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.

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 ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase by one dollar on September 30, 2025. The increase is part of a constitutional amendment passed in 2020 to raise the wage to $15 an hour by 2026. Business groups ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's plan for a $30 an hour minimum wage could make it harder for Americans to access entry-level jobs by speeding up automation. Mamdani, the 33-year-old ...

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 ...

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 voter-mandated plan to reach a $15 minimum wage ...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants to double the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, with legislation filed Tuesday to increase the rate last bumped up nearly two decades ago. “For decades, working ...

While workers across many jurisdictions have already seen minimum wage increases this year, some Americans are still due for a bump in 2025. Jan. 1, 2025 marked a popular day for pay increases across ...

Social media has been ablaze with rumors that President Donald Trump has raised the federal minimum wage after a viral video claimed Americans will now pocket a minimum $25 an hour. The video, making ...

House Democrats have introduced legislation to gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2030, seeking to improve pay for more than 20 million American workers. Representative Bobby ...

Oregon’s minimum wage will rise by 35 cents an hour on July 1, state labor officials announced Friday. The state raises its minimum wage every year to keep pace with inflation, as measured by the ...

A new law going into effect Friday will see workers making the minimum wage in Michigan getting a raise. Here's what to know about Michigan's minimum wage in 2025 and beyond. What is the minimum wage ...