Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

In total, 88 jurisdictions — including 22 states and 66 cities and counties — are slated to increase their minimum wages at ...

This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...

Nearly 20 states kicked off the New Year with minimum wage increases, but some employment experts warn that doing so could ...

A total of 19 states increased their minimums in 2026, each of them landing between $10 an hour and $18 an hour. Nationwide, ...

According to the UC Berkeley Labor Center, here’s where workers earn more than the new state minimum of $16.90 per hour: ...

In the Great Lakes region, Michigan ranks third, behind $16 an hour in New York and $15 an hour in Illinois. Indiana and ...

Massachusetts is one of the only states in New England that didn’t see an immediate minimum wage increase in 2026. A MA bill ...

The study, led by Slawa Rokicki, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, found that a $1 or greater ...