State Current Jan 1st Increase
Alaska $8.75 $9.75 $1.00
Arkansas $7.50 $8.00 $0.50
California $9.00 $10.00 $1.00
Connecticut $9.15 $9.60 $0.45
Hawaii $7.75 $8.50 $0.75
Maryland $8.00 $8.75 $0.75
Massachusetts $9.00 $10.00 $1.00
Michigan $8.15 $8.50 $0.35
Nebraska $8.00 $9.00 $1.00
New York $8.75 $9.00 $0.25
Rhode Island $9.00 $9.60 $0.60
Vermont $9.15 $9.60 $0.45
West Virginia $8.00 $8.75 $0.75
Select cities have plans to push their minimum wage even higher over time. In Seattle, the minimum wage will rise to between $10.50 and $13, depending on the size of the company, as the city moves toward a $15 minimum wage expected to be fully implemented in 2021.
In New York, fast food workers and government employees will see their minimum wage jump to $10.50 in New York city and $9.75 in the rest of the state.
Come July 1, the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco will increase their minimum wages to $10.50 and $13 an hour as they seek to eventually raise the floor on wages to $15 an hour.
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