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Santa Fe, New Mexico links minimum wage to high cost of housing

Santa Fe is New Mexico's most expensive city, especially for housing but it will soon be the first in the nation to link the ...
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Santa Fe mayor proposes minimum wage hike to keep residents from being priced out

SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber is proposing to boost the city’s minimum wage from $15 to $17.50 an hour by 2027. Santa Fe’s minimum wage most recently increased in 2025, when it rose from ...
Albuquerque Journal

With new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costs

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates across the City Different. But the ...