Minimum wage increases in 2025
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- Last updated: November 27, 2024
In 2025, the minimum wage was set to increase in 23 states and Washington, D.C. The increases range from $0.25 in Montana and Ohio to $2.15 in Michigan.
- 19 increases were set to take effect on January 1, 2025;
- one state, Michigan, was set to have two increases—one on January 1 and one on February 21, 2025;
- increases in two states (Alaska and Oregon) and Washington, D.C. were set to take effect on July 1, 2025; and
- one was set to take effect in Florida on September 30, 2025.
Going into 2025, 20 states used the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25, and 30 states provided for state minimum wages above the federal minimum wage.
After 2025 increases, minimum wages were set to be highest in Washington, D.C., with an increase above its 2024 rate of $17.50 to be announced in July 2025; Washington, with an increase to $16.66 from its 2024 rate of $16.28; and California, with an increase to $16.50 from its 2024 rate of $16.00.
Minimum wages were set to be the lowest in Georgia and Wyoming, where the states' $5.15 minimum wages are superseded by the federal government's $7.25 per hour requirement.
HIGHLIGHTS
See the sections below for further information on the following topics:
- Map of 2025 minimum wages
- State minimum wage rate increases in 2025
- States with varying regional minimum wages
- Potential ballot measures concerning minimum wage, 2025
- Ballot measures concerning minimum wage, 2016-2024
- The history of minimum wage ballot measures
- State minimum wage data, 2023-2024
2025 minimum wages
The average state minimum wage in 2025 is $11.18.
The top five highest 2025 statewide minimum wages were set to be as follows:
- $17.50 in Washington, D.C.[1];
- $16.66 in Washington;
- $16.50 in California,
- $16.35 in Connecticut; and
- $15.50 in New York.
The lowest minimum wages based on state law were $5.15 in Georgia and Wyoming, which were lower than the federal government's requirement. When the state rate is lower than the federal rate, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 supersedes state law for most types of employees. Twenty (20) states used the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25.
The map below shows state minimum wages in 2025.
Increases in 2025
Effective January 1, 2025
Minimum wage increases were set to take effect on January 1, 2025, in the following 19 states:
- Arizona: Arizona's minimum wage increased from $14.35 to $14.70 on January 1, 2025. In 2016, voters approved Proposition 206, which was designed to increase the minimum wage each year until reaching $12.00 in 2020 and index the wage to inflation beginning in 2021.[2]
- California: California's minimum wage increased from $16.00 to $16.50 on January 1, 2025. In 2015, the California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 3 as a compromise with the labor union behind a citizen-initiated measure that would have increased the minimum wage faster. SB 3 was set to increase the minimum wage each year until reaching $15.00 in 2022 and tie the minimum wage to inflation thereafter. The wage increased to $16.00 in 2024.[3]
- Colorado: Colorado's minimum wage increased from $14.42 to $14.81 on January 1, 2025. Amendment 70, approved by voters in 2016, was designed to increase the state's minimum wage to $12 by January 1, 2020, and to index it to the CPI thereafter.
