“No minimum wage is truly a living wage, but any increase in the wage floor is good for workers,” Yannet Lathrop, a senior ...

Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

In the Great Lakes region, Michigan ranks third, behind $16 an hour in New York and $15 an hour in Illinois. Indiana and ...

Discover which U.S. states raised minimum wage in 2026 and how much you could earn. Learn the new rates and implications for ...

On Tuesday, Olivier found some good news lost in the fog of war coverage: Millions of Americans are getting raises. That’s ...

Findings indicate that higher minimum wages are linked to reduced maternal hypertensive disorders, emphasizing the impact of ...

Workers on the living wage have been issued a sobering reality check regarding their actual take-home pay, despite an ...

The study, led by Slawa Rokicki, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, found that a $1 or greater ...

A number of states crossed the $15-per-hour threshold that’s long been used as a rallying cry among worker advocates.

Statista referenced the US Department of Labor to uncover the average minimum wage per hour of each state across the country. $5.15 - Wyoming, Georgia. $7.25 - Oklahoma, Utah, New Hampshire, Kansas, ...

A state representative from Louisville hopes the 2026 legislative session will be the one he can get a bill to raise the ...

As of January 1, New York State’s minimum wage for Upstate is $16.00 up from $15.50. New York State’s minimum wage was the ...