In 2026, the minimum wage will increase in 22 states. Find out what is happening in your state in our interactive graphics.

After 2026 increases, minimum wages were set to be highest in Washington, D.C., with an increase above its 2025 rate of $17.95 to be announced in 2026; Washington, with an increase to $17.13 from its ...

At the end of last August, President Donald Trump asserted that average wages for U.S. workers had risen by $546 during the first six months since he returned to office in January 2025. As with ...

Indiana is not one of them. Indiana last increased minimum wage 16 years ago. Is $7.25 a livable wage in Indiana?

Legislators, organizers and activists rally for a minimum-wage increase in front of Sedano’s Supermarket in Orlando Credit: by Monivette Cordeiro Florida workers earning minimum wage should see extra ...

Minimum wage workers in Florida just got a $1 boost to their paychecks. Voters in 2020 approved a constitutional amendment to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026. The rate ...

The federal minimum wage in the United States has been stuck at $7.25 per hour for well over a decade. Working a full-time job at that rate earns you just over $15,000 a year, which is below the ...

A wave of state-level increases will lift minimum wages in many parts of the United States in 2026, affecting workers from coast to coast. While the federal baseline remains $7.25 per hour under the ...

Across the United States, several major cities are stepping ahead of federal policy by increasing their local minimum wage in 2026. These urban areas—where housing, transportation and daily living ...