
New Year to bring higher minimum wages in record number of states and cities
CBSN
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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