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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 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 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. [173]
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.
The minimum wage, unchanged since 2009 ... Workers will get yearly 75-cent raises until July 2024, bringing Nevada’s minimum wage to $12. ... Smaller employers are on a separate schedule that ...
Increases the minimum wage for tipped employees (currently $6.75/hr) to the state minimum wage of $15/hr by 2029 while continuing to permit tipping. Nov 5 >50% TBD: Missouri: Citizens On ballot Proposition A: Increases the minimum wage to $15/hr (currently $12.30/hr) by 2026; requires 1 hour of paid sick leave per 30 hours worked. Nov 5 >50% ...
Minimum wage employees in 22 states received a raise to start 2024 — the Lone Star State was not one of them. Here's how we compare Some states are raising minimum wage in 2024.
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]