Fact checked by Betsy Petrick Key Takeaways The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Washington state has the highest state minimum wage, at $16.66 per hour.Four states will raise their minimum ...

Discover what the minimum wage was the year you were born — and how much that paycheck would be worth today after decades of ...

California continues to set the pace in labor matters within the United States. This was to be expected, due to its diverse ...

While workers across many jurisdictions have already seen minimum wage increases this year, some Americans are still due for a bump in 2025. Jan. 1, 2025 marked a popular day for pay increases across ...

A group led by One Fair Wage is pushing for a proposal to be included on Maryland's 2026 ballot that would raise the minimum ...

The conversation around minimum wage in the United States has gained renewed momentum in recent years. While the federal minimum wage has ...

While minimum wage in Indiana hasn't changed in almost 16 years, many states are seeing minimum wage increases this year. Here's where. According to data compiled by the National Employment Law ...

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

Even before the rule, almost a quarter of farmworkers in California alone had incomes below the poverty level.

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