Denver, Colorado, currently has a minimum of $18.81 per hour, for example, and Flagstaff, Arizona, has a minimum of $17.85. Altogether, 67 localities have adopted minimum wages higher than their state ...

But many states have minimum wage rates that are much higher, with the national average hovering around $11 per hour. For example, Washington, D.C. raises its minimum wage incrementally each year ...

Some 65 cities across the country rolled out wage increases at the start of the month, and restaurant owners are still ...

In King County, Washington, for example, the minimum wage is poised to rise to $20.29 on Jan. 1. But the living wage for an adult with no children in the county is $30.08, according to the MIT ...

In some states, the minimum wage increases are modest, according to a December report from the Economic Policy Institute. For example, Alaska’s minimum wage rose by just 18 cents. But in five ...

A pair of lawmakers are proposing an increase to Maryland's minimum wage, phasing in a raise from $15 an hour to $20 an hour over 2 years.

A sign at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, advertises for workers. The state’s minimum wage increased to $11.91 ...

Evanston businesses took the Jan. 1 Illinois minimum wage increase to $15 an hour in stride. January’s increase — a $1 growth ...

Relatively few people earn the minimum — only around 3% of Arizonans, according to one study by the Economic Policy Institute, which advocates for higher wages. Yes. For example, employers can ...

The minimum wage is already higher than $16.50 for workers in specific industries or in certain California places. For example, in April, fast-food workers saw their minimum wage increase to $20 ...

A sign at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, advertises for workers. The state’s minimum wage increased to $11.91 this month and will rise to $13 in July. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska ...