Minimum wage on the ballot

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Minimum wage on the ballot: This subtopic of "wages and pay" refers to ballot measures regarding minimum wage. Specifically, this has included the increase and establishment of minimum wage.

Outcomes of minimum wage measures, 1988-2018

From 1996 to 2018, there were 26 minimum wage increase measures on the ballot. Of the 26 measures, 24 were approved and 2 were defeated. On average, the 24 approved measures received 60% of the vote. The last time voters rejected a minimum wage increase at the ballot was in 1996 in Missouri and Montana. The Missouri measure (rejected by a vote of 71% to 29%) would have required all employers to pay employees an hourly minimum wage of $6.25, with a $0.15 annual increase. The Montana measure (rejected by a vote of 56% to 44%) would have re-established a state minimum wage that would have gradually increased from $4.25 an hour to $6.25 an hour by the year 2000.

The following chart shows election outcomes for minimum wage increase ballot measures from 1996 to 2018. All of the measures were initiated by citizens except for the New Jersey minimum wage increase question of 2013, which was referred to the ballot by the state legislature.

Minimum wage increases on the ballot (1996-2018)
Year Measure Goal wage rate Type Yes votes (%) No votes (%) Outcome
2018 Arkansas Issue 5, Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2018) $11 by 2021 initiated state statute 68.46% 31.54% Approveda
2018 Missouri Proposition B, $12 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018) $12 by 2023 initiated state statute 62.34% 37.66% Approveda
2016 Arizona Minimum Wage and Paid Time Off, Proposition 206 (2016) $12 by 2020 initiated state statute 58.33% 41.67% Approveda
2016 Colorado $12 Minimum Wage, Amendment 70 (2016) $12 by 2020 initiated constitutional amendment 55.36% 44.64% Approveda
2016 Maine Minimum Wage Increase, Question 4 (2016) $12 by 2020 indirect initiated state statute 55.50% 44.50% Approveda
2016 Washington Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 1433 (2016) $13.50 by 2020 Initiative to the People 57.42% 42.58% Approveda
2014 Alaska Minimum Wage Increase, Ballot Measure 3 (2014) $9.75 by 2016 initiated state statute 69.35% 30.65% Approveda
2014 Arkansas Minimum Wage Initiative, Issue 5 (2014) $8.50 by 2017 initiated state statute 65.94% 34.06% Approveda
2014 Illinois Minimum Wage Increase Question (2014) $10 by 2015 Nonbinding advisory question 63.74% 31.76% Approveda
2014 Nebraska Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 425 (2014) $9 by 2016 initiated state statute 59.47% 40.53% Approveda
2014 South Dakota Increased Minimum Wage, Initiated Measure 18 (2014) $8.50 by 2015 initiated state statute 55.05% 44.95% Approveda
2013 New Jersey Public Question 2, Minimum Wage Increase (2013) $8.25 by 2014 legislatively referred constitutional amendment 61.26% 38.74% Approveda
2006 Arizona Minimum Wage, Proposition 202 (2006) $6.75 by 2007 initiated state statute 65.36% 34.63% Approveda
2006 Colorado Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 42 (2006) $6.85 by 2007 initiated constitutional amendment 53.30% 46.70% Approveda
2006 Missouri Minimum Wage, Proposition B (2006) $6.50 by 2007 initiated state statute 75.94% 24.06% Approveda
2006 Montana Minimum Wage, I-151 (2006) $6.50 by 2007 initiated state statute 72.69% 27.31% Approveda
2006 Nevada Minimum Wage Act, Question 6 (2006) $6.15[1] initiated constitutional amendment 68.71% 31.29% Approveda
2006 Ohio Minimum Wage Increase, Amendment 2 (2006) $6.85 by 2007 initiated constitutional amendment 56.65% 43.35% Approveda
2004 Florida Minimum Wage, Amendment 5 (2004) $6.15 by 2005 initiated constitutional amendment 71.25% 28.75% Approveda
2004 Nevada Minimum Wage Increase, Question 6 (2004) $6.15[2] initiated constitutional amendment 68.4% 31.6% Approveda
2002 Oregon Increase State Minimum Wage, Measure 25 (2002) $6.90 by 2003 initiated constitutional amendment 51.3% 48.7% Approveda
1998 Washington Minimum Wage, Initiative 688 (1998) $6.50 by 2000 Initiative to the People 66.1% 33.9% Approveda
1996 California Proposition 210, Minimum Wage Increase (1996) $5.75 by 1998 initiated state statute 61.45% 38.55% Approveda
1996 Missouri Minimum Wage, Proposition A (1996) $6.75 by 1999[3] initiated state statute 28.70% 71.30% Defeatedd
1996 Montana Increase Minimum Wage, I-121 (1996) $6.25 by 2000 initiated state statute 43.53% 56.47% Defeatedd
1996 Oregon Minimum Wage Increase to $6.50, Measure 36 (1996) $6.50 by 1999 initiated state statute 56.85% 43.15% Approveda


