Data: U.S. Department of Labor and Ohio Department of Commerce; Chart: Axios Visuals Ohio's minimum wage increased marginally to begin 2025, but remains well below the cost of living in our region.

California, which is increasing the minimum wage from $16 to $16.50, is one of the 14 states adjusting the minimum to ...

The minimum wage is indexed to inflation in nearly half of states, rising automatically with the cost of living. Michele Evermore, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, worked on Capitol Hill ...

CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - Ohio's minimum wage has increased ... by voters in 2006 requiring the wage to increase by the rate of inflation each year. The inflation rate used ...

“What we are pushing on for Labour is that instead of you (the government) waiting for five years to increase the minimum wage, you will now look at the inflation of the last five years and try ...

As New Jersey ratcheted up its minimum wage on three occasions between 2019 and 2021, fast-food restaurants in the state ...

Minimum wage in the city will rise to $20.76 per hour beginning midnight on New Year’s Day, one of the highest rates in the ...

Starting in 2029, state law directs the Michigan state treasurer to set an inflation-adjusted minimum wage, under the court’s order. The tipped minimum wage will gradually increase until it is ...

SPRINGFIELD — The minimum wage in Illinois ... to have the same buying power after inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index. A $15 hourly wage today has the buying power that $12.02 ...