Key Takeaways In 2026, 19 states will raise their minimum wage on January 1, and three others will make an increase later in the year.Eight states already have a higher minimum wage and won’t raise ...

In a move that promises to reshape the financial landscape for many workers, several cities in Texas are set to implement higher minimum wages starting in 2025. This decision comes as a response to ...

The most recent hike to the federal minimum wage occurred on July 24, 2009, back when former President Barack Obama was still in his first year in office and the Black Eyed Peas topped the Billboard ...

Minimum wage hikes traditionally have been aimed at helping low-paid workers afford the basics, such as food, medicine and housing. But a growing number of states and localities are raising their pay ...

Minimum wage workers in Florida, your paychecks will get another bump this year and the next on the way to $15 an hour. That's thanks to the amendment Floridians approved in 2020 to raise the wage ...

Editor’s Note: Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative thinktank in Washington, DC. She is also a ...

With the introduction of a $20 baseline hourly wage specifically for fast-food workers on Monday, California has cemented itself as having among the highest minimum wages. As of April 1, people ...

Michigan’s minimum wage is set to increase on New Year’s Day. As part of a larger plan to up the minimum of what most workers can be paid, the first step calls for a 23-cent increase on Wednesday, Jan ...

The last time Congress voted to increase the federal minimum wage, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns both still existed, Patrick Mahomes was just 11 years old and Kamala Harris was San Francisco’s ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia minimum wage rate will increase to $12.77 effective January 1, 2026, in accordance with Virginia law, according to the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase to $14 for non-tipped employees and $10.98 for tipped employees on September 30, 2025. This increase is part of a gradual rise to $15 per hour by 2026, approved by ...

IN THE BARRIO of Iztapalapa, on Mexico City’s eastern flank, the pavements stay busy even in the punishing afternoon sun. Street vendors hawk snacks from metal carts; waiters from corner taquerías ...