Ballot measures lists

By state

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

Alaska

  1. Alaska Minimum Wage Increase, Ballot Measure 3 (2014)

Arizona

  1. Arizona Minimum Wage, Proposition 202 (2006)
  2. Arizona Minimum Wage and Paid Time Off, Proposition 206 (2016)

Arkansas

  1. Arkansas Issue 5, Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2018)
  2. Arkansas Minimum Wage Initiative, Issue 5 (2014)
  3. Arkansas Minimum Wage and Overtime, Initiated Act 1 (1960)

California

  1. California Minimum Wage, Proposition 44 (1914)
  2. California Proposition 210, Minimum Wage Increase (1996)

Colorado

  1. Colorado $12 Minimum Wage, Amendment 70 (2016)
  2. Colorado Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 42 (2006)

Florida

  1. Florida Amendment 2, $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2020)
  2. Florida Minimum Wage, Amendment 5 (2004)

Illinois

  1. Illinois Minimum Wage Increase Question (2014)

Maine

  1. Maine Minimum Wage Increase, Question 4 (2016)

Missouri

  1. Missouri Minimum Wage, Proposition A (1996)
  2. Missouri Minimum Wage, Proposition B (2006)
  3. Missouri Proposition B, $12 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)

Montana

  1. Montana Increase Minimum Wage, I-121 (1996)
  2. Montana Minimum Wage, I-151 (2006)

Nebraska

  1. Nebraska Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 425 (2014)

Nevada

  1. Nevada Minimum Wage Act, Question 6 (2006)
  2. Nevada Minimum Wage Increase, Question 6 (2004)
  3. Nevada Minimum Wage Increase Amendment (2022)

New Jersey

  1. New Jersey Minimum Wage Increase Amendment, Public Question 2 (2013)

Ohio

  1. Ohio Employee Welfare, Amendment 10 (September 1912)
  2. Ohio Minimum Wage Increase, Amendment 2 (2006)

Oregon

  1. Oregon Increase State Minimum Wage, Measure 25 (2002)
  2. Oregon Minimum Wage Increase to $6.50, Measure 36 (1996)

South Dakota

  1. South Dakota Decreased Youth Minimum Wage Veto Referendum, Referred Law 20 (2016)
  2. South Dakota Increased Minimum Wage, Initiated Measure 18 (2014)

Washington

  1. Washington Minimum Wage, Initiative 688 (1998)
  2. Washington Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 1433 (2016)
  3. Washington Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 518 (1988)

By year

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

2022

  1. Nevada Minimum Wage Increase Amendment (2022)

2020

  1. Florida Amendment 2, $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2020)

2018

  1. Arkansas Issue 5, Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2018)
  2. Missouri Proposition B, $12 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)

2016

  1. Arizona Minimum Wage and Paid Time Off, Proposition 206 (2016)
  2. Colorado $12 Minimum Wage, Amendment 70 (2016)
  3. Maine Minimum Wage Increase, Question 4 (2016)
  4. South Dakota Decreased Youth Minimum Wage Veto Referendum, Referred Law 20 (2016)
  5. Washington Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 1433 (2016)

2014

  1. Alaska Minimum Wage Increase, Ballot Measure 3 (2014)
  2. Arkansas Minimum Wage Initiative, Issue 5 (2014)
  3. Illinois Minimum Wage Increase Question (2014)
  4. Nebraska Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 425 (2014)
  5. South Dakota Increased Minimum Wage, Initiated Measure 18 (2014)

2013

  1. New Jersey Minimum Wage Increase Amendment, Public Question 2 (2013)

2006

  1. Arizona Minimum Wage, Proposition 202 (2006)
  2. Colorado Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 42 (2006)
  3. Missouri Minimum Wage, Proposition B (2006)
  4. Montana Minimum Wage, I-151 (2006)
  5. Nevada Minimum Wage Act, Question 6 (2006)
  6. Ohio Minimum Wage Increase, Amendment 2 (2006)

