NEW YORK - New York State is raising the minimum wage by $0.50 to $16.50 an hour for employees in New York City, Long Island and Westchester, according to the state's Department of Labor. The rest of the state will also see a $0.50 increase to $15.50. The 2025 increases will be followed by another $0.50 increase in 2026.

Minimum wage workers in New Jersey just got a raise for the new year. The state’s minimum wage is now $15.49 per hour, a 36-cent increase over 2024. A law enacted in 2019 has made incremental increases to the minimum wage, with the goal of reaching $15 an hour. That goal was attained last January, with with the minimum wage reaching $15.13.

Connecticut's minimum wage will increase to $16.35 per hour on Jan. 1, 2024, following a 2019 state law linking it to the federal employment cost index.

RICHMOND — Virginia's minimum wage increased from $12 per hour to $12.41 per hour effective Jan. 1 thanks to the Virginia Minimum Wage Act. The General Assembly reenacted the Virginia Minimum Wage

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Twenty-one states are raising minimum wage this year, which is set to affect over nine million employees across the country. According to the Economic

Many states automatically raise their minimum wage on Jan. 1 like Arizona, Virginia, Connecticut and Minnesota. In others, like Florida and Missouri, specific ballot measures have legislated the increases over the years.