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Which States Have the Highest Minimum Wage in America?
Published 5 seconds ago on April 9, 2024
By Dorothy Neufeld
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in America in 2024.

Which States Have the Highest Minimum Wage in America?
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This year, 22 states are raising their minimum wage, impacting almost 10
million workers across the country.

Many states raise the minimum wage each year to adjust to a cost of
living index, while others have raised the pay floor for delivery
drivers and fast-food workers. Today, the federal minimum wage stands at
$7.25, a rate that has remained the same for 15 years.

This graphic shows the states with the highest minimum wage in America,
based on data from Bloomberg Law.

The Highest Minimum Wages, by State
Here are the states with the highest minimum wage as of January 1, 2024:

Rank State Minimum Wage
1 District of Columbia1 $17.00
2 Washington $16.28
3 California $16.00
4 Connecticut $15.69
5 New Jersey2 $15.13
6 Maryland $15.00
7 New York3 $15.00
8 Massachusettes $15.00
9 Colorado $14.42
10 Arizona $14.35
11 Oregon4 $14.20
12 Maine $14.15
U.S. Federal Mandate $7.25
1District of Columbia: Indexes hourly minimum wage rate to inflation
2New Jersey: Seasonal/small employer with five employees or less=
$13.90, agricultural employers= $12.81, long term care facility direct
care staff= $18.13
3New York: New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties= $16.00
4Oregon: Indexes hourly minimum wage rate to inflation. Nonurban
counties= $13.20, Portland metro= $15.45

The District of Columbia has the highest minimum wage in the country, at
$17 an hour.

Next in line is Washington state, where the minimum wage was raised to
$16.28 an hour at the start of the year, up from $15.74. Both
jurisdictions tie their minimum wage increases to inflation, along with
several of the states on this list such as New York, Colorado, and Arizona.

With the largest planned increase nationally, Hawaii is raising its
minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2028. Currently, the minimum wage stands
at $14 an hour in the Aloha State.

As we can see, many of the top states have minimum wages that are more
than double the federal minimum wage, which has declined in real value
for many years. For context, the real value of the federal minimum wage
hit a peak in 1970, where it would be worth $12.61 today.

California’s New Fast-Food Wage Hike
Fast-food workers in California recently received a pay bump after a new
law raised the minimum wage to $20 an hour, $4 more than the state’s
minimum wage.

In response, Pizza Hut announced it was laying off over 1,200 delivery
drivers, while McDonalds said that it would increase prices in
California due to higher wage costs. Other chain operators are reducing
hours, while El Pollo Loco plans to automate part of how it makes salsa.

Affecting half a million workers at 33,000 restaurants, the law applies
to chains with 60 or more locations across the country, making it the
highest minimum wage in America.

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