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The minimum wage will rise in January 2023 in 21 states and 41 counties and cities

2022-12-26T01:37:14.013Z


With the target set at $15 an hour, these are the places where it will increase. Starting January 1, 21 states and 41 counties and cities will raise the minimum wage for workers; and throughout 2023 a total of 27 states and 59 counties and cities will increase that salary limit, according to a report by the National Employment Law Project published by the newspaper USA Today Massachusetts and Washington will set the minimum at $15 an hour for the first time, at the level of C


Starting January 1, 21 states and 41 counties and cities will raise the minimum wage for workers;

and throughout 2023 a total of 27 states and 59 counties and cities will increase that salary limit, according to a report by the National Employment Law Project published by the newspaper USA Today

Massachusetts and Washington will set the minimum at $15 an hour for the first time, at the level of California and most of New York.

Minimum wage increases rarely coincide with the rise in inflation, which cuts the purchasing power of workers who earn the least, especially this year in which prices have increased by 7.1% on average (waiting for know the final indicator for December), setting historical records such as 9.1% in June.

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In

Alaska

, the minimum wage will go up from $9.75 to $10.85.

In

Arizona

, it will go up from $12.80 to $13.85.

In

California

it will go up from $15 to $15.50.

In

Colorado

it will go up from $12.56 to $13.65.

In

Delaware

it will be set at $11.75 on track to reach $15 in 2025. In

Illinois

it will be at $13 with the same goal in 2025. In

Maine

it will go from $12.75 to $13.80.

In

Maryland

it will remain between $12.80 (small businesses) and $13.25 (large businesses), with a goal of $15 by 2025/26.

In

Massachusetts

it will go from $14.25 to $15, in the last step of that gradual increase.

In

Michigan

it will be $10.10 (the goal is $12.05 by 2030, but it is being litigated in court).

In

Minnesota

it will go from $7.75 (for small businesses) and $9.50 (for large businesses) to $8.63 and $10.59, respectively.

In

Missouri

, the $12 goal set in previous gradual increases will be reached;

in

Nebraska

, where it hasn't increased since 2015, it will go from $9 to $10.50 with a goal of $15 by 2026, thanks to a ballot initiative passed in November.

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In

New Jersey

it will be $14 (but $12.70 for small businesses and seasonal jobs; and $11.70 for farmers).

In

New Mexico

it will reach the $12 set as the goal of a progressive annual increase;

In

New York

it will remain at $15 for the city, Long Island and Westchester County;

but will go up to $14.20 in the rest of the state).

In

Rhode Island

it will be set at $13 with a goal of $15 by 2025. In

South Dakota

it will go from $8.50 to $10.80.

In

Vermont

it will be set at $13.18.

In

Virginia

it will go up to $12 on the way to $15 in 2026. And in

Washington

it will go to $15.74.

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Yannet Lathrop, an analyst with the National Employment Law Project, told USA TODAY that $15 is the goal for many states.

Eight states will reach it by 2026 with incremental annual increases, including Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Nebraska, Delaware, Virginia, and Rhode Island.

Hawaii will arrive in 2028, putting 14 states (with about 41% of the total labor force) at that level.

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Another 36 locations, including two dozen in California, will exceed that goal by January 2023.

Denver

will go from $15.87 to $17.29;

Minneapolis

from $15 to $15.19 and

Seattle

from $17.27 to $18.69.

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Companies like Amazon, Costco, Target and Best Buy have also set $15 as their hourly minimum wage.

The minimum wage set at

the federal level

is $7.25 dollars and has not changed since 2009 due to the blockade of Republican congressmen.

According to USA Today, only about 30 states have a higher minimum wage.

Source: telemundo

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