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Workers in 19 States Will See Minimum Wage Increase on New Year's Day 2026
More than 8 million workers will benefit from scheduled minimum wage increases in 19 states, pushing many state and local minimums to $15 or higher, Economic Policy Institute estimates.
- State governments will implement scheduled minimum-wage increases on Jan. 1, affecting about 8.3 million workers in 19 states, the Economic Policy Institute found.
- Rising prices and organized $15 campaigns have pushed many states, both Republican- and Democrat-controlled, to enact scheduled increases as the federal minimum wage has lost over 30% of its value since 2009, EPI found.
- State and city floors include Washington state at $17.13, Tukwila, Washington , West Hollywood, California , and New York City, Long Island and Westchester County, New York .
- Employers may adjust wage ladders, raising pay beyond minimums, while some policymakers and business owners argue higher minimums increase costs and reduce job growth.
- Beginning next year, more workers will live in states guaranteeing $15 or higher than in states using the $7.25 federal rate, while Florida, Alaska and Oregon increase wages later next year.
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Conservative AngleWorkers in 19 states get pay boost as minimum wages jump nationwide on New Year's Day
American workers at the bottom end of the pay scale are set to see the minimum wage rise in 19 states effective on New Year's Day, while three other states are also planning minimum wage increases later in 2026.While 20 states opt to leave their minimum wage at the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour, the majority of states have set higher minimums which may be periodically adjusted to account for inflation or to account for a change in state labor…
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