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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]
Nearly half the states in the U.S. are set for minimum wage increases on Jan. 1, 2025, which will mean a pay hike for some 9.2 million workers, according to recent data.. An analysis by The ...
The minimum wage increased to $14.65 and tipped minimum wage to $7.33 on January 1, 2025. The tipped rate is half of the current state minimum wage. [246] Rockland: Starting on January 1, 2025, for employers with more than 25 employees, the minimum wage will be $15.50. The minimum wage in future years be adjusted annually based on cost of ...
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 ...
Looking ahead: The minimum wage rose to $13.50 last July, and for Portland workers, wages hit $14.75 in 2022; for rural workers, wages jumped $12.50. After that, increases will be tied to inflation.
The 2024 Rose Bowl in Pasadena. January 1: Two people are killed and eight are injured in a mass shooting at a New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Los Angeles. [21] A law goes into effect setting the statewide minimum wage at US$16 per hour, the second-highest statewide minimum wage behind Washington. [22]
Minimum wage increases in the past few years have helped Americans keep pace with annual inflation that reached a 40-year high of 9.1% in mid-2022 before gradually falling to 2.6% recently.