“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 ...

This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...

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

Standing in the middle of Hartford’s trendy Pratt Street, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) lauded the latest hike of Connecticut’s minimum ...

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

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

In total, 88 jurisdictions — including 22 states and 66 cities and counties — are slated to increase their minimum wages at ...

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, ...