B y 2025, the federal minimum wage will be officially recognized as a "poverty wage." A full-time worker earning $7.25 per hour will make only $15,080 annually before taxes, ...

Minimum wage debates moving through state legislatures. Virginia: Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a bill in March that would have raised the minimum wage to $13.50 per hour by Jan. 1, 2026 and $15 per ...

The federal contractor minimum wage rates will likewise continue on an upward trajectory, as follows: on January 1, 2025, the hourly minimum wage for certain existing federal contracts will ...

Ten states will offer a minimum wage of $15 an hour or higher. Nearly half of U.S. states are set to raise their minimum wage at the outset of 2025, boosting pay for millions of workers stretching ...

With the exception of the District of Columbia — where the current minimum wage is $17.50 — the state of Washington will have the highest minimum hourly rate of $16.66 in 2025.

California isn’t the only state implementing a minimum wage hike in 2025. A total of 23 states and dozens of localities will increase their minimum wage next year, USA TODAY reported .

Legislation to more than double the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 is back, but this time it’s not a liberal Democrat leading the charge but a conservative Republican – Josh Hawley of ...