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As of January 1, seven states and the District of Columbia will have minimum wages of $15 or more, up from just four states plus DC last year. ... District of Columbia: Its $17 minimum wage will ...
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 1938 minimum wage law only applied to "employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce," but in amendments in 1961 and 1966, the federal minimum wage was extended (with slightly different rates) to employees in large retail and service enterprises, local transportation and construction, state ...
Initiative 82 would gradually increase the tipped minimum hourly wage from the $5.05 [7] in 2021 to at least $17.50, [8] matching the non-tipped minimum wage in 2027. [9] Although some DC restaurants voluntarily have stopped accepting tips and instead have begun paying their servers at or above minimum wage in the aftermath of Initiative 77 ...
This group will see the largest minimum-wage increase in the country – $2.28 – with the state’s new minimum wage of $11.13 for all employers. ... DC, continues to have the highest minimum ...
President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview that he "would consider" raising the federal minimum wage. It has been at $7.25 per hour since 2009; however, 30 states and DC have increased ...
US map of hourly minimum wages by state and District of Columbia (D.C.). [1] Percent of workers earning less than $15 per hour, by state. History of the federal minimum wage. Lower line is nominal dollars. Top line is inflation-adjusted. [2] [3] US federal minimum wage if it had kept pace with productivity. Also, the inflation-adjusted minimum wage
In 2018, 55% of voters in DC passed Initiative 77, which got rid of the tip credit system and sought to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers. The DC Council voted 8-5 to repeal the law. Read ...