Washington D.C., states taking steps to raise minimum wages
Washington, D.C. is on pace to have the highest minimum wage in the nation due to a recent decision to raise the city's base pay rate to $11.50 per hour by 2016.
The District and six states have all recently taken action to establish a minimum wage higher than the federal level, according to ABC News. In all, 20 states have minimum wages higher than the $7.25 per hour required by the U.S. government.
The highest current minimum wage rate is in Washington state, where each hour of employee time is guaranteed at $9.19. Close behind is neighboring Oregon, which provides a minimum wage of $8.95 an hour, based on information from CNN. Neither of the two northwestern states distinguish between tipped and non-tipped workers, meaning that waiters and waitresses earn substantially more than the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13.
Among other wage leaders, California has an 18-month plan to raise its mandated wage to $10 while New Jersey just recently hiked its minimum wage to $8.25 an hour. Both Connecticut and New York will hit the $9-an-hour mark by the end of 2015, ABC News reported.
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