Many of the country's lowest-earning workers got a raise in 2025. Twenty-one states raised their minimum wages in January, and while that underscores the fact that many places have instituted minimum ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 U.S. states will be raising their minimum wages on Jan. 1, while three other states are also planning increases later in 2026. The moves have the potential to boost pay for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour ...

If passed, the question will bring Oklahoma’s minimum wage up to $12 an hour at the beginning of 2027. It would then increase ...

The new year is rapidly approaching, but will the minimum wage in the state of Illinois be going up in 2026? Under provisions of a law passed in 2019, the state’s minimum wage had increased by $1 per ...

The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009, and North Dakota is one of 20 states using the national standard. But all of its neighbors have a minimum wage at least $3 higher. Katelyn ...

A new bill could gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour by 2031. What Mississippi workers should know.

Michigan workers who earn minimum wage will see their pay increase with the arrival of the new year this week, whether on regular pay or a tipped pay scale. A flurry of court decisions, followed by ...