These 22 states raised the minimum wage to start 2024
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Several other states will raise their minimum wage later this year as some of them have the same minimum wage as they did in 2009.
With a new year comes a new minimum wage for some of America's lowest-paid workers. Twenty-two U.S. states had a change to their minimum wage, either due to automatic cost of living adjustments or predetermined raises.
According to the National Association of State Legislatures, 30 states have a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. The federal minimum wage has remained unchanged since 2009.
Most states have laws that allow tipped employees to be paid at rates below minimum wage by their employer as long as the worker makes minimum wage once tips are factored in.
According to Paycor, the following states had changes to the minimum hourly wage:
Alaska: $11.73 (up from $10.85)
