美国哪些州的最低工资最高？

美国哪些州的最低工资最高？
Which States Have The Highest Minimum Wage In America?

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美国 22 个州将于 2023 年提高最低工资，影响约 1000 万工人。包括华盛顿特区和新泽西州在内的一些州根据农业或城市地区等行业设定了不同的税率。目前的联邦最低工资为 7.25 美元，自 2007 年以来一直保持不变。根据彭博社法律数据，以下是截至 2024 年最低工资最高的 10 个州： 1. 哥伦比亚特区：根据通货膨胀调整 2.新泽西州：13.90美元（季节性/小型企业），12.81美元（农业），18.13美元（长期护理） 3.纽约：16.00美元（纽约市等） 4. 俄勒冈州：与通货膨胀挂钩；非城市县 - $13.20，波特兰都会区 - $15.45 哥伦比亚特区的最低工资最高（17 美元）。华盛顿州紧随其后，将最低工资提高至 16.28 美元。在纽约、科罗拉多和亚利桑那等几个州，通货膨胀被用来确定最低工资的增长。夏威夷的目标是到 2028 年将最低工资达到每小时 18 美元，目前为每小时 14 美元。大多数州的最低工资超过了联邦最低工资，自 20 世纪 70 年代达到如今 12.61 美元左右的峰值以来，联邦最低工资已大幅下降。加州最近提高了最低工资，影响了大约 50 万餐馆工人。那里的快餐工人现在的最低工资为每小时 20 美元，导致必胜客和麦当劳等公司成本增加，或者像 El Pollo Loco 那样裁员。这些变化适用于在美国多个地点运营的连锁店。

原文

This year, 22 states are raising their minimum wage, impacting almost 10 million workers across the country.

Many states raise the minimum wage each year to adjust to a cost of living index, while others have raised the pay floor for delivery drivers and fast-food workers. Today, the federal minimum wage stands at $7.25, a rate that has remained the same for 15 years.

This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, shows the states with the highest minimum wage in America, based on data from Bloomberg Law.

The Highest Minimum Wages, by State

Here are the states with the highest minimum wage as of January 1, 2024:

1 District of Columbia: Indexes hourly minimum wage rate to inflation

2 New Jersey: Seasonal/small employer with five employees or less= $13.90, agricultural employers= $12.81, long term care facility direct care staff= $18.13

3 New York: New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties= $16.00

4 Oregon: Indexes hourly minimum wage rate to inflation. Nonurban counties= $13.20, Portland metro= $15.45

The District of Columbia has the highest minimum wage in the country, at $17 an hour.

Next in line is Washington state, where the minimum wage was raised to $16.28 an hour at the start of the year, up from $15.74. Both jurisdictions tie their minimum wage increases to inflation, along with several of the states on this list such as New York, Colorado, and Arizona.

With the largest planned increase nationally, Hawaii is raising its minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2028. Currently, the minimum wage stands at $14 an hour in the Aloha State.

As we can see, many of the top states have minimum wages that are more than double the federal minimum wage, which has declined in real value for many years. For context, the real value of the federal minimum wage hit a peak in 1970, where it would be worth $12.61 today.

California’s New Fast-Food Wage Hike

Fast-food workers in California recently received a pay bump after a new law raised the minimum wage to $20 an hour, $4 more than the state’s minimum wage.

In response, Pizza Hut announced it was laying off over 1,200 delivery drivers, while McDonalds said that it would increase prices in California due to higher wage costs. Other chain operators are reducing hours, while El Pollo Loco plans to automate part of how it makes salsa.

Affecting half a million workers at 33,000 restaurants, the law applies to chains with 60 or more locations across the country, making it the highest minimum wage in America.