Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...

Minimum wage hikes traditionally have been aimed at helping low-paid workers afford the basics, such as food, medicine and housing. But a growing number of states and localities are raising their pay ...

President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview that he "would consider" raising the federal minimum wage. It has been at $7.25 per hour since 2009; however, 30 states and DC have increased their ...

The most recent hike to the federal minimum wage occurred on July 24, 2009, back when former President Barack Obama was still in his first year in office and the Black Eyed Peas topped the Billboard ...

Editor’s Note: Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative thinktank in Washington, DC. She is also a ...