Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
A total of 19 states increased their minimums in 2026, each of them landing between $10 an hour and $18 an hour. Nationwide, ...
This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...
“No minimum wage is truly a living wage, but any increase in the wage floor is good for workers,” Yannet Lathrop, a senior ...
Discover which U.S. states raised minimum wage in 2026 and how much you could earn. Learn the new rates and implications for ...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on a pledge to raise the city's minimum wage from $17 per hour to $30 by 2030.