00, with Illinois eventually matching the rate statewide by 2025. [61] As of July 1, 2024, the minimum wage in Chicago is $16.20 per hour for non-tipped employees and $11.02 for tipped employees. [62] Similarly, the minimum wage in Minneapolis, Minnesota had reached $15.00 per hour ...
In 2024, the state minimum wage in Washington is $16.28 per hour — the highest in the country. ... Oregon’s standard state minimum wage is $14.70 as of July 1, 2024. In the Portland Metro area ...
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.
Washington, DC, continues to have the highest minimum wage in the country at $17.05 after a 45-cent hike in July. New Hampshire’s ban on gender-affirming surgical care for minors
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]
In the most recent election, Missouri voted to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026, and Alaska voted to hike its minimum to $15 by mid-2027. The last federal minimum increase was in July ...
As 2024 kicks off, many employees across the country were given raises because 22 states increased the minimum wage. Texas was not one of the states to increase the minimum wage.
History of the US federal minimum wage. Lower line is nominal dollars. Top line is inflation-adjusted. [1] [2] The Raise the Wage Act is a proposed United States law that would increase the federal minimum wage to US$17. [3] [4] Versions of the bill have been introduced in each United States Congress since 2017.