Half of U.S. states will raise their minimum wage in 2021—and more pay hikes could be on the way
Posted on AllSides December 30th, 2020
From The Center
The move toward a $15 minimum wage gained more ground in 2020 through the electoral victory of President-elect Joe Biden and yet another state voting in favor of an eventual $15 pay floor.
Next year, half of U.S. states will raise their minimum wage, up from 21 in 2020. All but five of those states — Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and Virginia — will hike their hourly minimum on Friday.
And the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t recorded an increase in more than a decade, could finally get a boost,...
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