Virginia lawmakers approved legislation that will raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2028.
Minimum wage levels in the United States vary considerably, with many states setting their own basic pay levels for workers.
This is an article detailing the several states that beat the federal minimum wage.
*NOTE: New York state law sets a separate minimum-wage rate for New York City as well as Long Island and Westchester County, which is $17 an hour as of Jan. 1, 2026. $10 to $12 Among the states with ...
Rhode Island's lowest paid workers already saw a raise in 2026, and get another in 2027.
FILE-A waitress carries a tray of lobster kettle and a crab trio dish at a Red Lobster restaurant in Yonkers, New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Nineteen states are raising their ...
Louisiana lawmakers rejected a bill that would have established a state minimum wage higher than the federal minimum of $7.25 ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lawmakers in Maryland are debating a bill that, if passed, would raise workers' minimum wages to the highest rate in the nation. The "Living Wage For All Act" was introduced in both ...
Fifty years ago, the minimum wage debate was all but settled among economists. Left to their own devices, people seeking employment and employers seeking labour would settle at an “equilibrium price”.