New Year to bring higher minimum wages in record number of states and cities
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The new year brings new pay hikes for hundreds of thousands of workers making the least legally allowed, with a record number of cities, counties and states raising their minimum hourly wage — many of them hitting or surpassing $15 an hour.
On January 1, 2022, the minimum wage will rise in 21 states and 35 cities and countries, with that hourly floor hitting or surpassing $15 in 33 of those jurisdictions, according to an analysis released this month by the National Employment Law Project, or NELP, which advocates for low-wage and unemployed workers.
Four more states and 22 localities will follow suit later in the year —17 of them to $15 or more, according to NELP. All told, 25 states and 56 municipalities will raise their minimum wage over the course of 2022, a record high of 81 jurisdictions.
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