- Connecticut: The wage was set to increase from $15.69 to $16.35 per hour on January 1, 2025, as a result of the state's second inflation adjustment following the passage of Act 19-4 in 2019.[4]
- Delaware: The wage was set to increase from $13.25 to $15.00 per hour on January 1, 2025. On July 19, 2021, Delaware Governor John Carney (D) signed Senate Bill 15 into law. The bill increased the state's minimum wage from $11.75 per hour to $13.25 on January 1, 2023. The bill was designed to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025.[5]
- Illinois: Illinois' minimum wage increased from $14.00 to $15.00 on January 1, 2025, based on legislation signed in 2019.[6]
- Maine: Maine's minimum wage increased from $14.15 to $14.65 on January 1, 2025. Question 4 was designed to increase the minimum wage until reaching $12.00 in 2020 and index the wage to inflation beginning in 2021.[7]
- Michigan: Michigan's minimum wage increased from $10.33 to $10.56 on January 1, 2025, and was set to increase again to $12.00 on February 21, 2025. Under Senate Bill 1171 of 2018, the then-current general minimum wage of $9.25 an hour was set to increase to $9.45 beginning January 1, 2019, and then increase by a prescribed amount every following January 1 until reaching $12.05 beginning January 1, 2030. There were no further increases after the wage reaches $12.05.[8]
- Minnesota: Minnesota's minimum wage increased from $10.85 to $11.13 per hour. Passed in 2014, the state's law increased the minimum wage to $9.50 in 2017 and indexed increases to annual changes in inflation after that.[9]
- Missouri: Missouri's minimum wage increased from $12.30 to $13.75 on January 1, 2025. Voters in Missouri approved Proposition B on November 5, 2024, which was designed to increase the minimum wage January 1, 2025, to $13.75 per hour, with increases of $1.25 per hour each year until 2026, when the minimum wage was set to be $15.00 per hour[10]
- Montana: Montana's minimum wage increased from $10.30 to $10.55 on January 1, 2025. In 2006, voters approved Initiative 151, which increased the minimum wage to $6.15 in 2007 and indexed the minimum wage to inflation beginning in 2008.[11]
- Nebraska: Initiative 433 approved by voters in 2022 was designed to increase the minimum wage to $10.50 on January 1, 2023, until reaching $15.00 on January 1, 2026. The wage was set to increase to $12.00 in 2024 and $13.50 in 2025.
- New Jersey: New Jersey's minimum wage increased from $15.13 to $15.49 per hour on January 1, 2025. In February 2019, New Jersey passed a bill (A15) that raised the state minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024.[12]
- New York: On January 1, 2025, the minimum wage was set to increase to $16.50 per hour in New York City, Westchester, and Long Island, and to $15.50 per hour for the rest of the state. To read more about New York's regional minimum wages, see the regional minimum wages section below.
- Ohio: Ohio's minimum wage increased from $10.45 to $10.70 on January 1, 2025. In 2006, voters approved Amendment 2, which increased the minimum wage to $6.85 in 2007 and indexed the minimum wage to inflation beginning in 2008.[13]
- Rhode Island: Rhode Island's minimum wage increased from $14.00 to $15.00 per hour on January 1, 2024. On May 20, 2021, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee (D) signed a bill into law that was designed to raise the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2025.[14]
- South Dakota: South Dakota's minimum wage increased from $11.20 to $11.50 on January 1, 2025. In 2014, voters approved Measure 18, which increased the minimum wage to $8.50 in 2015 and indexed the minimum wage to inflation beginning in 2016.[15]
- Vermont: The minimum wage was set to increase on January 1, 2025, from $12.00 to $12.41 after reenactment of the state's Minimum Wage Act during the 2020 legislative session.[16]
- Washington: Initiative 1433, approved by voters in 2016, was designed to increase the state's minimum wage to $13.50 per hour by January 1, 2020, and to index the minimum wage to the CPI every year after. Initiative 1433 increased the state's minimum wage from $14.49 to $15.74 per hour on January 1, 2023. The wage was set to increase to $16.66 per hour in 2025.
