{"id":187144,"date":"2026-01-06T18:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/is-your-state-raising-its-minimum-wage-in-2026-heres-the-list\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:22:32","slug":"is-your-state-raising-its-minimum-wage-in-2026-heres-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/is-your-state-raising-its-minimum-wage-in-2026-heres-the-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your state raising its minimum wage in 2026? Here&#8217;s the list."},"content":{"rendered":"<section >\n<p>Almost two dozen states are <span >raising their minimum wage<\/span>\u00a0in 2026, providing American workers a pay bump at a time when many are struggling to <span >cover basic necessities<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 88 jurisdictions \u2014 including 22 states and 66 cities and counties \u2014 are slated to increase their minimum wages at some point in 2026, according to a recent\u00a0report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), an advocacy organization for workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wage floor will reach or exceed $15.00 per hour, double the amount of the federal minimum wage, in most of those locations.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of the wage boosts took effect starting Jan. 1, 2026. For instance, the <span >minimum rose to $17.00<\/span> at the start of this year in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County.<\/p>\n<p>Despite repeated <span >attempts to raise the federal minimum wage<\/span>, the national baseline hourly rate has remained at $7.25 since 2009. In the meantime, many states and municipalities have boosted their wage floors through a patchwork of ballot measures and legislation. These changes are often framed as a way to combat inflation, which has cooled since 2022 but <span >remains a pain point<\/span> for many Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read on to see how the minimum wage where you live stacks up against other states across the U.S., based on NELP&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<h2>States with a new minimum wage, effective Jan. 1, 2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Arizona: $15.15<\/li>\n<li>California: $16.90<\/li>\n<li>Colorado: $15.16\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Connecticut: $16.94<\/li>\n<li>Hawaii: $16<\/li>\n<li>Maine: $15.10\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Michigan: $13.73<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota: $11.41\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Missouri: $15\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Montana: $10.85<\/li>\n<li>Nebraska: $15<\/li>\n<li>New Jersey: $15.92\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>New York: $17.00 for New York City, Long Island and Westchester; $16.00 for the rest of the state<\/li>\n<li>Ohio: $11\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Rhode Island: $16\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>South Dakota: $11.85\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Vermont: $14.42<\/li>\n<li>Virginia: $12.77<\/li>\n<li>Washington State: $17.13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>States with minimum wage increases expected later in 2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alaska: $14<\/li>\n<li>Florida: $15<\/li>\n<li>Oregon: Between $14.05 to $16.30, depending on location<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div ><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>States not raising wages<\/h2>\n<p>The following states&#8217; minimum wage is above $7.25, but won&#8217;t increase in 2026.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arkansas: $11<\/li>\n<li>Delaware: $15<\/li>\n<li>Illinois: $15<\/li>\n<li>Maryland: $15<\/li>\n<li>Massachusetts: $15<\/li>\n<li>Nevada: $12<\/li>\n<li>New Mexico: $12<\/li>\n<li>West Virginia: $8.75<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The remaining states have a minimum wage of $7.25. Georgia and Wyoming both have a minimum wage of $5.15, which is superseded by the federal minimum wage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Idaho<\/li>\n<li>Indiana<\/li>\n<li>Iowa<\/li>\n<li>Kansas<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>New Hampshire<\/li>\n<li>North Carolina<\/li>\n<li>North Dakota<\/li>\n<li>Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee<\/li>\n<li>Texas<\/li>\n<li>Utah<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin<\/li>\n<li>Wyoming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section >\n<p >\n      Edited by<\/p>\n<p>                                  Aimee  Picchi\n                      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n      .component--type-recirculation {\n      .item:nth-child(7),\n      .card-recirc:nth-child(7) {\n        display: none;\n      }\n    }\n      #inline-recirc-item--id-7fe519f8-f27a-4023-a049-e29454d840f2, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-7fe519f8-f27a-4023-a049-e29454d840f2 {\n      display: none;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    #inline-recirc-item--id-7fe519f8-f27a-4023-a049-e29454d840f2 ~ .item:nth-child(7) {\n      display: block;\n    }\n  <\/style>\n<section >\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section >\n<h1>In:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum Wage<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/states-raising-minimum-wage-2026-list\/\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost two dozen states are raising their minimum wage\u00a0in 2026, providing American workers a pay bump at a time when many are struggling to cover basic necessities. 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