24 States Raise Minimum Wage in 2020

On January 1, minimum wage workers in 20 states received a pay raise, according to U.S. News and World Report. The 20 states include:

• Alaska, with an hourly increase from US$9.89 to $10.19
• Arizona, $11 to $12
• Arkansas, $9.25 to $10
• California, $12 to $13
• Colorado, $11.10 to $12
• Florida, $8.46 to $8.56
• Illinois, $8.25 to $9.25
• Maine, $11 to $12
• Maryland, $10.10 to $11
• Massachusetts, $12 to $12.75
• Michigan, $9.45 to $9.65
• Minnesota (large employers), $9.86 to $10
• Minnesota (small employers) $8.04 to $8.15
• Missouri, $8.60 to $9.45
• Montana, $8.50 to $8.65
• New Jersey, $10 to $11
• New Mexico, $7.50 to $9
• Ohio, $8.55 to $8.70
• South Dakota, $9.10 to $9.30
• Vermont, $10.78 to $10.96
• Washington, $12 to $13.50

Minimum wage workers in four other states will receive their increase later this year:

• Connecticut, $11 to $12 on September 1
• Nevada (workers with employer health benefits) $7.25 to $8 on July 1
• Nevada (workers without employer health benefits) $8.25 to $9 on July 1
• Oregon, $11.25 to $12 on July 1

Washington, D.C. will raise its minimum wage from $14 to $15 in the middle of the year and New York raised its minimum wage to $11.80 on December 31, 2019.

Two states—Georgia and Wyoming—have a $5.15 minimum wage, which is below the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Most minimum wage workers in these states are paid the federal wage due to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Five states have no minimum wage—Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee—and default to the national federal minimum of $7.25.