Rhode Island raised the state minimum wage from $15 to $16 per hour in a law that went into effect Jan. 1. The shift affects some 50,000 workers who earn minimum wage, according to a press release ...

Dozens of direct care workers on Tuesday testified in support of a new bipartisan proposal to help raise chronically low ...

In Washington state, the start of 2026 means a bevy of new laws and taxes. The changes, which took effect Jan. 1, affect ...

Seventeen states forbid local governments to set an hourly minimum wage above the federal minimum of $7.25 set in 2009. Affordability has become a buzzword for good reason. One in four households are ...

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 minimum of $7.25 per hour.

The push for higher minimum wages continues to be primarily driven by state and local governments with the $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage stagnant since 2009. That figure has stood for nearly two ...

Four of Iowa's neighbors raised their minimum wage at the start of 2026. See how Iowa's minimum wage compares.

Almost two dozen states are raising their minimum wage in 2026, providing American workers a pay bump at a time when many are struggling to cover basic necessities. In total, 88 jurisdictions — ...

The minimum wage went up in 19 states on Jan. 1, including South Dakota, where it's now set at $11.85 an hour. The federal minimum wage – $7.25 an hour – hasn't changed for more than a decade, but ...