Raising the Minimum Wage, 25 States Plans for 2022

2022 will bring a pay raise for millions of workers across the U.S.

  • Twenty-six states along with Washington D.C. will be raising the minimum wage next year, by varying amounts.
  • The largest increases will be in California and parts of New York, which are raising the minimum wage to $15.
  • But it's not going up everywhere. 20 states still have a minimum wage equal to the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour - which has been unchanged since 2009.
  • What do you think the federal minimum wage should be?

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