Several states and cities will raise minimum wages July 1, with some topping $19 an hour. Money; Getty Images Some U.S. workers will soon earn more than double the federal minimum wage. While the ...

Four states will increase their minimum wage in 2026. Here's the state that has the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at $16.66 per hour.

A group is pushing to put a $25 minimum wage initiative on Maryland's 2026 ballot, if passed it would give the state the highest minimum wage in the country.

South Dakota is one of 30 states that has adopted a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

Beyond that, the minimum wage is a crude and wasteful tool for redistribution. Many minimum-wage workers are not poor, but ...

California is leading the way in wages. Specifically, the minimum wage in San Mateo County will increase to $17.95.