The new year is rapidly approaching, but will the minimum wage in the state of Illinois be going up in 2026? Under provisions of a law passed in 2019, the state’s minimum wage had increased by $1 per ...

(NEXSTAR) — Despite attempts in Congress this year, the federal minimum wage will remain unchanged in 2025. In nearly two dozen states, however, that rate is set to climb in 2026. Since 2009, the ...

As signed into Gov. Kathy Hochul's 2024 budget, the state's minimum wage will see its second of two 50-cent increases in 2026. In 2024, the rate rose to $16 per hour in New York City, Westchester ...

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.

On the campaign trail, New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani pledged to increase the city’s minimum hourly wage, from $16.50 to $30, by 2030. The increase would be phased in, with automatic annual hikes ...

SEATTLE — Seattle's minimum wage is going up in 2026, the city's Office of Labor Standards (OLS) announced Tuesday. Seattle's minimum wage ordinance requires the hourly rate to increase annually, on ...

Florida's minimum wage increased to $14 an hour on September 30. The wage will continue to rise by $1 annually until it reaches $15 an hour in 2026. Business groups have expressed concerns that the ...

Ohio's minimum wage will increase to $11 starting Jan. 1, 2026. The change marks a 2.8% jump from the current rate of $10.70 for non-tipped workers, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. Wages ...

Roughly 50,000 Rhode Islanders earn minimum wage, according to Gov. Dan McKee’s office. The minimum wage is scheduled to increase to $17 over the next two years. Rhode Island’s minimum wage will ...

Hundreds of thousands of workers across more than a dozen cities and states will soon receive higher pay, thanks to minimum wage hikes set to take effect July 1. More than 800,000 workers in two ...

While workers across many jurisdictions have already seen minimum wage increases with the start of the year, thousands more across over a dozen cities and states will see a pay bump heading into July ...