As the calendar turns to a new year, as many as 26 states are expected to mandate a higher minimum wage.

Nearly two dozen states, cities and local municipalities will see some form of a minimum wage increase starting July 1.

Make the most of a bigger paycheck or guard your budget from rising prices; minimum wage jumps impact everyone.

Nearly half of U.S. states are set to raise their minimum wage at the outset of 2025, boosting pay for millions of workers stretching from California to Maine. In all, 21 states will raise their ...

July 1 saw 15 states and cities nationwide implement minimum wage increases, with at least one city raising the rate to $20 ...

Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C. will increase their minimum wage for more than 880,000 workers, collectively ...

This is the largest gap between the Michigan and federal minimum wage ever. The numbers between the state and federal wages didn’t always play out that way, as shown on the chart below.

The federal minimum wage in the U.S. of $7.25 per hour has not budged since 2009, and in many states that remains the minimum wage as of 2024. But in recent years, efforts to raise minimum wages ...

Nearly half the states in the U.S. are raising their minimum wages in 2025, meaning pay hikes for more than 9 million workers, according to a new report.