Nearly 20 states kicked off the New Year with minimum wage increases, but some employment experts warn that doing so could ...
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Minimum wage goes up Jan. 1 in 19 states

Minimum wage policy is about to shift again as the calendar turns, with a new round of state level increases scheduled to ...
Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
Millions of American workers are getting a pay raise starting January 1, 2026, as 22 states increase their minimum wages — some by as much as $1.50 per hour. That’s over $3,000 more per year for ...
Michigan's minimum wage is the highest it's ever been, but does that mean the state’s lowest earners have more purchasing ...
Starting on Jan. 1, 2026, the minimum wage will go up to $13.73 an hour – up more than a dollar from the current rate of ...
The federal and Wisconsin minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since its last increase in 2009. A full-time worker earning the current minimum wage falls below the federal poverty threshold.
In the U.S., people cannot legally work for less than the federal minimum wage. However, at a low rate of $7.25 per hour, many believe it’s impossible to make enough to survive and have called on ...
Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Missouri's H.B. 567 into law on July 10, which raised the state's minimum wage law, but repealed ...
The U.S. has not raised the minimum wages since 2009 and Georgia has taken no steps to increase it either, but middle class ...