(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 ...

The new year will see dozens of states, cities and counties raising the minimum wage locally, helping millions of Americans offset an increasingly urgent affordability crisis. On Jan. 1, 2026, the ...

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s minimum wage will increase on the first day of 2026. The state’s minimum wage has been $12.48 since February 2025. On Jan. 1, 2026, it will rise to $13.73. It is scheduled ...

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.

It is easy to see why politicians like raising the minimum wage. Short of cash yet keen to fight inequality, they have seized on a tool of redistribution that costs governments little and wins votes.

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The minimum wage for workers in Seattle and Washington state is going up. The state minimum wage will rise 2.8%, from $16.66 per hour to $17.13, on Jan. 1, the Washington State Department of Labor and ...

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 ...

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 ...