Effective July 1, 2025
- Alaska: In 2024, voters passed Ballot Measure 1, which was designed to raise the minimum wage to $13 on July 1, 2025; $14 on July 1, 2026; and $15 on July 1, 2027. After this, the minimum wage would be adjusted annually for inflation. The adjustment would be calculated each September 30th by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, for the proceeding calendar year, and by using the 100% rate of inflation based on the Consumer Price index for all urban consumers for the Anchorage metropolitan area and compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and United States Department of Labor. The adjusted minimum wage would be rounded up to the nearest ten cents. The adjusted minimum hourly wage would apply to work performed for the next calendar year when it will be effective.[17]
- Oregon: On July 1, 2023, the standard minimum wage increased in Oregon from $13.50 to $14.20. Beginning July 1, 2024, the wage was set to increase based on changes to the Consumer Price Index. The wage for Portland Metro was set to increase $1.25 over the standard wage while nonurban counties were set to be $1 less than the standard wage. Passed in 2016, the legislation for the state's minimum wage divided the state into three regions, which get different rate increases. The minimum wage increased in the 15 counties classified as standard based on changes to the Consumer Price Index, which must be calculated by April 30, 2025. To read more about Oregon's regional minimum wages, see the regional minimum wages section below.[18]
- Washington, D.C.: The minimum wage was set to increase on July 1, 2025, based on changes to the Consumer Price Index within the Washington Metropolitan Area.[19]
Effective September 30, 2025
- Florida: Florida's minimum wage increased from $13.00 per hour to $14.00 per hour. On November 3, 2020, voters approved Amendment 2 by a vote of 60.82% to 39.18%. The initiative was designed to increase the state's minimum wage, which was $8.56 in 2020, to $15.00 per hour by September 2026.[20]
States with regional minimum wages
In 2016, both New York and Oregon passed laws increasing state minimum wages. Both states divided counties between categories and gave them each a different minimum wage rate.[21] In Oregon, the counties were divided between the metropolitan Portland, standard, and nonurban.[22]
New York
In New York, the minimum wage varies between counties classified as New York City, Long Island, and Westchester, and the rest of the state (known as upstate). On January 1, 2025, the minimum wage increased in the 54 counties composing upstate New York from $15.00 to $15.50. In New York, the minimum wage varies between regions and business sizes. The minimum wage outside of New York City, Long Island, and Westchester was set to increase to $16.50.[21]
Oregon
Passed in 2016, the legislation for the state's minimum wage divided the state into three regions, which get different rate increases. Beginning July 1, 2024, the wage was set to increase based on changes to the Consumer Price Index. The wages for July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, were set to be $15.95 for Portland metro, $14.70 for the standard wage, and $13.70 for non-urban counties.[23]
Proposed ballot measures
- See also: Minimum wage laws ballot measures
The following ballot measures have been certified or proposed for the ballot in 2025:
| Proposed minimum wage measures, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Description | Status | |
| Ohio $15 Minimum Wage Initiative | Increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour on January 1, 2026. The minimum wage would increase to $12.75 on January 1, 2025 and then increase to $15.00 on January 1, 2026 | Not on the ballot | |
Recent ballot measures
Following are recent minimum wage ballot measures that were on the ballot from 2016 through 2024.
2024 measures
| State | Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Ballot Measure 1 | Increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour and require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees |
|
183,744 (58%) |
133,162 (42%) |
|
| AZ | Proposition 138 | Allow for tipped workers to be paid 25% less per hour than the minimum wage provided that the worker's total compensation was not less than the minimum wage plus $2 |
|
792,557 (25%) |
2,348,023 (75%) |
|
| CA | Proposition 32 | Increase the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour |
|
7,469,803 (49%) |
7,686,126 (51%) |
|
| MA | Question 5 | Increase the minimum wage for tipped employees to meet the state's standard minimum wage |
|
1,200,980 (36%) |
2,147,245 (64%) |
|
| MO | Proposition A | Increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour and require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees |
|
1,693,064 (58%) |
1,247,658 (42%) |
2022 measures
| State | Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE | Initiative 433 | Increase the minimum wage from $9 to $15 by 2026 |
|
386,756 (59%) |
272,603 (41%) |
|
| NV | Question 2 | Increase the minimum wage to $12 by July 1, 2024 |
|
545,828 (55%) |
443,318 (45%) |
2020 measures
| State | Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Amendment 2 | Increase the state minimum wage to $15 by 2026 |
|
6,391,753 (61%) |
4,117,815 (39%) |
2018 measures
| State | Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR | Issue 5 | Incrementally increase the minimum wage in Arkansas to $11 an hour by 2021 |
|
605,784 (68%) |
279,046 (32%) |
|
| MO | Proposition B | Increase the state's minimum wage each year until reaching $12 in 2023 |
|
1,499,002 (62%) |
905,647 (38%) |
2016 measures
| State | Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | Proposition 206 | Increase the minimum wage to $10 in 2017, and then incrementally to $12 by 2020, and create a right to paid sick time off from employment |
|
1,465,639 (58%) |
1,046,945 (42%) |
|
| SD | Referred Law 20 | Uphold or repeal Senate Bill 177 (SB 177), a law decreasing the minimum wage for workers under age 18 from $8.50 to $7.50 |
|
104,185 (29%) |
256,686 (71%) |
|
| WA | Initiative 1433 | Incrementally increase the state's minimum wage from $9.47 to $13.50 by 2020 and mandating employers to offer paid sick leave |
|
1,848,583 (57%) |
1,370,907 (43%) |
|
| CO | Amendment 42 | Set the minimum wage for workers, set the minimum wage for tipped workers, and adjust the minimum wages annually based on inflation. |
|
823,526 (53%) |
721,531 (47%) |
The history of minimum wage ballot measures
- See also: Minimum wage laws ballot measures
From 1996 to 2024, there were 32 ballot measures to increase state minimum wages. Voters approved 28 (87.50%) and rejected four (12.50%).[24] In 2024, California and Massachusetts became the first states to reject minimum wage increase ballot measures since 1996. The other two defeated measures were on the ballot in 1996 in Missouri and Montana.