2004

  1. Florida Minimum Wage, Amendment 5 (2004)
  2. Nevada Minimum Wage Increase, Question 6 (2004)

2002

  1. Oregon Increase State Minimum Wage, Measure 25 (2002)

1998

  1. Washington Minimum Wage, Initiative 688 (1998)

1996

  1. California Proposition 210, Minimum Wage Increase (1996)
  2. Missouri Minimum Wage, Proposition A (1996)
  3. Montana Increase Minimum Wage, I-121 (1996)
  4. Oregon Minimum Wage Increase to $6.50, Measure 36 (1996)

1988

  1. Washington Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 518 (1988)

1960

  1. Arkansas Minimum Wage and Overtime, Initiated Act 1 (1960)

1914

  1. California Minimum Wage, Proposition 44 (1914)

1912

  1. Ohio Employee Welfare, Amendment 10 (September 1912)

Did not make ballot

Did not make ballot

  1. Alabama Minimum Wage Amendment (2016)
  2. Arizona Hospital Worker Minimum Wage and Insurance Regulations Initiative (2020)
  3. Arizona Repeal Presumption of Employer Retaliation Provision of Minimum Wage Law Measure (2018)
  4. California "Fair Wage Act of 2016" $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2016)
  5. California "Raise California's Wage and Paid Sick Days Act" $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2016)
  6. California Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2014)
  7. California Minimum Wage Supplement for Home Health Workers (2014)
  8. California Sports Market Trade Regulation Amendment (2016)
  9. Florida "Fair Wage and Benefits" Amendment (2012)
  10. Florida Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2018)
  11. Idaho Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2020)
  12. Idaho Minimum Wage Initiative (2014)
  13. Louisiana State Minimum Wage Amendment (2014)
  14. Massachusetts $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)
  15. Massachusetts $15 Minimum Wage by 2019 Initiative (2018)
  16. Massachusetts Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2014)
  17. Michigan Minimum Wage Increase (2006)
  18. Michigan Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2018)
  19. Michigan Minimum Wage Initiative (2014)
  20. Minnesota Inflation Adjusted Minimum Wage Amendment (2014)
  21. Missouri $11 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)
  22. Missouri $13 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)
  23. Missouri $14 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)
  24. Missouri $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)
  25. Missouri Local Minimum Wage and Employment Benefits Initiative (2018)
  26. Missouri Minimum Wage Initiative (2012)
  27. Missouri Minimum Wage Initiative (2014)
  28. Missouri Prohibit State Preemption of Local Minimum Wage and Benefits Laws Initiative (2020)
  29. Missouri Raise the Minimum Wage Initiative (2016)
  30. Nevada Minimum Wage Increase Amendment (2020)
  31. Nevada Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2016)
  32. New Jersey $15 Minimum Wage Amendment (2017)
  33. New Mexico Minimum Wage Amendment (2014)
  34. North Dakota Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2020)
  35. Ohio "Fair Wage" Amendment (2016)
  36. Ohio Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2020)
  37. Oregon $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2016)
  38. Oregon Raise the Wage Initiative (2016)
  39. South Carolina Minimum Wage Increase Question (2016)
  40. Texas Minimum Wage Increase Amendment, SJR 22 (2017)
  41. Texas Minimum Wage Increase Amendment (2015)
  42. Washington $15 Minimum wage by 2025 Initiative (2018)
  43. Washington Minimum Wage Initiative (ITL) (2016)
  44. Washington Repeal Excise Taxes and Reduce Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)
  45. Washington Uniform Minimum Wage Measure, Initiative 1358 (2014)
  46. Washington Uniform Minimum Wage Measure, Initiative 1389 (2015)
  47. Washington Uniform Minimum Wage Measure, Initiative 1394 (2015)
  48. Washington Wage-Setting Authority Initiative (2015)
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  1. ↑ The amendment required employers to pay Nevada employees $5.15 per hour if the employer provides health benefit or $6.15 per hour if the employer does not provide health benefits.
  2. ↑ The amendment required employers to pay Nevada employees $5.15 per hour if the employer provides health benefit or $6.15 per hour if the employer does not provide health benefits.
  3. ↑ It would have also added 15 cents to the minimum wage each year beginning in 2000
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