One new plan from Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and the think tank, Third Way, would tie an area’s federal minimum wage to its cost of living. This plan reduces the negative effects of a nationwide ...

Minimum wage workers are getting a raise in 2025, but the 2% cost-of-living bump may not go very far. This year’s increase to $15.49 makes New Jersey’s minimum the sixth-highest minimum wage in the ...

Below we explain how much it will be. New Yorkers earning minimum wage will earn an additional $0.50 per hour starting on January 1, 2025. New York’s minimum wage will increase to $16.50-per ...