The following chart shows election outcomes for minimum wage increase ballot measures from 1996 to 2024.
| Measures to increase state minimum wages (1996-2024) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | State | Measure | Wage | Type | Yes votes (%) | No votes (%) | Outcome |
| 2024 | California | Proposition 32 | $18.00 (2026) | Initiative | N/A | N/A | 
|
| 2024 | Massachusetts | Question 5 | $15.00 (2029) for Tipped Employees[25] | Initiative | N/A | N/A |
|
| 2024 | Missouri | Proposition A | $15.00 (2026) | Initiative | N/A | N/A | 
|
| 2024 | Alaska | Ballot Measure 1 | $15.00 (2027) | Initiative | N/A | N/A |
|
| 2022 | Nebraska | Initiative 433 | $15.00 (2026) | Initiative | 58.66% | 41.34% |
|
| 2022 | Nevada | Amendment 2 | $12.00 (2024) | Referral | 55.18% | 44.82% |
|
| 2020 | Florida | Amendment 2 | $15.00 (2026) | Initiative | 60.82% | 39.18% |
|
| 2018 | Arkansas | Issue 5 | $11.00 (2021) | Initiative | 68.46% | 31.54% |
|
| 2018 | Missouri | Proposition B | $12.00 (2023) | Initiative | 62.34% | 37.66% |
|
| 2016 | Arizona | Proposition 206 | $12.00 (2020) | Initiative | 58.33% | 41.67% |
|
| 2016 | Colorado | Amendment 70 | $12.00 (2020) | Initiative | 55.36% | 44.64% |
|
| 2016 | Maine | Question 4 | $12.00 (2020) | Initiative | 55.50% | 44.50% |
|
| 2016 | Washington | Initiative 1433 | $13.50 (2020) | Initiative | 57.42% | 42.58% |
|
| 2014 | Alaska | Measure 3 | $9.75 (2016) | Initiative | 69.35% | 30.65% |
|
| 2014 | Arkansas | Issue 5 | $8.50 (2017) | Initiative | 65.94% | 34.06% |
|
| 2014 | Nebraska | Initiative 425 | $9.00 (2016) | Initiative | 59.47% | 40.53% |
|
| 2014 | South Dakota | Measure 18 | $8.50 (2015) | Initiative | 55.05% | 44.95% |
|
| 2013 | New Jersey | Question 2 | $8.25 (2014) | Referral | 61.26% | 38.74% |
|
| 2006 | Arizona | Proposition 2022 | $6.75 (2007) | Initiative | 65.37% | 34.63% |
|
| 2006 | Colorado | Initiative 42 | $6.85 (2007) | Initiative | 53.30% | 46.70% |
|
| 2006 | Missouri | Proposition B | $6.50 (2007) | Initiative | 75.94% | 24.06% |
|
| 2006 | Montana | I-151 | $6.50 (2007) | Initiative | 72.69% | 27.31% |
|
| 2006 | Nevada | Question 6 | $6.15 (2006)[26] | Initiative | 68.71% | 31.29% |
|
| 2006 | Ohio | Amendment 2 | $6.85 (2007) | Initiative | 56.65% | 43.35% |
|
| 2004 | Florida | Amendment 5 | $6.15 (2005) | Initiative | 71.25% | 28.75% |
|
| 2004 | Nevada | Question 6 | $6.15 (2006)[26] | Initiative | 68.4% | 31.6% |
|
| 2002 | Oregon | Measure 25 | $6.90 (2003) | Initiative | 51.3% | 48.7% |
|
| 1998 | Washington | Initiative 688 | $6.50 (2000) | Initiative | 66.1% | 33.9% |
|
| 1996 | California | Proposition 210 | $5.75 (1998) | Initiative | 61.45% | 38.55% |
|
| 1996 | Missouri | Proposition A | $6.75 (1999)[27] | Initiative | 28.70% | 71.30% |
|
| 1996 | Montana | I-121 | $6.25 (2000) | Initiative | 43.53% | 56.47% |
|
| 1996 | Oregon | Measure 36 | $6.50 (1999) | Initiative | 56.85% | 43.15% |
|
State minimum wage data, 2024-2025
The following table lists minimum wage data including the minimum wage as of 2024, the minimum wages set to take effect in 2025, the percentage of the increase as well as the dollar amount of the increase from 2024 to 2025, the effective date of the increase, when the minimum wage law providing for the increase was passed, and the type of law providing for the increase.
| State | 2024 minimum wage | 2025 minimum wage | Percentage increase | Dollar amount increase | Effective date | Year passed | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Alaska | $11.73 | $13.00 | 10.83% | $1.27 | 7/1/2024 | 2024 | Initiative |
