In total, 88 jurisdictions — including 22 states and 66 cities and counties — are slated to increase their minimum wages at ...
Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...
A total of 19 states increased their minimums in 2026, each of them landing between $10 an hour and $18 an hour. Nationwide, ...
In the states where a minimum wage job will get you closest to paying your bills, you’ll still come up about $14,000 short each year. In another state, the gap is $73,000 and you would have to work 2 ...
According to the UC Berkeley Labor Center, here’s where workers earn more than the new state minimum of $16.90 per hour: ...
Massachusetts is one of the only states in New England that didn’t see an immediate minimum wage increase in 2026. A MA bill ...
The study, led by Slawa Rokicki, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, found that a $1 or greater ...