Mapping the minimums Eighteen states that offer minimum wages above the federal rate.
(FSB Magazine) -- EIGHTEEN STATES now offer more generous minimum wages than the federal rate. So do roughly 140 cities and counties, from Albuquerque ($6.75 an hour), to Oxnard, Calif. ($12.88). The latest: Ventura, Calif. ($9.75). Like many such laws, Ventura's applies only to certain city employees and contractors. But Robert Pollin, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, says that the new watchword for localities considering hiking their minimum wages is "wider coverage": that is, applying the wage to all workers. [THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT APPEARS WITHIN A DIAGRAM] WASH. $7.63[4] MINN. $6.15[*][3] WIS. $5.70[2] ILL. $6.50[3] N.Y. $6.75[**][3] Vermont $7.25[4] Maine $6.50[3] Massachusetts $6.75[3] Rhode Island $7.10[4] Connecticut $7.40[**][4] New Jersey $7.15[4] Delaware $6.15[3] Maryland $6.15[3] FLA. $6.40[3] CALIF. $6.75[3] ORE. $7.50[4] Alaska $7.15[4] Hawaii $6.75[**][3] [*] Only applies to businesses with annual receipts of more than $625,000. [**] Connecticut, Hawaii, and New York have passed further increases effective 1/1/2007. Key: State Minimum Wage [1] Federal minimum wage ($5.15) [2] $5.16-$5.99 [3] $6-$6.99 [4] $7-$7.99 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor |
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