Something To Celebrate: 14 States To Raise Minimum Wage By 2016

While the federal minimum wage stays at $7.25-has been that way since 2009-many states have voted to raise the wage levels well beyond that minimum. 14 states are amongst the MVPs of higher pay to come in early 2016; Arkansas, California, Michigan and West Virginia, and New York to name a few; the District of Columbia, Maryland, Minnesota and Nevada will raise the minimum wage in later months of the year.

For fast food workers-who are the workers that have taken strike more than most employees due to their low pay-in New York City the minimum wage will be $10.50 in comparison to the other cities at $9.75.

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Alaska: $8.75 to $9.75
Arkansas: $7.50 to $8.00
California: $9.00 to $10.00
Colorado: $8.23 to $8.31
Connecticut: $9.15 to $9.60
Hawaii: $7.75 to $8.50
Massachusetts: $9.00 to $10.00
Michigan: $8.15 to $8.50
Nebraska: $8.00 to $9.00
New York: $8.75 to $9.00*
Rhode Island: $9.00 to $9.60
South Dakota: $8.50 to $8.55
Vermont: $9.15 to $9.60
West Virginia: $8.00 to $8.75*

*New York and West Virginia will raise their minimum wages on New Year’s Eve, rather than New Year’s Day.

While the previous mentioned are on the way up, there are some states that are not having it in 2016.

Eight states that index their minimum wages — Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon and Washington — won’t be raising them at all this coming year. (Several other states that index will still be raising them; it all depends on how a particular state measures the rising cost of living.)