On July 1, 2025, several California cities will increase their local minimum wage. For example, the City of Los Angeles is increasing minimum wage to $17.87 per hour. Los Angeles County is increasing ...

Nearly two dozen states and Washington, D.C., are increasing the minimum wage for workers. The wage hikes come as a majority of Americans say it's getting harder to keep up with rising prices.

More than 8.3 million workers are expected to benefit from minimum wage hikes in 19 states including Arizona, California, Michigan, New Jersey and New York.

While the bulk of pay increases kicked off Jan. 1, some locales have scheduled their changes for another point during the ...

The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour has not budged since 2009, essentially leaving it to states to set meaningful minimum wage increases.