Wednesday, January 01, 2025

These States Will Raise the Minimum Wage in 2025

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.

Posted by gracieamazed at 05:33 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink

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The minimum wage should mean the minimum livable wage.

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... Overall, the states set to raise their minimum wage on Wednesday include: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. ...

The latest round of pay increases, however, will not affect more than a dozen states concentrated in the South that lack a minimum wage or offer a minimum wage that does not exceed the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-31 07:15 PM

It should be $20 per hr minimum.

#2 | Posted by bat4255 at 2025-01-01 06:18 PM

Still $7.25 here in Okiehomie, where only the guest workers (AKA criminal terrorist ------- roofers and groundskeepers) work for this rate. Come about April 2025 local employers will be wondering why they have no employees ...

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-01 09:12 PM

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