Minimum Wage Changes for 2019

USA Today has an good article on the 22 states (plus the District of Columbia) who have raised their minimum wages as of January 1, 2019.

Locally:

  • Massachusetts minimum wage is $11 per hour as 1/1/2018, an increase of $1 per hour;
  • New York minimum wage is $15 for large employers in New York City; $13.50 for small employers in New York City; $12 in Long Island and Westchester County; and $11.10 everywhere else;
  • Rhode Island minimum wage is $10.50 per hour as 1/1/2018, an increase of $.40 per hour; and
  • Vermont minimum wage is $10.78 per hour as 1/1/2018, an increase of $.28 per hour.

Connecticut did not increase its minimum wage of $10.10 per hour.

It is interesting to note that the Federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.