Washington was one of 21 states to implement an increase in minimum wage at the start of the new year. The wage went from $16.28 per hour to $16.66 per hour. Many student workers are receiving minimum ...

The standard minimum wage in Michigan is rising to $10.56 an hour starting Jan. 1, the first of two scheduled increases to the base wage in the state slated this year. Starting Jan. 1, the hourly ...

Data: U.S. Department of Labor and Ohio Department of Commerce; Chart: Axios Visuals Ohio's minimum wage increased marginally to begin 2025, but remains well below the cost of living in our region.

graphs, and financial models. Hadi Zaher / Getty Images Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States must pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour as of 2025.

This story originally appeared in Stateline. The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour. In many states, such as ...

A business owner in West Seattle lamented that the closure of her business due to the rising minimum wage means the loss of a place where locals could safely gather. Nearly half the states in the ...

Cravetiger / Getty Images Minimum wage laws have been in effect in the United States since 1938. The rate has changed nationally more than 20 times since then. But some feel the increases haven't ...

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The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour. In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as ...

The hourly minimum wage in Michigan is set for two increases in 2025, thanks to a Michigan Supreme Court ruling made earlier this year. First, the standard minimum wage will increase ...

Illinois is among nearly 20 other states who have passed similar legislation to eliminate subminimum wage for workers with ...