As the calendar turns to a new year, about half of all states are expected to implement a higher minimum wage. Here's where hourly pay is increasing amid a push for a higher federal minimum rate ...

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

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

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

California raised its minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 this year. In 2025, the minimum wage for other workers in the state will be raised to $16.50. (Matthias Balk/picture alliance via ...

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

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 ...

On Feb. 21, Michigan will raise its state minimum wage by almost $2 per hour, from $10.56 to $12.48 — that is, unless lawmakers block it first. It would be the second increase of the year and ...

Final Thoughts. Over half of the country lives paycheck to paycheck, and a full-time, $7.25/hour minimum wage job is no longer livable. Ideally, states would take the lead in making life easier ...

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 ...