In 2025, significant changes in minimum wage laws are reshaping the financial landscape for workers across the United States.

Workers across 21 states welcomed the new year by seeing their hourly minimum wages rise. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a rate that has remained unchanged since July 2009. During his ...

With minimum wage rising, that’s at least one extra dog that I need per day, which I guess you could say, is no big deal,” a ...

Over 9.2 million minimum-wage workers will have higher paychecks this year as 21 states raised their wage floors to adjust for inflation, ballot measures, and legislation.

Seattle's minimum wage increased to $20.76 per hour on Wednesday, and at least one business has already closed because of it.

Restaurants and coffee shops, which often operate on thin profit margins, are struggling to absorb the costs of the $20.76 ...

Workers across 21 states welcomed the new year by seeing their hourly minimum wages rise. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a rate that has remained unchanged since July 2009. During his ...

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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 ...

Minimum wages increased in 21 states on Jan. 1, and more hikes are expected later in the year. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, a rate last adjusted in July 2009. However ...

Greg DePersio has 13+ years of professional experience in sales and SEO and 3+ years as a writer and editor. Minimum wage laws have been in effect in the United States since 1938. The rate has ...