Us Minimum Wage Map 2018
Citywide minimum wage laws offer local.
Us minimum wage map 2018. This chart shows state minimum wage rates in effect as of jan. 1 2019 as well as future enacted increases. Nineteen states begin the new year with increased minimum. Across the country many americans will ring in 2018 with a raise.
On december 31 and january 1 the minimum wage will go up in 18 states and about 20. Minimum wage laws in the states. Use the legend on the left to highlight different mw categories and click on any state to learn about applicable minimum wage laws. A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their workers.
Equivalently it is the price floor below which workers may not sell their labor. California new york and 16 other states are increasing minimum wage to help workers but the change might have unintended consequences. In states with no minimum wage law alabama louisiana mississippi south carolina and tennessee or minimum wages below the federal minimum wage georgia. A growing number of cities including seattle are examining the costs and benefits of implementing citywide minimum wage laws.