| Arizona | $14.35 | $14.70 | 2.44% | $0.35 | 1/1/2025 | 2016 | Initiative |
| Arkansas | $11.00 | $11.00 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2018 | Initiative |
| California | $16.00 | $16.50 | 3.13% | $0.50 | 1/1/2025 | 2016 | Bill |
| Colorado | $14.42 | $14.81 | 2.70% | $0.39 | 1/1/2025 | 2016 | Initiative |
| Connecticut | $15.69 | $16.35 | 4.21% | $0.66 | 1/1/2025 | 2019 | Bill |
| Delaware | $13.25 | $15.00 | 13.21% | $1.75 | 1/1/2025 | 2021 | Bill |
| District of Columbia | $17.50 | $17.50 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2016 | Bill |
| Florida | $13.00 | $14.00 | 7.69% | $1.00 | 9/30/2024 | 2020 | Initiative |
| Georgia | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hawaii | $14.00 | $14.00 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2022 | Bill |
| Idaho | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Illinois | $14.00 | $15.00 | 7.14% | $1.00 | 1/1/2025 | 2019 | Bill |
| Indiana | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Iowa | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Kansas | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Kentucky | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Louisiana | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Maine | $14.15 | $14.65 | 3.53% | $0.50 | 1/1/2025 | 2016 | Initiative |
| Maryland | $15.00 | $15.00 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2019 | Bill |
| Massachusetts | $15.00 | $15.00 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2018 | Bill |
| Michigan | $10.33 | $12.48 | 20.81% | $2.15 | 1/1/2025 | 2018 | Initiative |
| Minnesota | $10.85 | $11.13 | 2.58% | $0.28 | 1/1/2025 | 2014 | Bill |
| Mississippi | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Missouri | $12.30 | $13.75 | 11.79% | $1.45 | 1/1/2025 | 2018 | Initiative |
| Montana | $10.30 | $10.55 | 2.43% | $0.25 | 1/1/2025 | 2006 | Initiative |
| Nebraska | $12.00 | $13.50 | 12.50% | $1.50 | 1/1/2025 | 2022 | Initiative |
| Nevada | $12.00 | $12.00 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2019 | Bill |
| New Hampshire | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| New Jersey | $15.13 | $15.49 | 2.38% | $0.36 | 1/1/2025 | 2019 | Bill (2019) and Referral (2013) |
| New Mexico | $12.00 | $12.00 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2019 | Bill |
| New York | $15.00 | $15.50 | 3.33% | $0.50 | 1/1/2025 | 2016 | Bill |
| North Carolina | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| North Dakota | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ohio | $10.45 | $10.70 | 2.39% | $0.25 | 1/1/2025 | 2006 | Initiative |
| Oklahoma | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Oregon | $14.70 | $14.70 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2016 | Bill |
| Pennsylvania | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Rhode Island | $14.00 | $15.00 | 7.14% | $1.00 | 1/1/2025 | 2021 | Bill |
| South Carolina | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| South Dakota | $11.20 | $11.50 | 2.68% | $0.30 | 1/1/2025 | 2014 | Initiative |
| Tennessee | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Texas | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Utah | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Vermont | $13.67 | $14.01 | 2.49% | $0.34 | 1/1/2025 | 2020 | Bill |
| Virginia | $12.00 | $12.41 | 3.42% | $0.41 | 1/1/2025 | 2020 | Bill |
| Washington | $16.28 | $16.66 | 2.33% | $0.38 | 1/1/2025 | 2016 | Initiative |
