By Leada Gore
Four states will have minimum wages at or above $15 an hour in 2023.
Among states, the highest minimum wage will be paid in Washington, which will increase to from $14.49 to $15,74 per hour in 2023. California will boost its minimum wage from $15 to $15.50 and Connecticut from $14 to $15. Minimum age in Massachusetts will increase from $14.25 to $15.
Some municipalities set an even higher minimum wage, led by Seattle which has a minimum wage of $18.69 per hour for businesses that employ more than 500 people.
Minimum wage in Alabama is $7.25 per hour, the minimum required by the federal government. Minimum wage in the U.S. hasn’t changed since July 24, 2009.
Overall, at least 25 states are increasing minimum wage in 2023. Here is the full list of minimum wages across the U.S., per MassLive:
- Alabama: $7.25, No state minimum wage rate, federal rate applies.
- Alaska: Increases from $10.34 to $10.85 per hour in 2023
- Arizona: Increases from $12.80 to $13.85 per hour in 2023
- Arkansas: $11
- California: Increases from $15 to $15.50 per hour in 2023
- Colorado: Increases from $12.56 to $13.65 per hour in 2023
- Connecticut: Increases from $14 to $15 per hour in 2023
- Delaware: Increases from $10.50 to $11.75 per hour in 2023
- Florida: Increases from $11 to $12 per hour on Sept. 30, 2023
- Georgia: $5.15 for employers exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, USA Today reported. Most companies are required to use the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
- Hawaii: $12
- Idaho: $7.25
- Illinois: Increases from $12 to $13 per hour in 2023
- Indiana: $7.25
- Iowa: $7.25
- Kansas: $7.25
- Kentucky: $7.25
- Louisiana: $7.25, no minimum wage required
- Maine: Increases from $12.75 to $13.80 per hour in 2023
- Maryland: Increases from $12.50 to $13.25 per hour in 2023
- Massachusetts: Increases from $14.25 to $15 per hour in 2023
- Michigan: The minimum wage hike was paused, according to MLive. Under the proposal, Michigan’s current $9.87 minimum wage would be $12 and indexed to inflation, while the minimum wage for tipped workers would increase from $3.75 to $9.60.
- Minnesota: Increases from $10.33 to $10.59 per hour in 2023
- Mississippi: $7.25, no minimum wage required
- Missouri: Increases from $11.15 to $12 per hour in 2023
- Montana: Increases from $9.20 to $9.95 per hour in 2023
- Nebraska: Increases from $9 to $10.50 per hour in 2023
- Nevada: Increases from $10.50 to $12 per hour in 2023 if final ballot passes, according to CNBC.
- New Hampshire: $7.25
- New Jersey: Increases from $13 to $14.13 per hour in 2023
- New Mexico: Increases from $11.50 to $12 per hour in 2023
- New York: Increases from $13.20 to $14.20 per hour in 2023 ($15 for New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties)
- North Carolina: $7.25
- North Dakota: $7.25
- Ohio: Increases from $9.30 to $10.10 per hour in 2023
- Oklahoma: $7.25
- Oregon: Currently $13.50 but will but “adjusted annually based on the increase, if any, to the U.S. City average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.”
- Pennsylvania: $7.25
- Rhode Island: Increases from $12.25 to $13 per hour in 2023
- South Carolina: $7.25, no minimum wage required
- South Dakota: Increases from $9.95 to $10.80 per hour in 2023
- Tennessee: $7.25, no minimum wage required
- Texas: $7.25
- Utah: $7.25
- Vermont: Expected to increase from $12.55 to $13.18 per hour in 2023, according to Bloomberg Tax calculations.
- Virginia: Increases from $11 to $12 per hour in 2023
- Washington: Increases from $14.49 to $15.74 per hour in 2023
- West Virginia: $8.75
- Wisconsin: $7.25
- Wyoming: $5.15 for employers exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, USA Today reported. However, most companies are required to use the federal minimum wage of $7.25.