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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]
An effort to gradually bump up the minimum wage to $9.75 in 2024 stagnated in the state legislature. ... Kentucky’s minimum wage mirrors the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25. Tipped workers ...
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 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.
The federal minimum wage is currently at $7.25 — money that has stayed the same since 2009. Read More: ... U.S. minimum wage: $7.25. In 2024 dollars: $7.43.
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 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 ...
Michigan's minimum wage is slated to be $10.56, up 23 cents, due to legislation.Minnesota's minimum is making an inflation-adjusted move to $11.13, up 28 cents.Missouri is taking its base hourly ...