Top 10 States with the Highest Minimum Wage. Do you want to know where you can get the highest minimum wage? If you said yes, good news. That’s what we are talking about today. The best paying states for the minimum wage crowd.

The federal minimum wage has not increased from $7.25 per hour since 2009. On the campaign trail, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has said that needs to change. While some states and companies have enacted their own higher pay thresholds ...

The last time the federal minimum wage increased, Barack Obama had just taken office, the iPhone 3GS was the hot new gadget and you could still rent DVDs at Blockbuster. Since July 2009, the number has stayed frozen at $7.25 an hour. On paper, that's the ...

This July marks 15 years since the federal minimum wage was last increased. Given the federal wage floor is not indexed to inflation, nor any other measure such as productivity growth, it’s been stuck at $7.25 since July 24, 2009. Figure 1 shows that we ...

The federal minimum wage is long overdue for an increase, economist David C. Datelle writes.

California has an affordability crisis, with millions of people struggling to get by as prices for housing, groceries, gasoline, utilities, child care and other necessities skyrocket. The challenges are especially acute for restaurant, service and retail ...

Thousands of healthcare workers in California are set to see wage increases from July 1 as part of a phased minimum pay law affecting specific employers and job categories across the state, with some workers moving closer to a $25 hourly minimum depending on facility size and type.

Vice President Kamala Harris said for the first time Tuesday that she backs hiking the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour after blasting former President Donald Trump for dodging a question about whether he wants to raise it. As the two rivals ...

California employers should prepare for another round of local minimum wage increases taking effect on July 1, 2026. While California's