Minimum wage increases go into effect in these 22 states
The new year brought with it minimum wage increases in more than 20 states — with more to come later in the year.
Higher minimum wages took effect on Jan. 1 in 22 states (see list at end of article). The hikes come as the federal minimum wage remains unchanged since 2009, at $7.25 an hour.
With the new wage hikes, employees in seven states — California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington — along with Washington, D.C. and 41 cities and counties will be guaranteed baseline pay of $15.00 or more an hour. (Some cities and counties set their own minimum wages.)
At the same time, 20 states — primary located in the South and parts of the Midwest — will continue to have a legal minimum wage of $7.25 in 2024.
Below are the state minimum wage rates for 2024, as reported by Paycom.
•Alaska: $11.73 (up from $10.85)
•Arizona: $14.35 (from $13.85)
•California: $16.00 (from $15.50)
•Colorado: $14.42 ($13.65)
•Connecticut: $15.69 ($15.00)
•Delaware: $13.25 ($11.75)
•Hawaii: $14.00 ($12.00)
•Illinois $14.00 ($13.00)
•Maine $14.15 ($13.80)
•Maryland: $15.00 ($13.25)
•Michigan: $10.33 ($10.10)
•Minnesota: $8.85 small employers; $10.85 large ($8.63; $10.59)
•Missouri: $12.30 ($12.00)
•Montana: $10.30 ($9.95)
•Nebraska: $12.00 ($10.50)
•New Jersey: $15.13; $13.75 seasonal/small emp. ($14.13; $12.93)
•New York $15.00 ($14.20), NYC, Westchester, Long Island (New York): $16.00 ($15.00)
•Ohio: $10.45 ($10.10)
•Rhode Island: $14.00 ($13.00)
•South Dakota: $11.20 ($10.80)
•Vermont: $13.67 ($13.18)
•Washington: $16.28 ($15.74)
Several states will increase their minimum wage later in the year, including the states below.
•Florida: $13.00, effective Sept. 30 ( up from $12.00);
•Nevada: $12.00; effective July 1;
•Oregon: $1.25 over the standard minimum wage for employers in the Portland metro; $1 less than the standard minimum wage for non-urban counties, effective July 1 (up from $15.45 for employers in the Portland metro; $13.20 for non-urban counties; and $14.20 for all others);
•Washington DC: $17.00 until July 1 — new rate has not yet been determined.