| West Virginia | $8.75 | $8.75 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | 2014 | Billl |
| Wisconsin | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wyoming | $7.25 | $7.25 | 0.00% | $0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
See also
- Minimum wage laws ballot measures
- Minimum wage by state in the United States
- Minimum wage increases in 2024
- Minimum wage increases in 2023
- Minimum wage increases in 2022
- Minimum wage increases in 2021
- Minimum wage increases in 2020
Footnotes
- ↑ An increase to the minimum wage in Washington, D.C. was set to be calculated and published in July 2025
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Initiatives, referendums & recalls," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ USA Today, "California reaches deal on $15 minimum wage," March 28, 2018
- ↑ Connecticut Office of the Governor, "Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut's Minimum Wage Will Increase to $15.69 in January Under Its First-Ever Economic Indicator Adjustment," accessed December 12, 2023
- ↑ Delaware Business Times, "Carney signs bill to set minimum wage to $15 by 2025," accessed December 21, 2021
- ↑ WSILTV, "Illinois minimum wage increasing Jan. 1," accessed December 12, 2023
- ↑ Maine Department of Labor, "New Minimum Wage Increases," December 6, 2018
- ↑ Michigan State Legislature, "Senate Bill 1171," accessed November 22, 2022
- ↑ Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "Minnesota sets new minimum wage for 2019," August 23, 2018
- ↑ Springfield News-Leader, "When does the minimum wage go up in Missouri?" November 7, 2018
- ↑ KPAX, "Montana's minimum wage is scheduled to increase in January," October 1, 2019
- ↑ State of New Jersey, "Governor Murphy Signs Landmark Legislation Raising Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour," February 4, 2019
- ↑ NFIB, "2020 Ohio Minimum Wage To Be $8.70 Per Hour," October 2, 2019
- ↑ Business Insider, "Rhode Island just passed a law raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025," accessed December 22, 2021
- ↑ KSFY News, "South Dakota minimum wage to increase in 2020," October 10, 2019
- ↑ Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, "Statutory Virginia Minimum Wage Increase Effective January 1, 2025," accessed November 27, 2024
- ↑ Alaska Elections, "Initiative," accessed July 11, 2023
- ↑ Oregon, "Minimum Wage," accessed December 11, 2019
- ↑ Washington Department of Employment Services, "Office of Wage-Hour Compliance," accessed November 27, 2024
- ↑ Florida Department of Elections, "Initiative Information," accessed November 21, 2022
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 NY.gov, "New York State's Minimum Wage," accessed December 6, 2022
- ↑ Oregon.gov, "Minimum wage increase schedule," accessed December 6, 2022
- ↑ Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, "Minimum wage increase schedule," accessed December 12, 2023
- ↑ Note: In 2014, voters approved an advisory question on increasing the minimum wage in Illinois. As this question was nonbinding, the measure is not counted here.
- ↑ Question 5 would have increased the minimum wage for tipped employees to match the general state minimum wage, which was $15.00 in 2024.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Question 6 required employers to compensate employees $5.15 per hour when the employer provides health benefits or $6.15 per hour when the employer does not provide health benefits.
- ↑ Proposition A would have also added 15 cents to the minimum wage each year beginning in 2000.
