While the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25/hour since 2009 and the President elect’s administration’s intentions have still be made clear, minimum wage levels have been changing on the state, county, and city level. Across the U.S., over 45 different state and county minimum wage increases came into effect on January 1st, 2017.
Increases ranged from as low as $0.05 per hour to as high as $2.00 per hour. Washington, California, New York, and Maine applied statewide minimum wage increases, with some county or city variations. For example, in California the minimum wage rose to $13.00 per hour in Sunnyvale but only $10.50 per hour in Long Beach. In a separate decision, San Francisco approved its own minimum wage law back in 2014, raising it to $14.00 per hour on July 1st, 2017, with a final rise to $15.00per hour in 2018
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